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1 VOTER INFORMATION GENERAL ELECTION Online Information Here are the addresses of some Web sites providing election-related information: The Albuquerque Journal s ongoing coverage of the New Mexico general election can be found at: General information about the election and a complete list of candidates can be found at the New Mexico secretary of state s Web site at: A full text of the Legislative Council Service s arguments for and against proposed state constitutional amendments can be found at: pdf The League of Women Voters Albuquerque/Bernalillo County voter information can be found at: Political Parties Phone numbers Here are central phone numbers for several political parties in New Mexico: REPUBLICAN PARTY: (505) DEMOCRATIC PARTY: (505) GREEN PARTY: (505) LIBERTARIAN: (505) Web sites Here are Internet Web site addresses for New Mexico political parties: REPUBLICANS: DEMOCRATS: GREENS: LIBERTARIAN: Need More Help? For additional election information you may contact the county clerks of the county in which you live. Here are phone numbers for all county clerks in New Mexico. Bernalillo Catron Chaves Cibola Colfax Curry De Baca Doña Ana Eddy Grant Guadalupe Harding Hidalgo Lea Lincoln Los Alamos Luna McKinley Mora Otero Quay Rio Arriba Roosevelt San Juan San Miguel Sandoval Santa Fe Sierra Socorro Taos Torrance Union Valencia Do Your Part Many New Mexico voters will face an This election guide is meant to be a tool for especially long ballot this general electioners election contests in the counties of voters in the greater Albuquerque area. It cov- The ballot will include races for the Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia. U.S. Senate down to county government offices, Candidates who are unopposed may be listed with a large number of judicial elections and bond but are not profiled. questions adding to the length in some areas. The guide can also be used as a directory for While the general election is Tuesday, Nov. 5, other election information sources, including all early voting in-person or by absentee ballot Election is also an option. In fact, many county officials are encouraging early voting because of of the Albuquerque Journal s 2002 election coverage, which can be accessed free of charge at Schedule the length of the ballot and the anticipated the Journal s Web site, abqjournal.com/elex/. long lines on Election Day. The Journal s Web site can also be used to find Voter Absentee and early voting at county clerks links to other election information Web sites. registration for offices began Sept. 26. Early voting at satellite Telephone numbers and Web site addresses the general locations, including Bernalillo, Santa Fe, San for state and county election officials and political parties are listed election closed on Oct. 8. Juan and Doña Ana, begins Oct. 6. below. SAN JUAN McKINLEY CATRON GRANT HIDALGO CIBOLA LUNA Inside RIO ARRIBA SANDOVAL VALENCIA LOS ALAMOS BERNALILLO SOCORRO SIERRA ~ DONA ANA TAOS SANTA FE TORRANCE OTERO LINCOLN CAROL COOPERRIDER / JOURNAL COLFAX MORA SAN MIGUEL GUADALUPE DE BACA UNION HARDING CHAVES EDDY QUAY CURRY ROOSEVELT GOVERNOR, LT. GOVERNOR 4 GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE Q&A 5 U.S. SENATE 6 U.S. HOUSE DIST. 7 U.S. HOUSE DIST. 2 8 ATTORNEY GENERAL 8,9 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS 9 SECRETARY OF STATE 0 STATE AUDITOR 0 PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 3 JUDICIAL RETENTION 2 SUPREME COURT, APPEALS COURT ELECTIONS 3 BERNALILLO COUNTY BONDS 4 BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION 5 BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF 6 BERNALILLO COUNTY ASSESSOR 6 SANDOVAL COUNTY COMMISSION 7 SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF 8 SANDOVAL COUNTY ASSESSOR 8 LEA Reading the Guide Use the index below to find specific election contests. Because of size issues, the Voter Guide is not organized in the order of the official general election ballot. However, the guide wherever possible follows the determination by election officials that Republican candidates are listed first, followed by Democratic Party candidates and others. Candidates in all contests were asked to limit each of their responses to Journal questionnaires to a maximum of 35 words. Answers had to be abbreviated by the editors if they greatly exceeded that limit. The symbol (i) after a candidate s name indicates that the candidate is an incumbent. A publication of the Albuquerque Journal. Cover illustration by Russ Ball of the Journal SANDOVAL COUNTY MAGISTRATES 9 SANDOVAL COUNTY PROBATE JUDGE 22 TORRANCE COUNTY SHERIFF 22 TORRANCE COUNTY COMMISSION 23 VALENCIA COUNTY COMMISSION 24 VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF 25 VALENCIA COUNTY MAGISTRATE 25 N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 8,,4 27 N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 5, 9 28 N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 20, 2 29 N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 22, N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 24, 27 3 N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 28, N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 30, 3 33 N.M. HOUSE DISTS UNOPPOSED HOUSE RACES 34 N.M. HOUSE DISTS. 49, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 36 STATE BOND ISSUES 37 Absentee voting for the general election began Sept. 26. Early in-person voting begins Oct. 6. Absentee voting closes Nov. 2. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

2 4 STATEWIDE RACES GOVERNOR John A. Sanchez DATE OF BIRTH: January, 963 EDUCATION: High school graduate, Hope Christian High School, 980; attended New Mexico Real Estate Institute 982, received license 983 OCCUPATION: President, Right Way Roofing Inc. FAMILY: Wife, Debra; two children POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Mexico House of Representatives, 200-present; Village of Los Ranchos trustee, ON THE WEB: John Sanchez, the Republican nominee for governor, gained political fame two years ago when he beat longtime House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, D- Albuquerque, a top GOP target, in House District 5. John Sanchez, an Albuquerque roofing contractor, enhanced his political reputation in June when he defeated Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley in a three-way race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Sanchez, 39, touts himself as someone who has lived the American dream by rising out of poverty to run a successful small business. Every New Mexican deserves a shot at the same American dream that worked for me, said Sanchez, whose government experience is three years as a Village of Los Ranchos trustee and one two-year term as a state legislator. Sanchez, if elected governor, has pledged to buck business as usual in Santa Fe, where he said bettering the lives of people takes a back seat to self-serving politics. Sanchez said he would push to cut taxes, create jobs and improve the state s educational system: Education was the ticket out of poverty for me. Critics have accused Sanchez of missing or intentionally ducking votes as a freshman legislator. Sanchez has responded that his voting record is no worse than those of most other state lawmakers. Sanchez s running mate is Sen. Rod Adair, R-Roswell, a demographer. Adair beat former Sen. Bill Davis, R- Albuquerque, and Rep. Judy Vanderstar Russell, R-Rio Rancho, in the GOP primary race for lieutenant governor in June. LT. GOVERNOR Rod Adair Sanchez PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Roswell DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 9, 953 EDUCATION: B.S., political science, Eastern New Mexico University; M.S., government, Campbell University, Buies Creek, N.C. OCCUPATION: Demographer Adair FAMILY: Wife, Dana; two children POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Mexico Senate, 997-present; retired Army officer, served in 6 Latin American countries ON THE WEB: Bill Richardson PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 5, 947 EDUCATION: B.A., political science and French, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; 2 honorary degrees OCCUPATION: Business consultant; adjunct professor and lecturer FAMILY: Wife, Barbara POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, ; U.S. ambassador to United Nations, ; represented New Mexico s 3rd Congressional District, ON THE WEB: Diane Denish DATE OF BIRTH: March 7, 949 EDUCATION: B.A. University of New Mexico OCCUPATION: Owner/operator Target Group, specializing in market research and fund raising FAMILY: Husband, Herb; three children Richardson Bill Richardson, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, says he wants to lead New Mexico because a governor can make a difference. A governor can set the agenda, said Richardson, 54. A governor can do something about a child that is hungry. A governor can make an educational system work better. The former New Mexico congressman, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Energy secretary, who is Hispanic, has stressed his experience and international and national connections in the 2002 governor s race. Richardson has pledged to end the gridlock in Santa Fe. It is a reference to frequent standoffs between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov. Gary Johnson, who leaves office at the end of December after eight years. Over the years, I ve negotiated with some pretty bad guys Saddam Hussein, North Koreans, the Taliban, Richardson said. So I can negotiate with the Legislature. State GOP chairman John Dendahl has called Richardson a target-rich environment, because of controversies during his tenure as Energy secretary, among other things. Richardson s running mate is Albuquerque businesswoman Diane Denish, former chairwoman of the state Democratic Party. Denish unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 998 with then-democratic gubernatorial nominee Martin Chávez, now Albuquerque mayor. Denish