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<h3>Water is Life. </h3><h4>We support equitable local and sustainable New Mexico farming and ranching, fair water access emphasizing agriculture that feeds New Mexicans, water conservation efforts, and regenerative soil practices. We must increase access to fresh and nutritious foods in all communities, under the direction of impacted communities.</h4><h3>We Affirm</h3><ol><li>New Mexico water is scarce and precious. We will create a long-term plan to ensure that our state agriculture industry is the most efficient in water usage possible; and</li><li>Equitable food-oriented development should be a priority; and</li><li>Pesticides and herbicides should be used responsibly with full consideration of all effects to the ecosystem; and</li><li>“Produced water” is hydraulic fracturing (fracking) waste and should never be used to water our crops; and</li><li>Sustainable farming practices, including regenerative agriculture, soil health, diversified crops, water conservation, worker safety, and fair labor practices are important to help alleviate food insecurity in both urban and rural communities; and</li><li>Monocropping, large-scale farming, and concentrated animal-feeding operations are not healthy, nor are they sustainable; and</li><li>Black, Indigenous, and people of color, working class people, and communities of women are disproportionately impacted by poverty, hunger, and health disparities. We will prioritize land, water, and investment for women and Black, Indigenous, and people of color farmers and food entrepreneurs.</li></ol><h3>We Will</h3><ol><li>Remove the existing minimum-wage exemption for agricultural workers and end the practice of paying workers by the piece; and</li><li>Support stronger agricultural-worker protections, including regulating work hours, demanding fair wages, eliminating child labor, ensuring adequate housing for migrant workers, and providing sanitary facilities in the field; and</li><li>Support funding and prioritization of local farming, including community-supported agriculture (CSAs) and infrastructure to bring products to market; and</li><li>Support incentives for transitioning to locally sustainable agricultural practices, soil restoration, agricultural water conservation, and retention of lands for regenerative agricultural production and ranching; and</li><li>Ban the use of neonicotinoids (synthetic pesticides), which are neurotoxic to humans and detrimental to bees and pollinators on which we depend for our food supply; and</li><li>Support efforts to preserve and protect New Mexico’s traditional heritage livestock and varieties of heirloom seeds; and</li><li>Support individual property owners’ abilities to control their agricultural lands and local water rights for personal and agricultural use to the extent that it does not conflict with the need to have a sustainable community; and</li><li>Compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a contaminant; and</li><li>Compel the Department of Defense (DoD) to clean up PFAS chemical contamination, which originated on military bases, and to provide compensation and remedies for affected water supplies, livestock, and poisoned individuals; and</li><li>Support protecting farmers from lawsuits by companies that produce patented genetically modified seeds, when the local farmers’ crops are corrupted or cross-pollinated from nearby company fields; and</li><li>Support individuals and communities in developing yard and community gardens through supportive land-use policies and zoning; and</li><li>Support regenerative farming practices that protect against drought, mitigate the effects of climate change, increase biodiversity, enrich soils, create living-wage jobs, and improve watersheds; and</li><li>Support increased funding for New Mexico healthy soil initiatives; and</li><li>Support legislation that promotes an industrial hemp industry.</li></ol>

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<h4>Democrats recognize the role of the arts in giving meaning and purpose to our lives and toward making a community engaging to its citizens, tourists, labor force, and business partners. We are committed to investing in the arts and artists to continue our state’s rich cultural heritage.</h4><h3>We Affirm</h3><ol><li>The arts, including images, songs, and dances that originate within indigenous New Mexico cultures, are the intellectual property of that culture and should be protected; and</li><li>The arts contribute to community building and to the emotional, physical, and intellectual health of individuals in our society in significant and important ways; and</li><li>That the sharing of art is a bridge across generations.</li></ol><h3>We Will</h3><ol><li>Support the visual and performing arts through government funding, grants, marketing assistance, training, and increased market access; and</li><li>Support programs and legislation that provide for the health, housing, and well-being of New Mexico's artists; and</li><li>Support public art facilities (both long-term and short-term) that engage all communities, especially young and diverse people; and</li><li>Promote entrepreneurial and support services to artists, art-industry groups, and art-industry organizations; and</li><li>Increase investment in the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities; and</li><li>Develop statewide curricula that emphasize visual and performing arts, as well as relying on the arts to engage students in other subject areas; and</li><li>Increase opportunities for local art communities and artists within the New Mexico film industry; and</li><li>Ensure that grant opportunities are fairly distributed among organizations and individual emerging artists inNew Mexico; and</li><li>Globally brand New Mexico as a destination for domestic and international tourism; and</li><li>Support the use of public alternative spaces for art exhibitions and performances; and</li><li>Promote access to art in all areas of New Mexico, including rural/frontier regions; and</li><li>Support community curation of art projects and the award of patronage funding.</li></ol>

