Priorities

Real Progress. Real Results

As a State Representative, Andrea has led some of the biggest efforts to improve Northern New Mexico and the state. Her record includes:

  • Awarded Everytown for Gun Safety's Lawmaker of the Year in 2024 for passing landmark 7-day waiting period legislation; closing a critical loophole on background checks; and helping to prevent suicide.

  • Sponsored the landmark Cannabis legalization bill in 2020.

  • Funded $25 million a year fund for affordable housing.

  • Chaired the United for Housing campaign where 73% of Santa Feans voted for a 3% excise tax on mansions; and will work to ensure the will of the voters will be realized in the 2025 Session.

  • Sponsored the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women bill in 2019 and created a "Missing in New Mexico Day"

  • Passed the Community Energy Efficiency Development Act which provides relief on utility bills to low-income families and helps lower energy consumption


Andrea’s priorities for the State Legislature are:

  • Small businesses, entrepreneurs and local jobs:  Northern New Mexico needs better paying jobs. That means smarter economic development that supports local small businesses, promotes tourism and outdoor recreation, and provides hope for young people so they stay in northern New Mexico and raise their families here. My plan will:

      • Support small businesses and local entrepreneurs.

      • Increase job training and apprenticeships.

      • Create wind and solar jobs.

      • Expand needed broadband infrastructure.

  • Water and Our Environment:  We have always tried to live in harmony with the natural environment around us—the places we rely upon for our livelihoods, food, recreation, tradition, prayer, and family gatherings. Together, we will:

      • Champion clean and safe drinking water for all and reform the ways in which we manage water in our state.

      • Ensure we know where our water resources are coming from and how we are affected by, and are managing our drought

      • Are protecting water uses for the greatest and highest uses available for our most precious resource. El agua es vida!

  • Community & Public Health: I stand strongly for healthy communities, by ensuring we have vibrant community health programs and do what is necessary to strengthen preventative protections for all. I will:

    • Protect and expand access to affordable healthcare and social services for women, seniors, veterans, and all New Mexicans.

    • Set up strong behavioral health services funding mental health and drug treatment programs, and focus more on treatment than on systematic incarceration.

    • Keep up the fight to for stronger common sense gun

    • Support a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions and defending trans rights.

  • Defending the Underserved: Under the Trump Administration and in Republican states hard fought protections for women and other communities are being threatened and rolled back. We cannot allow our state or country's progress for women's, LGBTQ, and minority rights to be rolled back. I will:

      • Strongly defend a woman's right to choose, including decriminalizing abortion in NM.

      • Strengthen laws and practices to combat sexual harassment, domestic violence, and other forms of violence again women so that all women feel safe coming forward and we can help to prevent future incidents from happening.

      • Fight for equal pay for equal work (Download my Women's Platform here).​

  • Respecting our Cultures & Traditions: House District 46 includes four sovereign nations—the Pueblos of Tesuque, Pojoaque, Nambe and San Ildefonso; longstanding Hispanic communities; a vibrant Sikh community’ immigrants’ and many, many others. As neighbors and as a state, we must deal respectfully and honestly with one another to improve relationships and create community-oriented solutions that benefit both Native and non-Native residents in our community.