beat former longtime state Rep. Jerry Sandel, D-Farmington, for the lieutenant governor nomination in June. Denish POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Chairwoman, New Mexico Democratic Party, ; Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, 998; member and chair, New Mexico Tech Board of Regents, ; chairwoman, New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women, ; executive director, New Mexico Democratic Party, ON THE WEB: David Bacon POLITICAL PARTY: Green PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 4, 948 EDUCATION: Attended Colorado State University and University of Texas OCCUPATION: Energy consultant, Southwest Energy Institute FAMILY: Life partner, Louise Baum POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Lobbyist, Southwest Energy Institute ON THE WEB: POLITICAL PARTY: Green PLACE OF RESIDENCE: San Ildefonso Pueblo DATE OF BIRTH: Sept., 950 EDUCATION: B.A., elementary education, University of New Mexico; M.A., special education, University of New Mexico Sanchez OCCUPATION: Retired elementary school teacher; Native American outreach coordinator, Crisis Center of Northern New Mexico; former program director, Tewa Women United FAMILY: Husband, Joseph Gilbert; four children POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Nuclear safety community activist; founder of Tewa Women United ON THE WEB: Bacon David Bacon, the Green nominee for governor, lives in a solar home and drives a car with a diesel engine that runs on either diesel fuel or vegetable oil. I do try and walk my talk, the 53-year-old Santa Fe energy consultant said. Bacon and his lieutenant governor running mate, Kathy Sanchez of San Ildefonso Pueblo, got on the Nov. 5 general election ballot by submitting nominating petitions with about 0,000 voter signatures apiece to the secretary of state. The New Mexico Green Party hopes to regain major party status in New Mexico through the candidacies of Bacon and Sanchez, a community activist. The ticket needs to get 5 percent of the votes cast in the governor s race for that to occur. But Bacon and Sanchez said they are running to promote Green Party issues including public financing of campaigns and single-payer health care not just to upgrade the state Green Party s official standing. Bacon is a founding member of the Permaculture Credit Union, president of the Southwest Energy Institute and a member of the New Mexico Sustainable Energy Collaborative. He lobbied against electricity deregulation during the New Mexico s 999 legislative session. Sanchez, 52, a former teacher, is a founder of Tewa Women United, which holds an annual gathering to address violence and nuclear safety. Bacon and Sanchez are each making their first bids for political office. Kathleen Kathy M. Sanchez

3 STATEWIDE RACES GENERAL ELECTION GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFULS SPEAK ON THE ISSUES Comparing the Candidates John Sanchez Bill Richardson David Bacon List what your priorities would be as New Mexico s governor. Change politics in New Mexico. We must empower New Mexicans by cutting taxes, creating jobs, reforming education and protecting our water. It s important that we end backroom politics so we can unite reform-minded New Mexicans to move our state forward. Education more money in the classroom, increased accountability and incentives to train and retain teachers. Water need realistic statewide plan, develop negotiation strategy with other states, and conserve. Jobs create more high-paying jobs by encouraging business expansion and relocation. Clean, open government; public financing of campaigns; universal single-payer health care system; renewable energy sources achieve 90 percent renewable energy by 200. Open grid access for municipalities, businesses, individuals; support local businesses; double water efficiency. First step you would take to improve New Mexico s economy? As a small businessman, I understand that high taxes kill jobs. My tax cut plan calls for reducing the state s personal income tax rate, lowering capital gains tax and ending gross receipts taxes on medical services and food. Reform New Mexico s antiquated tax system to encourage economic opportunity and high-tech growth and reduce the burden on families. Expand trade with Mexico. Train students so New Mexico has a qualified workforce to attract quality jobs. Invest significant portion of state trust funds in state, and stop capital flight. Small businesses are state s backbone; support with tax incentives. Where possible, keep business financing, production and profit in New Mexico. Upgrade portal access to Internet. Changes you would seek to the state tax system? My tax cut plan calls for an immediate reduction in the state s 8.2 percent personal income tax rate, lowering capital gains taxes by 0 percent a year for five years and phasing out gross receipts taxes on medical services and food. Total reform, including: reduce personal income tax; eliminate food and medical services taxes; create Taxpayers Bill of Rights. Must create incentives to encourage new jobs, rural economic development and growth of the high-tech economy. Cut personal income tax on first $75,000; eliminate gross receipts tax on groceries, prescriptions and medical services. First steps you would take to improve New Mexico schools? Raise standards and expectations; improve testing in reading and math; require that 90 cents of every education dollar be spent in the classroom; provide tutoring for struggling students and offer Equal Opportunity Scholarships to get children out of failing schools. Perform audits to ensure money goes into the classroom, not the bureaucracy. Give teachers raises while holding them accountable for student performance. Attract and keep teachers with scholarships and other incentives. Eliminate needless administrative costs; support charter schools; empower teachers and principals. Lessen dropout percentage with relevant curriculum and enrichment programs. Fund Headstart and nutrition programs. Implement more stable method of funding education. Steps you would take, if any, to ensure all New Mexicans get health care? I support making prescription drugs more affordable for our seniors. That s why I sponsored a prescription drug plan during the 2002 legislative session. Also, I support tax credits for small business owners who provide health insurance to their employees. I have proposed a new prescription drug plan that is targeted towards middle-class seniors who have no drug benefits. And we need to ensure that all of our citizens who are eligible for Medicaid are actually enrolled and participating. Follow established global models creating a single-payer, universal health care system. Twenty-five percent of our health care premiums go to administrative costs, while Canada pays 2 percent. Your position on repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico? I oppose the repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico and favor setting reasonable limits to reduce endless, circular appeals. The death penalty, with proper safeguards, such as DNA testing and equal application of justice, is the proper punishment for the most heinous crimes. I would proudly support the repeal of the death penalty. Your position on abortion and the use of public funds for abortion? I oppose using tax dollars for abortion. I also support a parental notification bill that requires parental consent before teenagers can have an abortion. Such a complex and personal decision should not be made by a government or politicians, but by a woman, in consultation with her doctor, her own conscience and whomever she chooses. I support access to reproductive services regardless of income. Abortion is legal. I advocate universal health care and believe that abortion is a health care decision. While it is a serious decision, I fully support a women s right to choose. I support legitimate use of public health care funds for abortion. Your postion on school vouchers? It s morally wrong to trap children in failing schools. My plan gives children in failing schools Equal Opportunity Scholarships to be used at any public, private or religious school so that every child can live the American dream. Oppose. I believe we must invest in reforming our public schools. We need to raise teacher salaries and accountability. We need to fund books, materials and technology. I oppose the use of state-backed vouchers for private schools. I support fixing the public education system. Your position on allowing New Mexicans to carry concealed handguns? Yes, I voted in support of concealed carry as a state legislator. As governor, I will work with the Legislature to pass a concealed carry law without local option which will pass constitutional muster. Support. New Mexicans should be able to carry a concealed weapon once they have met appropriate guidelines I am opposed to legislation that allows communities to opt out. I oppose concealed carry of handguns. Your position on public employee collective bargaining? Oppose. As governor, I WILL SIGN collective bargaining legislation. I fully support collective bargaining for public employees. I support professional unions as well as trade unions. Has the Endangered Species Act in New Mexico been helpful or harmful? This act was created with good intentions, but it s been very harmful to our state. All environmental decisions must be based on sound science, with consideration of human custom, culture and fiscal impact. I support the fundamental premise of the Endangered Species Act. Problems arise when it is applied and enforced without sound scientific principles and due consideration of alternatives. We must work together to resolve specific problems, not continually fight in court. I support the Endangered Species Act. Judge Parker issued a brilliant ruling on this act s impact on New Mexico: 50 percent of native fish species lost from our rivers. The act addresses these losses to natural diversity. Instead empower agricultural conservation.