Democrats recognize the role of the arts toward making a community attractive to its citizens, tourists, labor force, and business partners; and we are committed to investing in the arts to continue our state’s rich cultural heritage.

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<h4>Every American, including women, people of color, and other marginalized communities, has the right to a job that provides for adequate food, housing, clothing, health care, recreation, and protection from the economic fears of old age, illness, or accidents. We must also ensure adequate resources for future generations to provide equally for themselves. Businesses have the right to operate free from unfair competition at home and abroad. We support a progressive tax system where all businesses and individuals pay their fair share.communities.</h4><h3>We Affirm</h3><ol><li>Our nation's spending on infrastructure has fallen to its lowest level in 70 years, resulting in lost productivity, investment, collapse of U.S. manufacturing, and a degradation of our competitive edge worldwide; and</li><li>All jobs must pay a living wage; and</li><li>Veterans, the technologically displaced, people with housing insecurity, people with disabilities, people with limited transportation options, youth, and the elderly routinely face barriers to employment and economic opportunity; and</li><li>Our support for single-payer universal health care because individuals should be empowered to make employment and life decisions that are independent of where they live and where or if they work; and</li><li>New Mexico should require that new electrical generating facilities be renewable and advance the date for implementation of the Renewable Portfolio Standards to facilitate New Mexico’s role as a leader in this sector; and</li><li>New Mexico must reinstate the New Mexico solar energy tax credit and expand incentives for home installation of solar panels, passive solar, green technology, and water conservation; and</li><li>Employers in New Mexico should be supported and incentivized to hire locally; and</li><li>Direct job creation should be supported through investments in infrastructure, transportation, renewable energy research, and water conservation; and</li><li>That strong economic growth, which provides equal opportunity to all, reduces crime, domestic violence, and substance abuse rates; and</li><li>It is a right of all New Mexicans to have a strong safety net of social services; and</li><li>New Mexico-owned small businesses should receive preferential treatment with respect to taxation and awarding of grants, contracts, and incentives; and</li><li>Statewide workforce development, vocational training, and educational programs spur economic development and create jobs in all sectors of the economy; and</li><li>A stable state budget, with revenues from diversified streams and industries, will hedge against market volatility; and</li><li>That regulation of banks and other financial institutions benefits all New Mexicans; and</li><li>That New Mexico should investigate and pursue development of a public banking system; and</li><li>Predatory lending is a scourge on the economy and harmful to New Mexicans; and</li><li>Privatization of essential government functions and outsourcing of public-sector jobs harms the economy and the people; and</li><li>Strong unions and union labor benefit New Mexico, its people, its businesses, and its economy; and</li><li>At-will employment and so-called right-to-work laws threaten the power of unions, New Mexico’s workers, their job security, and their right to fair compensation, and the economy of the state; and</li><li>Strong and effective state and federal regulation of monopolies and other dominant businesses serves the public interest; and</li><li>Support for the use of the Defense Production Act for government-ordered production by businesses of resources and material needed during public health emergencies; and</li><li>That adequate investment in programs to prevent the spread of contagious disease, ensure adequate supplies during public health emergencies, and to provide means for all people to practice good hygiene is good for public health, business, and the economy; and</li><li>That during public health emergencies government programs are essential to support businesses and the economy; and</li><li>Effective government policy during public health emergencies prevents harm to people, stabilizes the economy, and supports labor and business.</li></ol><h3>We Will</h3><ol><li>Support business incubator and business development programs statewide; and</li><li>Expand training and retraining programs to ensure that all New Mexicans have broad economic opportunities; and</li><li>Promote policies that encourage employers to hire locals; and</li><li>Foster programs that remove barriers and create a path to employment for the chronically unemployed, including veterans, technologically displaced people, people with housing insecurity, people with disabilities, people with limited transportation options, youth, and the elderly; and</li><li>Support and diversify New Mexico’s economy through investment in tourism and the promotion of made-in-New Mexico products and our unique attractions; and</li><li>Celebrate and support our state’s multicultural identity, beautiful terrain and wildlife, public lands and monuments, and opportunities for adventure; and</li><li>Keep our dollars at home with buy-local initiatives; and</li><li>Develop the market for products made in New Mexico or by New Mexican companies; and</li><li>Support the formation of a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) modeled on the four previous nationally chartered public banks to fund the development of infrastructure needed to support a thriving economy while providing good-paying jobs; and</li><li>Pursue public banking options to increase state revenues without increasing taxes; and</li><li>Support the Taxation and Revenue Department by providing the staffing and funding necessary to ensure that the severance tax and royalties due from natural resources extraction are collected. This should include enacting penalties and interest on companies that have failed to report to the State, whether due to negligence or disregard of rules and regulations; and</li><li>Enhance New Mexico’s international economy by promoting fair trade policies with Mexico and other countries. Other examples of these efforts include expanding our aerospace industry, developing global promotion programs, increasing the number of destinations for direct flights, and boosting the exports of renewable energy, technologies, and other products; and</li><li>Invest in economic growth in the technology sector through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) education, the development and promotion of advanced technology applications, and supporting innovators by teaching information technology and coding in every public school; and</li><li>Support government, microloan, and other financial assistance programs to meet the needs of each borrower fairly and transparently; and</li><li>Demand that the federal and state government stockpile resources needed for public health emergencies and for when there is an acute national security crisis; and</li><li>Ensure that during public health emergencies and acute threats to national security the federal government directs businesses to produce resources as necessary to protect and safeguard people, businesses, and the economy, in conjunction and collaboration with state and local government; and</li><li>Demand that during public health crises and acute threats to national security, the government subsidize businesses in order to stabilize the economy and provide for the people; and</li><li>Support programs that retrain workers displaced by public health emergencies, acute national security threats, and the transition from a fossil-fuel economy to a clean-energy economy.</li></ol>

