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DPNM Statement on Civil Rights Advances During 2020 Special Session
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed bills to establish a Civil Rights Commission in New Mexico and to require all law enforcement agencies to provide body cameras for officers. These bills are an important first step in addressing inequality and racism in policing.Â
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DPNM Statement on Signing of Election Reform Bill
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed a bill to allow counties and tribal governments greater flexibility while determining how best to conduct an election during a global pandemic. The reforms include a provision that gives tribal governments the final say before a local polling place...
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Trump Continues Attacks on ACA in the Midst of a Global Pandemic
The Trump administration’s Department of Justice and Republican Attorney Generals yesterday filed briefs in California v Texas, a lawsuit that could undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA) leaving hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans without access to affordable health insurance. This is the...
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DPNM Statement on Decision to Pause Economic Reopening
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today announced that New Mexico will pause our economic reopening in order to address the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases. This means that while businesses that are already open will remain open, we will not move to Phase 2 of reopening on July...
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DPNM Applauds Rep. Haaland For Placement on Influential DNC Platform Drafting Committee
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) yesterday announced that Representative Deb Haaland would be one of just 15 members of the 2020 DNC Platform Drafting Committee, which is responsible for managing the process through which the national Democratic party platform is created. The Democratic party platform is a...
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Democrats Select Delegates to the Democratic National Convention
Democratic electors today cast their ballots to elect and certify the entire New Mexico delegation at the 2020 Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM) post-primary convention. New Mexico Democrats elected 23 Congressional delegates, 4 Party Leader and Elected Official delegates, and 7 At-large delegates, who will join...
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DPNM Statement on SCOTUS Upholding DACA
The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump administration can not move forward with its cruel plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This decision allows the 17,000 New Mexicans who are eligible...
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ICYMI: New Mexico GOP Prioritizes Politics Over Lives
NM GOP retracts statement condemning shooting at a yesterday’s protest The New Mexico GOP blatantly put their own political considerations ahead of New Mexican lives yesterday, when they initially released a statement condemning a shooting at a protest, but...
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DPNM Statement on Shooting at Albuquerque Protest
Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM) Chair Marg Elliston released the following statement regarding tonight’s shooting in Albuquerque: “We were horrified to hear about the shooting that occurred at tonight’s protest. This violent group referring to themselves as the ‘civil guard’ attended tonight’s event with the...
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