4 6 CONGRESSIONAL RACES What can Congress do to restore consumer and investor confidence in the U.S. economy and financial markets? Do you think the 2 Patriot Act, increasing law enforcement powers as part of the War on Terrorism, is good legislation or goes too far? Do you think recent 3 applications of the Endangered Species Act in New Mexico have been helpful or harmful? Would you push for any changes in the law? How much military 4 force should the U.S. use to bring about a regime change in Iraq? What should the role of Congress be? Should the Bush tax 5 cut be postponed or rolled back? Do you support or 6 oppose publicly financed vouchers that parents could use to help send their children to private, religious or public schools of their choice? What would be an 7 adequate prescription drug benefit for seniors? Should Social 8 Security be privatized to allow individuals to manage and invest a portion of their account? What steps should 9 Congress take to control escalating health care costs? 0 or oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants, and, if so, under what conditions? or oppose more federal controls on guns and gun sales? 2 Do you think the federal war on drugs has been helpful or harmful? Do you support or 3 oppose abortion rights? Do you support or 4 oppose the death penalty? U.S. SENATE Pete Domenici (i) ; Washington, D.C. DATE OF BIRTH: May 7, 932 EDUCATION: B.S., University of New Mexico, 954; law degree, Denver University, 958 OCCUPATION: U.S. senator, 973-present FAMILY: Wife, Nancy; eight children POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: U.S. Senate, 973-present; Albuquerque City Commission, ; Mayor ex-officio, Albuquerque, ON THE WEB: peopleforpete.com or Congress took a large step by passing corporate accountability legislation, requiring corporations to be more truthful in their business dealings or face strict new penalties. Congress should also enact legislation to protect private pensions. 2. The act provides a framework to protect New Mexicans and all Americans from future harm, while still requiring the legislative and judicial branches of our government to safeguard our constitutionally protected freedoms. 3. Harmful. The act prohibits solutions to the extraordinary water and other natural resource crises facing our state. The act must be modified to allow for common sense approaches to protect our citizens and their property. 4. The U.S. response should be based on the most accurate and reliable assessment of threats to Americans. Congress must carefully review and weigh the threat and authorize any military action. 5. No, the tax cut provided tax-paying New Mexicans an average tax cut of at least $,200, per family, which was the major factor in dampening the economic recession. We cannot undermine the economic recovery under way by raising taxes. 6. I support school choice proposals that allow children to attend schools that will provide them with the best educational opportunities at the public, private, or religious school of their choice. 7. I voted for and will continue to support Medicare drug benefit proposals that provide seniors who cannot afford their medications, and those with very high drug costs, with prescription drug coverage. 8. The government must not invest Social Security funds in the stock market and all retirees must be paid their benefit checks on time and in full. Voluntary contributions by young, new entrants into the work force, who manage their own funds, should be Bingaman Seat Domenici considered. 9. Provide tax credits to make insurance more affordable, promote competition in the health care market so consumers receive the highest quality care at the lowest cost, reduce regulatory burdens on providers and enact medical malpractice reforms. 0. I support allowing certain qualified individuals to apply for legal residency when they meet criteria like sponsorship by a family member or an employer. I oppose blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants.. Oppose. Responsible gun owners are not the problem. We should enforce existing federal laws and provide law enforcement agencies with the money and manpower to keep our communities safe. 2. Helpful, but we must do more. The tragic effects of drugs on families, communities and children necessitate additional approaches like strong law enforcement coupled with prevention and treatment. 3. I have supported pro-life legislation for my entire Senate career. 4. I support the death penalty. We should use new scientific tools, like DNA testing, to ensure the accuracy of the verdict. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is not up for election until Gloria Tristani DATE OF BIRTH: Dec. 20, 953 EDUCATION: B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University; juris doctorate, University of New Mexico OCCUPATION: Lawyer FAMILY: Husband, Gerard W. Thomson; two children Tristani POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: First woman elected to the New Mexico State Corporation Commission, (994), served Appointed to the Federal Communications Commission by President Clinton, ON THE WEB: Congress and the president can foster economic prosperity through farsighted spending, taxation and regulation policies: eliminating structural budget deficits, raising the federal minimum wage, and requiring honest, accurate and understandable financial disclosure by companies. 2. Along with important tools against terrorists provided by the act comes the danger of abuse of American citizens and foreign visitors. Congress and the judiciary must conduct strong, continuing oversight of John Ashcroft s Justice Department. 3. The Endangered Species Act preserves biodiversity and prevents the harm that can result from species disappearance. Administered properly, the ESA is vital to maintaining the balance between nature and our own needs. 4. First demand anytime, anywhere inspections of Iraq s weapons. If Iraq refuses, the President must make his case for war to us, our allies and Congress: Congress shall have Power... To declare War (U.S. Constitution, Article ). 5. The Bush tax cut should be frozen for upper level Americans those with incomes above $300,000 a year. This would free up billion dollars for education and health care needs. 6. I oppose vouchers. Vouchers would drain and harm our public schools at a time when schools in New Mexico and throughout the nation are under increased budgetary constraints and have to cut many programs. 7. A no-deductible plan with no gaps that saves seniors 30-40% of their first $4,000 in costs; 00% coverage thereafter. Seniors below 35% of the federal poverty level would be 00% covered for approved drugs. 8. I opposed privatizing Social Security. Private investment accounts would drain Social Security and endanger the safety net for many Americans, including many New Mexico seniors, who have no other retirement plan. 9. Government should use its volume purchasing power to negotiate for its employees and beneficiaries and thus help set in the marketplace, the lowest prices possible for prescription drugs and health insurance. 0. I would support some limited amnesty, such as President Bush proposed last year, for undocumented workers who have been in this country for a certain time period and have been working and paying taxes.. We must protect our right to own guns for self-defense, sport and hunting. We can better protect ourselves and our families by requiring background checks for gun show sales and child safety locks. 2. Success in the war on drugs will come from decreasing the demand for drugs among youth through prevention and treatment, coupled with effective law enforcement involving neighborhoods and communities to find and remove drug dealers. 3. I support a woman s right to choose. 4. I support the death penalty for the most atrocious crimes, but only with procedural safeguards to ensure justice, including access to competent counsel and DNA testing to determine innocence or guilt.