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<h4>All people have the right to just, equitable, dignified, and respectful treatment.</h4><h3>We Affirm</h3><ol><li>Racism is a deeply embedded system by which the power structure and the enforcing institutions are designed to serve a particular race to the oppression or disadvantage of another; and</li><li>Prejudice is an antagonism directed against an individual or a group based on race, appearance, identity, or attributes; and</li><li>Discrimination is a systematic action to isolate and define an individual or group based on appearance, identity, or attributes; and</li><li>Those born into privilege have an advantage. An equitable society should provide additional resources to level the playing field for those who are historically disadvantaged; and</li><li>The rights as defined by the United States Constitution of free speech, free press, peaceful assembly, due process, and habeas corpus must be defended and upheld; and</li><li>Personal choices, including reproductive choice, domestic partnership, end-of-life options, religious choice (including freedom from and of religion), and marriage equality, are fundamental rights; and</li><li>Unreasonable searches and domestic surveillance, including any conducted under the USA PATRIOT Act, are unconstitutional; and</li><li>All people have a right to a high-quality education, regardless of race, color, prior education, gender identity, religion, national origin, right to remain in the U.S., socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, physical ability, cognitive ability, or age; and</li><li>Civility and speaking out against bigotry and other forms of intolerance must be promoted; and</li><li>History is written by the victor and does not portray an accurate account of all people; and</li><li>The primary drivers of wealth are home and business ownership. These fundamental assets were inaccessible to Black, Indigenous, and people of color for hundreds of years, creating a societal imbalance in wealth and opportunity and health and life expectancy; and</li><li>The death penalty is an absolute violation of civil and human rights; and</li><li>Our rights to clean water and air, a stable climate, and healthy environments are fundamental rights that must be recognized through a state constitutional amendment such as the “Green Amendment.”</li></ol><h3>We Will</h3><ol><li>Protect all people from harassment and violence, including personal, domestic, emotional, mental, financial, and sexual, through education, law enforcement, and the courts. Survivors of these crimes deserve all the support they need; and</li><li>Protect the Establishment Clause, which is the separation of church and state, in all local, state, and federal government institutions, including the military and public schools; and</li><li>Improve conditions and defend human rights for the incarcerated and provide adequate support for successful reintegration into society, including housing, food, health care, employment, and financial support; and</li><li>Embrace racial and socioeconomic equity and counter discrimination in hiring practices and ongoing employment; and</li><li>Defend the use of affirmative action within academic admissions; and</li><li>Enact incentives to reserve units in new housing developments for lower-income households; and</li><li>Protect current homeowners and renters from being displaced due to higher property taxes that occur as a result of increased property values often associated with gentrification; and</li><li>Work to end police violence, mass incarceration, and other racist features of the criminal legal apparatus, all of which have severely harmed Black, Indigenous, and people of color individuals; and</li><li>Propose legislation that appropriately defines racism in the workplace, including definitions of discriminatory behaviors and adverse treatment; and</li><li>Work to end income and wealth inequality; and</li><li>Push for legislation that places incarcerated people in the facilities that match their gender identity to address abuses upon transgender, non-binary, and intersex incarcerated individuals; and</li><li>Work to end human trafficking by uplifting policies and laws such as the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act (TVPA); and</li><li>Address the intersection of racism within our police departments, courts, and media that allow the systemic issues of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) to be ignored. Demand equitable sentencing and allocation of adequate resources to remedy this global issue; and</li><li>Remediate policies that allow inhumane and inequitable treatment of Black, Indigenous, or people of color individuals seeking legal refuge in the U.S. only to be put in cages with aluminum blankets or whipped; and</li><li>Ensure the abolition of the death penalty in recognition that the death penalty is an absolute violation of human and civil rights; and</li><li>Actively work to deconstruct institutional and structural racism and acknowledge the role of patriarchy, colonization, and white supremacy in the current lived experiences of our fellow New Mexicans; and</li><li>Actively work to eliminate voter suppression laws and practices; and</li><li>Actively work to build healthy communities to preclude the disparate impact of pandemics such as COVID-19 on working class communities and Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities.</li></ol>