5 CONGRESSIONAL RACES GENERAL ELECTION U.S. HOUSE DIST. Heather Wilson (i) PLACE OF RESIDENCE: North Valley DATE OF BIRTH: Dec. 30, 960 EDUCATION: B.A., international affairs, U.S. Air Force Academy; Rhodes Scholar with master s degree and doctorate in international relations, Oxford University OCCUPATION: U.S. representative, st Congressional Wilson District FAMILY: Husband, Jay Hone; three children POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: U.S. representative, June 998-present; state Cabinet secretary, Children, Youth and Families Department, ; director for European Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council staff, Congress passed a law increasing securities fraud penalties to a 20-year sentence and a $5 million fine, strengthening audit oversight, and expanding SEC enforcement. The House passed pension protections and the Senate should. 2. I voted for it because it modernizes wiretapping laws and allows more information sharing and ends the statute of limitations on terrorism. The law has a sunset provision so that it can be thoroughly reviewed. 3. We all support recovery of animals and plants at risk of extinction. But ESA should be fixed so that more species really recover without hurting farmers, reducing jobs, or taking people s water rights. 4. We cannot allow Hussein to have nuclear weapons. The president must build support of the American people and the Congress. I am asking specific questions about the administration s intentions, our options and the risks. 5. Tax relief passed in the summer of 200 came just in time to give a boost to our economy. Without it, we would have lost 800,000 more jobs. We should make the tax relief permanent. 6. Vouchers are not a magic answer and are not a federal issue. I will continue to support increased funds for education, charter schools, better teacher training, high standards, parental involvement and accountability for results. 7. The House passed Medicare drug benefit is voluntary; it is available to every senior; it offers choices; it reduces the cost of medicine; and it helps the neediest and sickest seniors most. 8. I oppose Social Security privatization; the federal government should not invest in the stock market. There must be no changes in Social Security benefits for retirees or near-retirees. 9. Medicare underpays in New Mexico, which shifts costs to others. We must fight for equity in Medicare payments, modernize Medicare, reduce waste, and reduce the number of uninsured. We need to emphasize prevention and wellness. 0. I support the right of law-abiding adults to protect themselves and their families, strong penalties for use of guns in crimes, and efforts to keep guns out of the hands of unsupervised children.. I believe abortion is morally wrong almost all of the time. I am opposed to public funding and am opposed to late-term or partial birth abortions. I support waiting periods and parental notification. 2. I believe there are some crimes and circumstances that justify the death penalty for the protection of society and the deterrent effect. Terrorism, murder of children and police officers are examples. Richard Romero DATE OF BIRTH: July 2, 944 EDUCATION: B.A., education, University of Albuquerque; master s degree, education administration, New Mexico State University OCCUPATION: State Senate president pro tem FAMILY: One son POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: N.M. state Senate, District 2, 993-present; public school employee for 27 years; former teacher, counselor, coach; former principal, Albuquerque High School, Sandia High School, School on Wheels; former assistant superintendent, Albuquerque Public Schools. We need an independent leader to pass real measures to protect against corporate fraud. 2. We need to take all measures necessary to protect our freedom, which requires a balance. I trust that the United States courts will step in, as they have, when the balance is off. 3. The Endangered Species Act, as a whole, has been positive. However I believe Congress should take a look at potential adjustments that need to be made to strike a better balance between environmental protection and the economy. 4. Congress should fully discuss the consequences of invading or not invading Iraq. If they determine that a regime change is required, we should use the force necessary to effectuate N.M. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS San Juan Rio Arriba Taos Colfax Union McKinley Catron Grant Hidalgo Cibola Luna 3 Los Alamos Mora San Miguel Guadalupe Harding Eddy Quay Valencia Curry Torrance De Baca 2 Lincoln Roosevelt Socorro Chaves Sierra Sandoval Bernalillo Doña Ana Santa Fe Otero U.S. HOUSE DIST. 3 Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., is unopposed in the Nov. 5 general election. Lea that goal. Romero 5. I do not support rolling back or postponing the current tax cut, but I do oppose tax cuts for the richest percent especially when most of them live outside New Mexico. 6. I oppose vouchers that would drain money from public education. Instead of trying to create new publicly financed schools, let s improve the ones we have. Let s give our hardworking teachers adequate pay. 7. I support a universal, affordable, voluntary prescription benefit through Medicare. This plan, which AARP supports, would reduce the cost of prescriptions. I oppose the plan that is supported by the pharmaceutical industry and my opponent. 8. Social Security should absolutely not be privatized. Social Security is a sacred trust between the federal government and our seniors. We cannot risk the future of the trust fund to the risky stock market. 9. We need to decrease the number of uninsured and underinsured. I support increasing the number of families who qualify for New MexiKids. I also support tax credits for small businesses that provide health insurance to their employees. 0. We need to increase the ability of law enforcement to prevent violent crime and accidents, while at the same time we need to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens to possess firearms.. I support a woman s right to choose. 2. Currently, use of the death penalty is a decision left to states. While DNA tests exonerating death row inmates are troublesome, DNA evidence could help establish a more solid basis for imposing the death penalty. What can Congress do to restore consumer and investor confidence in the U.S. economy and financial markets? 2 Do you think the Patriot Act, increasing law enforcement powers as part of the War on Terrorism, is good legislation or goes too far? 3 Do you think recent applications of the Endangered Species Act in New Mexico have been helpful or harmful? Would you push for any changes in the law? 4 How much military force should the U.S. use to bring about a regime change in Iraq? What should the role of Congress be? 5 Should the Bush tax cut be postponed or rolled back? 6 Do you support or oppose publicly financed vouchers that parents could use to help send their children to private, religious or public schools of their choice? 7 What would be an adequate prescription drug benefit for seniors? Should Social 8 Security be privatized to allow individuals to manage and invest a portion of their account? What steps should 9 Congress take to control escalating health care costs? 0 or oppose more federal controls on guns and gun sales? 2 Do you support or oppose abortion rights? Do you support or oppose the death penalty?

6 8 CONGRESSIONAL, STATEWIDE RACES What can Congress do to restore consumer and investor confidence in the U.S. economy and financial markets? 2 Do you think the Patriot Act, increasing law enforcement powers as part of the War on Terrorism, is good legislation or goes too far? 3 Do you think recent applications of the Endangered Species Act in New Mexico have been helpful or harmful? Would you push for any changes in the law? 4 How much military force should the U.S. use to bring about a regime change in Iraq? What should the role of Congress be? 5 Should the Bush tax cut be postponed or rolled back? 6 Do you support or oppose publicly financed vouchers that parents could use to help send their children to private, religious or public schools of their choice? 7 What would be an adequate prescription drug benefit for seniors? Should Social 8 Security be privatized to allow individuals to manage and invest a portion of their account? What steps should 9 Congress take to control escalating health care costs? 0 or oppose more federal controls on guns and gun sales? 2 Do you support or oppose abortion rights? Do you support or oppose the death penalty? U.S. HOUSE DIST. 2 Steve Pearce PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Hobbs DATE OF BIRTH: Aug. 24, 947 EDUCATION: Bachelor s degree, business administration, New Mexico State University, 970; master s degree, business administration, Eastern New Pearce Mexico University, 99 OCCUPATION: Owner, Lea Fishing Tools Inc., oil field service company FAMILY: Wife, Cynthia; one daughter POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: N.M. House of Representatives, ; House Republican caucus chairman; Lea County Fair Board chairman; New Mexico Republican Party Platform Committee chair, 200; New Mexico Republican Party, 2nd Congressional District chairman, Prevent CEOs from profiting from erroneous financial statements; make CEOs vouch for the timeliness and fairness of company disclosures; give investors access to accurate information, critical information; if CEOs must have to vouch for accuracy, so should lawyers, bureaucrats and elected officials 2. I support the Patriot Act in general, but share the worry of individual freedoms being protected. I believe Congress should exercise strict oversight to assure constitutional freedoms are not being abridged. 3. Socioeconomic consequences to communities need to be considered when declaring endangered species. The act has become a tool to take away constitutional private property rights and harm industries. 4. We should not allow Iraq to develop or use weapons of mass destruction. If Saddam Hussein has such weapons, we should use whatever force is necessary to assure he cannot use them against our allies or us. Congress should authorize our involvement. 5. Most of the Bush tax cut has not yet kicked in. I support accelerating the income tax rate cuts and making all the tax roll-backs permanent, including the Death tax. 6. Public schools will carry most of the educational load. Local school boards need to be accountable and parents and teachers must be empowered. Choices from charter schools to tax credits to vouchers help create change within the system 7. I support the bill passed by the Congress which adds a voluntary prescription drug benefit. The bill (H.R.4954) allows beneficiaries to choose the best plan for them and limits federal control. The basic plan provides for a $250 deductible.. The premium is about $33 per month. 8. I oppose privatization. I also oppose reducing benefits, increasing the payroll tax or raising the retirement age. I am committed to preserving and protecting Social Security 9. We should enact reforms that incorporate personal ownership of healthcare plans, patient choice and free-market competition. There should be a refundable tax credit to assist low-income families to purchase private insurance, removal of excessive insurance regulations, removal of barriers to sponsorship of coverage by civic and business organizations and increased medical savings 0. I believe the Second Amendment guarantees every lawabiding citizen the right to keep and bear arms. I do not support additional controls on guns or gun sales. I am pro-life. 2. I support the death penalty, but I also support using all available technology, such as DNA testing, to assure the guilt of the condemned person. John Arthur Smith PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Deming DATE OF BIRTH: July 7, 94 EDUCATION: B.S. biology, University of New Mexico, 966 OCCUPATION: Real estate appraiser FAMILY: Wife, Janette; two sons POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: N.M. state Senate, 988-present Write-In Candidates Two people filed as write-in candidates for the 2nd Congressional District seat. They are: Padraig M. Lynch, a Republican from Roswell George L. Dewey, a Green Party member from Veguita. Smith. We should close tax loopholes to stop corporations from reincorporating offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes. We should demand honest accounting and punish corporate crooks that cheat and defraud their employees and shareholders. 2. I believe we must do everything within our power to secure the nation s borders and keep our families safe. It is also important as we strengthen our national security that we fund our local and state police 3. I think the Endangered Species Act has been misused in New Mexico. While we need to protect endangered species, we can ill afford the fiscal impact and burden it places on business, industry and the agricultural community. 4. First and foremost, I support President Bush s effort to bring about a change in leadership in Iraq. However, Congress should be consulted before any military action is pursued. 5. We should keep the tax cuts that went to the middle class and working families We should be sure we do not pursue budget policies that would rob the Social Security trust fund If there is a deficit in the trust fund, then cuts should be delayed. 6. I oppose a voucher system that would bankrupt our public school system and put public money into private schools. 7. A prescription drug plan should be under Medicare, not insurance companies, and would be voluntary, affordable and accessible to all beneficiaries. I would support a plan that would cover up to half of the beneficiary s out-ofpocket costs up to $5, I am not in favor of privatizing any portion of Social Security at this time. Converting to such a system would actually cost hundreds of billions of dollars in the first few years and would jeopardize the whole Social Security system 9. I know first-hand that one reason health care costs are high in New Mexico is because of the unfair and unequal Medicare reimbursements for our providers here in New Mexico 0. As a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights, I would oppose more federal controls on the sale and ownership of guns.. I am not for abortion as a means of birth control, but only in cases of rape, incest and to protect the health of the mother. 2. I think capital crimes deserve capital punishment. I support the death penalty. ATTORNEY GENERAL Ann Tyner Gleason POLITICAL PARTY: Green PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe DATE OF BIRTH: April 9, 940 EDUCATION: B.A., history, Colorado College, 963; M.A., Gleason teaching social studies, Harvard University, 964; juris doctorate, University of Colorado, 968 OCCUPATION: Lawyer, real estate broker FAMILY: Two sons POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERI- ENCE: Candidate for N.M. Senate, 2000; member, Commission Against Domestic Violence under Tom Udall; private practice, 979-present ON THE WEB: gleason.htm Ann Tyner Gleason has been a lawyer in private practice since 979. She lost a bid to unseat state Sen. Roman Maes, D-Santa Fe, in Gleason said if elected, she would review all water uses in the state. We ve simply got to use water in an intelligent way, she said. Gleason also said she opposes the death penalty and private ownership of guns. She said she supports legalizing the use of marijuana for medical uses and decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of the drug. I think the results of having criminal penalties for that are worse than the drug itself, Gleason said. Gleason said she would support offering a bonus to bilingual New Mexico police officers.

7 STATEWIDE RACES GENERAL ELECTION ATTORNEY GENERAL Rob Perry DATE OF BIRTH: March 25, 960 EDUCATION: B.A., University of New Mexico, 986; juris doctorate, Whittier College School of Law, 989; L.L.M., Emory University School of Law, 990 OCCUPATION: Former secretary of New Mexico Corrections Department Perry FAMILY: Wife, Kerry; one daughter, one son POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Secretary of New Mexico Corrections Department, ; deputy secretary of New Mexico Department of Public Safety, ; assistant New Mexico attorney general, ; assistant state attorney, 6th Judicial Circuit, Florida, ; special assistant district attorney, Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney s Office, ON THE WEB: Rob Perry has served as an assistant attorney general in New Mexico and as a prosecutor in Florida and Georgia. Most recently, he was secretary of the state Corrections Department until May. He earned a reputation of a tough-talking, hard-nosed administrator. Perry said, if elected attorney general, he would create a centralized database of drunken-driving convictions. He said he would push for a new law to allow state criminal justice agencies to use the database to prosecute DWI cases. Our DWI program is in absolute shambles, he said. Perry said he would establish a public integrity unit within the Attorney General s Office to investigate allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest involving public officials. He said he would ask legislators to change the state s campaign finance Patricia Madrid (i) Patricia Madrid has served as the state s first female attorney general since 999, following 4 years as a partner in the Albuquerque law firm Messina, Madrid & Smith, P.A. Her legal experience also includes six years as a state district court judge and presiding judge in the 2nd Judicial District in Albuquerque. Madrid cited the creation of a capital crimes unit as being among her accomplishments as attorney general. She also said her office was instrumental in the successful prosecution of several high-profile cases, including the conviction of Patrick Ryan for raping a former biology research partner after drugging her with bear tranquilizers. Madrid said she lobbied state lawmakers to appropriate millions of laws to require candidates for attorney general and the state Public Regulation Commission to disclose information about any financial interests contributors have with the state. Perry also said he would lobby lawmakers to restrict the size of contributions to candidates for those offices. As corrections secretary, Perry was proud of several accomplishments. They included: bringing an end to the Duran Consent Decree, which provided for federal oversight of state prisons; building new prisons, including super-maximum security units; tightening up on the state s good time law for prisoner releases; and setting up a criminal management information system to better manage violent inmates. Perry has defended the development of privately run prisons in New Mexico, saying those prisons save money and are being run well. DATE OF BIRTH: 56 years old EDUCATION: B.A., University of New Mexico, English and philosophy, 969; juris doctorate, UNM, 973; certificate of completion, National Judicial College, University of Nevada, 978 OCCUPATION: New Mexico attorney general FAMILY: Husband, L. Michael Messina; two daughters, one son Madrid POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Mexico attorney general, 999-present; 2nd Judicial District judge, ; chief presiding judge, 2nd Judicial District, dollars for a potential legal battle with Texas over the amount of water it receives from the Rio Grande after it leaves New Mexico. I expect to be an activist attorney general in this area, Madrid said. Madrid said she was proud of her role last year in negotiating a $9 million settlement with 0 New Mexico Indian tribes over gambling revenue back payments owed to the state. I did help to bridge that divisiveness, and I collected a lot of money for the state, Madrid said. Madrid said if she wins a second term as attorney general, she will continue the state s litigation against Pojoaque Pueblo and the Mescalero Apache Tribe, which rejected the settlement and new gambling compacts with the state. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS Patrick Lyons PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Quay County DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 7, 953 EDUCATION: Clovis High School, 972; B.S., New Mexico State University, 976; M.S., agriculture, Colorado State University, 977 OCCUPATION: Farmer-rancher FAMILY: Wife, Sandy; three children POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Mexico Senate, District 7, 993- present Rancher and state Sen. Patrick Lyons of Cuervo is hoping to do what only one Republican has done in the past 70 years: win election as New Mexico s state land commissioner. Lyons said his track record in state government as well as his on-the-ground experience as a farmer, rancher and private business owner make him the best man for the job. The state land commissioner oversees 9 million acres of state-trust land across New Mexico and 3 million acres of subsurface mineral rights, including oil and natural gas. Revenues help support New Mexico public schools. Lyons believes the land office could increase its revenues by issuing more timber, grazing and right-of-way leases and by increasing oil and natural gas drilling on state trust lands. Art Trujillo Former Santa Fe mayor and architectural planner Art Trujillo said education will be his first priority if he wins his bid to become New Mexico s next commissioner of public lands. He said he wants to maximize revenues for public schools while still protecting and enhancing the environmental integrity of state trust lands. Trujillo said he would implement a conservation management plan that considers the life span and capacity of the natural resources, taking into account such things as the long-term impacts of oil and gas drilling. He wants to hold town hall meetings around the state, focus on development projects like Mesa del Sol that create jobs and ongoing revenue, and beef up enforcement of environmental clean-up regulations for polluted oil and gas drilling sites on state land. During the primary, Trujillo proposed dipping into the $7.4 billion land grant permanent fund to pay for one-time school construction and repair projects. He said recently that he still likes the idea but said it would require more research. Trujillo has been a major player in state and local party politics as Democratic national committeeman and Bernalillo County chairman. He was lauded as a Santa Fe County commissioner in the late 970s for his work to pass the Lyons He said that as a state legislator, he has consistently supported water projects, oil and gas concerns and economic development opportunities. He said he also has experience with public budgets as a ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee. Lyons said he has a proven record. He is serving his third four-year term in the Senate, representing Colfax, Union Harding, San Miguel, Quay and Curry counties. Lyons said his top priority as land commissioner would be to maximize revenues in an environmentally clean way to fund our schools. He has also said he wants to help connect more rural areas to high-speed Internet service by making right-of-way leases on state lands available for companies to lay communications cables. DATE OF BIRTH: Nov. 25, 940 EDUCATION: B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., regional and urban planning, University of Oklahoma, 963 OCCUPATION: Planning consultant FAMILY: Wife, Elaine; two children Trujillo POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Chairman, Santa Fe City-County Planning Commission, ; Santa Fe County commissioner, ; mayor of Santa Fe, ; president, NM Association of Counties, ; chairman Bernalillo County Democratic Party, 99-99; Democratic national committeeman, ON THE WEB: state s first land-development code based on water resources. Then, as mayor of Santa Fe, he initiated a law to protect hillsides from development. He has faced questions about whether his political clout helped his architectural design firm win large public projects in New Mexico in the mid-970s and 980s. Trujillo said those jobs were won through competitive bidding and good marketing, not politics. A downturn in the regional economy overpowered his former architectural planning business and other enterprises in the mid-980s, leaving him with debts and an $80,000 state tax lien. He said he has since paid off the lien. Trujillo had DWI convictions in 984 and 992. He did not fight the charges. Trujillo said the land commissioner job fits his background because he has public policy experience, an education in land use and planning and political party experience. He was born and raised on a cattle ranch near Raton, a background he said also would be useful as land commissioner. Write-In Candidates One person has filed as a write-in candidate for commissioner of public lands. He is: Sam Hitt, a Green Party member from Santa Fe.