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Nella’s Ad Ignores Massive Scandals During Her Tenure at World’s Largest Hedge FundNella Domenici, a multimillionaire former hedge fund executive who parachuted into New Mexico to run for Senate, is currently <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/28/republican-senate-candidate-nella-domenici-new-mexico-ad">airing</a> a misleading ad that has already been widely <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com/2024/06/election-eve-24-primary-flies-low-over.html">panned</a> by New Mexico political observers as “weak” and “not compelling.” The ad proudly touts her business resume as CFO, but conveniently ignores her troubling record at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund.Last week the Democratic Party <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://conta.cc/3V1Lqtw">pointed out</a> that during Nella’s tenure, the company increased its investments in Chinese companies, including companies that were controlled by the Chinese military and would later be sanctioned. But that’s not all: the company also faced massive scandals over the unacceptable ways the company treated its employees.“While Nella's ad promotes her time as a CFO, it conveniently skips over the scandals and unethical practices at Bridgewater Associates under her watch,” said Democratic Party of New Mexico Spokesperson Daniel Garcia. “It's essential for New Mexicans to know the full story, not just the polished version.”The New York Times <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/business/dealbook/ray-dalio-bridgewater-hedge-fund.html">reported</a> in 2017 that Bridgewater had “developed a corporate philosophy that resembles a cross between a religion and something of a cult.”&nbsp;In 2016, while Domenici was CFO, Bridgewater <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-largest-hedge-fund-is-building-an-algorithmic-model-of-its-founders-brain-1482423694?mg=prod/accounts-wsj">said</a> that about one-fifth of new hires at the firm left within the first year, while current and former staff members reported that the pressure within the company was so great, that employees were sometimes seen crying in the bathrooms. Bridgewater <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/ray-dalio-greg-jensen-bridgewater">held regular meetings</a> called “public hangings” in which employees at the firm would criticize each other.”&nbsp;The company also had an <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/business/dealbook/bridgewaters-ray-dalio-spreads-his-gospel-of-radical-transparency.html">intense culture of surveillance</a> in which staff were constantly being monitored by video cameras, and virtually all meetings were recorded, while employees called “overseers'' reported on what was captured back to top executives. Recordings were also distributed company-wide that showed employees being berated and driven to tears.