8 0 STATEWIDE RACES SECRETARY OF STATE Sharon Clahchischilliage (Pronounced: claw-chis-chillage) PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Cudei, N.M. DATE OF BIRTH: June 8, 948 EDUCATION: B.S., education, Eastern New Mexico University, ; master s degree, social work, University of Pennsylvania, 99 OCCUPATION: Consultant/trainer in health care, education and American Indian issues Clahchischilliage FAMILY: Daughter POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Chief executive officer, the National Council for Urban Indian Health; executive director, the Navajo Nation; tribal liaison for the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department; commissioned officer for the U.S. Public Health Service; and special education teacher in Bernalillo and Farmington schools ON THE WEB: Sharon Clahchischilliage said New Mexico became a national joke in the November 2000 presidential election. Votes were misread, missing votes were later discovered and the election wasn t certified until December, she said. The Republican candidate for secretary of state a Navajo who would be the first Indian to hold statewide office in New Mexico if she is elected said the first thing she would do is immediately regain control of the voting system in the state. New Mexico has normalized the flaws of our election system. We need to reform the system, she said. In the 2000 general election, Bernalillo and Doña Ana counties had problems Rebecca Vigil-Giron (i) PARTY: Democrat PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe and Albuquerque DATE OF BIRTH: Sept. 4, 954 counting votes, delaying the certification process. Clahchischilliage said she would address the voter fraud questions by pressing the Legislature to enact a law that would require voter identification at polls. It ensures that the registered voters are casting the ballot. Now, it s free for all, said Clahchischilliage. She said she would also work toward modernizing voter machines, work more closely with county governments and make elections in New Mexico more efficient and fair. Clahchischilliage has worked extensively on health care, education and social issues effecting American Indians. EDUCATION: Associate of arts degree, New Mexico Highlands University, 978; Senior executive in state and local government program, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, 989; B.A., French and social sciences, New Mexico Highlands University, 99 Vigil-Giron OCCUPATION: New Mexico secretary of state FAMILY: Son, Andrew POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Mexico secretary of state, and 998-present; executive director of the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women, 99-93; electoral observer in Angola, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Nicaragua Rebecca Vigil-Giron said that when she was elected secretary of state in the mid-980s, she spearheaded the effort to change the deadline for voter registration from 42 days to 28 days before an election. If re-elected to a third term in a span of 5 years, the Democratic incumbent said she would work toward eliminating the 28-day deadline altogether and have same-day voter registration. I would love to make it happen, Vigil- Giron said. It makes it very easy. It doesn t disenfranchise people. The implementation of same- day voter registration would be possible once a new Voter Registration and Elections Management System (VREMS) becomes fully operational next year. Vigil-Giron s administration began implementing the new system since The new system allows all county clerks to send information on local voter rolls directly to the secretary of state s office in Santa Fe. It can also eliminate doubleregistration of the same individual in two different counties and purge names of the deceased from the voter rolls. Same-day registration would still require approval from the Legislature. Vigil-Giron said this year her office made campaign finance reports available for public inspection on its Web page, and promises to improve on access to public records. She emphasized that she would continue to enforce New Mexico election laws to protect the purity of elections and guard against abuse of the elective franchise. STATE AUDITOR Tom Benavides DATE OF BIRTH: Jan. 6, 939 EDUCATION: Bachelor s degree, accounting and economics, University of Albuquerque, 96; worked toward master s degree in accounting, but never graduated OCCUPATION: Owner/operator, Tom Benavides Realty, mid-960s to present; junior accountant, Almond-Everson CPA in Roswell, early 960s Benavides FAMILY: Wife, Kathleen Jacobsen Benavides; three sons POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Justice of Peace (Albuquerque city judge), 959; New Mexico state senator (Dist. 35), ; New Mexico state senator (Dist. ), ON THE WEB: This former Democratic state senator, known for having fun in the Legislature and advocating such propositions as incorporating El Paso and West Texas into New Mexico, is running this year as a Republican for the office of state auditor. Tom Benavides said he has proven skills as a successful businessman for nearly 40 years, and the necessary government experience, to lead the auditor s office in the right direction. The office, with an annual budget of over $2.3 million, audits more than 60 state agencies and contracts private accountants to audit nearly 500 state and local agencies. If elected, Benavides said he would hire qualified staff and issue high quality audits on time. I want to make sure that taxpayers money is properly audited and monitored, he said. Benavides said he is spending his own Domingo Martinez (i) PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe DATE OF BIRTH: Aug. 7, 952 money on his campaign for auditor because I don t want to be beholden to CPAs (certified public accountants). Benavides challenged Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., as an independent candidate in 994. He tried to challenge Bingaman again, in 2000, as a Reform Party candidate, but lacked enough valid signatures on his nominating petitions to win a place on the ballot. Benavides said he became a Republican about nine months ago, saying the Democratic Party has gone too far to the left. As a state senator, Benavides advocated parimutuel betting on ostrich and camel racing, opposed seat belts and crusaded to allow the South Valley area of Bernalillo County to become its own county. EDUCATION: Bachelor s degree, accounting, College of Santa Fe, 978; Master s degree in public administration, University of New Mexico, 986 OCCUPATION: State auditor FAMILY: Wife, JoAnna; two sons, two daughters Martinez POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: State auditor, 999-present; director of the Property Tax Division of the Taxation and Revenue Department, and 99-94; vice president, National Association of Latino Appointed and Elected Officials; chairman, Santa Fe SER Jobs for Progress; member, New Mexico Foundation for Open Government In his first term as the New Mexico state auditor, Domingo Martinez said he has turned the office around by producing quality audits of state agencies in a timely fashion. If he s re-elected to his second four-year term in November, the Democratic incumbent promised to continue on that progress. Quality, timeliness and efficiency of audits of state and local governments will continue to be the highest priority of the office of the State Auditor, Martinez said. Martinez said his office was able to identify several problems within some state agencies that delayed releasing timely audits and worked with those agencies to fix them. During the past four year, we established communications, not only with the legislators, educators and other local governments, but also with people who actually implement the procedures, Martinez said. Martinez said if re-elected, his administration would continue to aggressively review audit reports to ensure compliance with professional standards as well as federal and state regulations. Martinez, who is a certified government financial manager, but not a certified public accountant, said he has a record of experience, integrity and leadership. Under his administration, Martinez said all audits approved and released by the office of State Auditor have been made available for public inspection.

9 STATEWIDE RACES GENERAL ELECTION 2002 PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION DIST. 5 Including portions of Torrance and Valencia counties Harold Chub Foreman PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Las Cruces DATE OF BIRTH: July 27, 938 EDUCATION: B.S., civil engineering, New Mexico State University, 96 OCCUPATION: Property management 980 to present FAMILY: Wife, Carol, two daughters, one son POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: N.M. Senate, Doña Ana County, We must help streamline the setup and operation of the entrepreneurial efforts of skilled business people to create jobs for our citizens. 2. Regulations are as much for the business community as for the consumers. They should equalize the competitive market for business as well as control product quality for the consumers. 3. To work with and encourage our state s private businesses toward more efficient operations and procedures, with less government intrusion. Commissioners should show impartial, non-political, honest and fair decision making abilities. Foreman 4. Sandborn and Foreman Enterprises, an apartment development partnership, settled a controversial tax lien dispute with the IRS in 986. E. Shirley Baca PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Las Cruces DATE OF BIRTH: May 3, 95 EDUCATION: B.A., fine arts, New Mexico State University, 974; M.A., educational management and development, NMSU, 976; juris doctorate, Antioch School of Law, 985 OCCUPATION: President, Public Interest Consultants, Inc., ; independent consultant, 2000 to present FAMILY: Single POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Legislative analyst, ; N.M. House of Representatives, ; vice chair for 2nd congressional district of N.M. Democratic party, 998 to present. The PRC could request that companies doing business in the state hire New Mexicans and purchase materials from New Mexico wholesale and retail businesses. 2. Absolutely. 3. I would make myself accessible (to constituents) by opening a parttime offices in Las Cruces and Valencia or Socorro County. I would also support renewable energy initiatives and improved telecommunications for rural areas. Baca How can the PRC help stimulate economic development in New Mexico? Are you in favor of 2 regulation as a way of protecting consumers? What would be your 3 top priorities if elected? or your business if you are a 4 business owner ever been the subject of any state or federal tax liens? been 5 involved in a personal or business bankruptcy been 6 arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drunken driving, any misdemeanor or any felony? STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION / DIST. 3 Albuquerque Area Mary A. Gilbert RESIDENCE: Albuquerque BORN: April 7, 930 EDUCATION: Two-year business course, Our Lady of the Lake College, San Antonio, Texas ( ) OCCUPATION: Small business owner and manager, 966-present; full-time mother; accounts receivable (950-52) Gilbert FAMILY: widow; five sons, three daughters (one deceased) POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Neighborhood Association President, ; treasurer, Bernalillo County Republican Party 994-present. It is not the fault of the testing system that some schools are on probation. The tests should merely be a measure to evaluate how the students are meeting the academic skills demanded by the standards and benchmarks that are established by the State Board of Education. 2. Private management companies may have to be hired to manage schools that have failed the students. These management companies will have to have the right to hire and retain the best teachers. 3. I support parental rights to choose the best education for their children. Vouchers are only subject to the discretion of the Legislature, not the State Board of Education. Christine Trujillo (i) RESIDENCE: Albuquerque BORN: Nov. 25, 953 EDUCATION: Master s degree, elementary education, University of New Mexico, 998; bachelor s in elementary education/bilingual certification, New Mexico Highlands University, 980 Trujillo OCCUPATION: President, New Mexico Federation of Educational Employees, 200-present; 20-year elementary bilingual teacher in Albuquerque Public Schools FAMILY: Two daughters, two sons POLITICAL/GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: District 3 member, State School Board, 994-present; president, New Mexico AFL-CIO, 200-present; member, Instructional Services Committee; New Mexico Public School Insurance Authority liaison; New Mexico Activities Association Liaison; vicechair, Charter School Ad Hoc Committee, Legislative Education Study Committee; member, UNM Educational Leadership Task Force; vice president for scholarships, MANA de Albuquerque, 989-present; vice president, New Mexico Human Rights Coalition, 997-present; New Mexico Women s Agenda advocate; member, Hispanic Round Table; Democratic Party Ward Chair-25C and state Central Committee member. No. It s unfair to say that it s made a difference because data is insufficient and inconsistent to determine its impact. High stakes attached to standardized testing is never good. Schools need support not punishment. 2. No. Private management companies cost more and do not offer new or creative solutions when they are contracted to fix schools. Private companies must make a profit to survive just look at Edison s problems. 3. No, I do not support school vouchers. Has the state s new high-stakes accountability system, which places an emphasis on standardized test scores, made a difference in the quality of education? Should private school 2 management companies be hired to take over public schools? Do you support school 3 vouchers? If so, under what circumstances? or your business if you are a 4 business owner ever been the subject of any state or federal tax liens? been 5 involved in a personal or business bankruptcy been 6 arrested for, charged with, or convicted of drunken driving, any misdemeanor or any felony?

10 2 JUDICIAL RACES New Mexico Courts The New Mexico Supreme Court has five members, or justices. It is the appellate court of last review in New Mexico and has supervisory authority over other courts in the state. The New Mexico Court of Appeals has 0 judges. It hears both civil and criminal appeals. There are 72 state District Court judges in New Mexico, divided among 3 judicial districts. The largest of those districts is the 2nd Judicial District, which includes all of Bernalillo County and has 23 judges. The district courts handle civil cases and criminal felony cases and sometimes are referred to as the state s trial courts. There are 6 state magistrate judges in the state, although they are elected county by county, except in Bernalillo County. These courts deal mostly with criminal misdemeanors and civil issues involving dollar amounts under $7,500. Only Bernalillo County has a Metropolitan Court, which handles civil cases involving dollar amounts under $7,500 and criminal misdemeanors. Metropolitan Court handles the same kind of cases as the magistrate courts in New Mexico s 32 other counties. Municipal courts around the state are run by 86 municipal judges. These courts deal with municipal ordinances, especially traffic offenses. Read full judicial ratings at: nmjpec.org/ JUDICIAL RETENTION Here are lists of all state judges and Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court judges standing for retention in the Nov. 5 elections. In retention elections, voters are asked to vote yes or no on whether to retain a judge in his or her position on the bench. All judges up for retention have previously been elected in one partisan election. All of the judges listed are incumbents. Recommendations on retention listed here were prepared by the New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission. The commission was created in 997 by the New Mexico Supreme Court to provide voters with sound information about judges standing for retention elections. The commission is made up of 5 volunteers, including eight laypersons and seven lawyers appointed by the Supreme Court. Members are nominated by the governor, chief justice, speaker of the House, Senate president pro tem, House minority leader, Senate minority leader and the president of the state bar. SUPREME COURT R - Pamela B. Minzner R - Petra J. Maes COURT OF APPEALS R - Michael D. Bustamante NA - Celia Foy Castillo DISTRICT JUDGES st Judicial District NA - Barbara J. Vigil R - Jim Hall R - Carol J. Vigil R - Michael Vigil R - Steve Pfeffer NR - Daniel A. Sanchez 2nd Judicial District R - James F. Blackmer R - Tommy Jewell R - Frank H. Allen Jr. R - Ted C. Baca R - Neil C. Candelaria R - Dan Schneider R - Ross C. Sanchez R - Mark A. Macaron R - Theresa Baca R - Wendy E. York R - Robert H. Scott R - W. John Brennan R - Richard J. Knowles R - Robert L. Thompson R - Susan M. Conway R - Albert S. Pat Murdoch R - William F. Lang R - Angela Jewell R - Deborah Davis Walker R - Geraldine E. Rivera 3rd Judicial District R - Robert E. Robles R - Stephen Bridgforth R - Lou Martinez R - Jerald A. Valentine R - Grace Duran 4th Judicial District R - Eugenio S. Mathis R - Jay G. Harris 5th Judicial District R - Jay W. Forbes R - Alvin F. Jones NA - Don Maddox R - James L. Shuler R - William P. Lynch R - Gary L. Clingman 6th Judicial District R - Gary M. Jeffreys 7th Judicial District R - Edmund H. Kase III R - Thomas G. Fitch NM JUDICIAL DISTRICTS San Juan Rio Arriba Taos Colfax Union McKinley Catron Hidalgo Letters preceding the judges names indicate the recommendations of the New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission: R - Retain X - Do not retain 6 Cibola Luna 3 Socorro Sierra Los Alamos Sandoval Bernalillo Valencia Doña Ana 7 Santa Fe Torrance Otero Lincoln 2 Mora San Miguel 4 8 Guadalupe De Baca Chaves 5 Eddy Harding 0 NR - No recommendation ( no opinion ). The commission found some problems, but also found mitigating circumstances. Therefore, it decided not to issue an opinion on whether the judge should be retained. 8th Judicial District R - Peggy J. Nelson R - Sam B. Sanchez 9th Judicial District R - Stephen Quinn R - Robert C. Brack Quay Curry 9 Roosevelt Lea 0th Judicial District R - Ricky D. Purcell th Judicial District R - William C. Birdsall R - Joseph L. Rich X - Paul R. Onuska R - Grant Foutz 2th Judicial District R - Jerry H. Ritter Jr. R - James Waylon Counts R - Karen Parsons R - Frank K. Wilson 3th Judicial District R - John W. Pope R - Kenneth G. Brown R - William Bill Sanchez NA - Camille E. Olguin R - Louis P. McDonald DISTRICT JUDGE / PARTISAN Six partisan elections for state district judge positions will be on ballots around the state, but only one of the seats is contested. Here is a list of seats for state district judicial positions in partisan elections. The letter in parentheses refers to the candidate s party: Democrat (D) or Republican (R). st Judicial District Timothy L. Garcia (D) 2nd Judicial District Ernesto J. Romero (D) 3rd Judicial District Silvia E. Cano-Garcia (R), Douglas R. Driggers (D) 5th Judicial District William A. McBee (R) Charles C. Currier III (R) 7th Judicial District Kevin R. Sweazea (R) NA - Not available. Rules do not provide for evaluation of judges who have been in their position for less than two years. Therefore, no recommendation was available. METROPOLITAN COURT R - Denise Barela Shepherd R - Kevin L. Fitzwater X - Barbara A. Brown R - Charles R. Barnhart NA - Frank A. Sedillo X - Keesha-Maria Ashanti R - Sandra J. Clinton R - Judith K. Nakamura R - Victoria J. Grant X - Frank William Gentry R - Cecelia Niemczyk R - Marie A. Baca R - J. Michael Kavanaugh NR - Theresa A. Gomez R - Anna G. Martinez R- Sharon D. Walton

11 STATEWIDE RACES GENERAL ELECTION SUPREME COURT / PARTISAN ELECTION Paul D. Barber DATE OF BIRTH: July 8, 949 EDUCATION: B.A., economics, Brigham Young University, 973; juris doctorate, Brigham Young University, 976 OCCUPATION: Director, New Mexico Workers Compensation Administration Barber FAMILY: Wife, Luana Payne Barber; five children EXPERIENCE: Director, New Mexico Workers Compensation Administration, 999-present; 2nd Judicial District Court judge, 998; member, N.M. state House of Representatives, 99-94; private practice, Paul Barber served as a district court judge in Bernalillo County in 998 before losing his seat to Democrat Ted Baca in that year s general election. Barber worked in private law Roderick Kennedy (i) DATE OF BIRTH: 46 years old Roderick Kennedy served his first stint as a state Court of Appeals judge from 999 until 2000, when he lost to Democrat Cynthia Fry in the November general election. Last year, Kennedy, a Republican, practice for 22 years before Gov. Gary Johnson appointed him to the judgeship. Barber also was a member of the state House of Representatives from 99-94, including two years as minority whip. EDUCATION: B.A., The College of Wooster (Ohio), 977; juris doctorate, University of Toledo College of Law, 980; certificate in criminal trial advocacy, Hastings College of Law; fellow, American Academy of Forensic Sciences OCCUPATION: Court of Appeals judge FAMILY: Wife, Phyllis Jennings Kennedy; two daughters Kennedy EXPERIENCE: New Mexico Court of Appeals judge, , 200-present; Jicarilla Nation Court judge pro tem, 200; Metropolitan Court judge, Albuquerque, ; prosecuting attorney, 98-88; general trial practice, was appointed by Gov. Gary Johnson for the second time to the Court of Appeals. Kennedy served as a Metropolitan Court judge in Albuquerque from 988 until his first appointment to the appellate court. Richard C. Bosson PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Santa Fe DATE OF BIRTH: March 9, 944 EDUCATION: B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 966; juris doctorate, Georgetown Law School, 969; master s degree in judicial process, University of Virginia School of Law, 998 OCCUPATION: Chief judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals FAMILY: Wife, Gloria Candelaria Bosson; two children Bosson EXPERIENCE: New Mexico Court of Appeals judge, 994-present; member, Constitutional Revision Commission, ; private law practice, ; New Mexico commissioner of banking, 984; bond counsel, state of New Mexico, ; New Mexico Attorney General s Office, director of Civil Division, ; Legal Aid Society of Albuquerque and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Richard C. Bosson has been a judge on the state Court of Appeals since 994 and has served as the court s chief judge since last year. Bosson s legal experience COURT OF APPEALS / PARTISAN ELECTION Manuel Tijerina includes 4 years in private practice and two years with the state Attorney General s Office. Bosson has been a member of the State Bar of New Mexico since 970. PLACE OF RESIDENCE: La Mesa DATE OF BIRTH: June 20, 949 EDUCATION: B.A., University of Arizona, 972; juris doctorate, Stanford Law School, 975 OCCUPATION: Lawyer FAMILY: Wife, Kathryn Harris Tijerina Tijerina EXPERIENCE: New Mexico deputy attorney general, 99-98; secretary of New Mexico Human Services Department, 986; deputy secretary of New Mexico Human Services Department, ; attorney in private practice, periodically since 982; legislative assistant for then-u.s. Rep. Edward Roybal, D-Calif., ; U.S. Navy attorney, Manuel Tijerina has been an attorney in private practice periodically since 982. He was deputy state attorney general from and briefly served as secretary of the state Human Services Department. Tijerina said he is proud of his diverse experience, which includes being a migrant farm worker and a legislative assistant to Edward Roybal, an Albuquerque native who became a California congressman. Tijerina said that, if elected, he would speed up the appeals process and make it easier for residents to represent themselves in court. About Judicial Elections Judges filling unexpired terms in New Mexico are appointed by the governor from recommendations made by a judicial selection panel. After a judge wins an initial partisan election, which is required, he or she is subject to regular nonpartisan retention elections. In the retention election, the sitting judge has no ballot opponent and voters are asked only whether the judge should be retained on the bench. However, judges up for retention must receive at least 57 percent of the vote to keep their seats. The lack of a successful retention vote starts the nomination process all over again. The judicial election system sometimes has been called a modified merit-selection system. The governor also appoints magistrates to fill unexpired terms, but there is no selection panel that makes recommendations. Magistrates are subject to partisan elections at the end of each term. ELECTION ACTION: Bernalillo County voting machines get a 24-hour charging before the June 2002 New Mexico primary. At far right, a voter at Taylor Middle School in Albuquerque s North Valley casts her ballot in the June primary while her children watch. JOURNAL FILE