Nella Domenici, a multimillionaire former hedge fund executive who parachuted into New Mexico to run for Senate, is currently <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/28/republican-senate-candidate-nella-domenici-new-mexico-ad">airing</a> a misleading ad that has already been widely <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joemonahansnewmexico.blogspot.com/2024/06/election-eve-24-primary-flies-low-over.html">panned</a> by New Mexico political observers as “weak” and “not compelling.” The ad proudly touts her business resume as CFO, but conveniently ignores her troubling record at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund.

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Today, The Democratic Party of New Mexico proudly kicks off Pride Month by reaffirming long-standing support for the LGBTQIA+ community and reflecting on historic accomplishments and individuals in the fight for equality in New Mexico.&nbsp;DPNM LGBTQ+ Caucus Chair Augustine Montoya in recognition of Pride Month:&nbsp;“New Mexico Democrats remain committed to the fundamental rights of our LGBTQIA+ community. New Mexico Democrats at all levels have been committed allies of our LGBTQIA+ family, friends, and neighbors for years, championing the right to equal treatment under the law for every LGBTQIA+ and trans person.“As Democrats, we continue this fight daily. Whereas Republicans have made it clear that they are steadfast enemies of LGBTQIA+ rights and would attack trans and queer kids, overturn marriage equality, and try to force LGBTQIA+ people right back into the closet if given the chance.”&nbsp;National and New Mexican Republicans continue to undermine marriage equality and oppose fundamental LGBTQIA+ rights. The New Mexico GOP’s <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://newmexico.gop/about-rpnm/?doing_wp_cron=1654112172.4844379425048828125000">website</a> openly details their discriminatory position that defines marriage between “one man and one woman.”&nbsp;<img src="https://run.imgix.net/6c47780c-b0ce-4801-b132-65652aa6d909/676aad58-c925-4678-9614-18bdc2bff7f1/676aad58-c925-4678-9614-18bdc2bff7f1.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2070%2C1008&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="center" alignwidth="40" variant="base">(Screenshot from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://newmexico.gop/about-rpnm/">https://newmexico.gop/about-rpnm/</a>)In contrast, New Mexico Democrats proudly include LGBTQIA+ rights, including marriage equality in our official <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nmdemocrats.org/platform?id=81c31dcc-1752-4a2b-b53a-138217bcdf25">platform</a> and have a proud tradition of standing for these rights. NM Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver led the way to the legalization of marriage in Bernalillo County in 2013 as County Clerk; NM Senator Liz Stefanics was the first openly gay state legislator in New Mexico history, and along with her partner, the first gay couple to be legally married in Santa Fe County; and DPNM Vice Chair Manny Crespin and Secretary Isaac Dakota Casados are both openly gay men.During the 2023 Legislative Session, our Democratic Governor and legislators were able to turn the Reproductive and Gender Affirming Care Act into law, ensuring New Mexico is a safe place for critical gender affirming care.&nbsp;

Today, The Democratic Party of New Mexico proudly kicks off Pride Month by reaffirming long-standing support for the LGBTQIA+ community and reflecting on historic accomplishments and individuals in the fight for equality in New Mexico.&nbsp;

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Going into the last day of early voting across New Mexico tomorrow, Democrats hold a 38.5% difference turnout advantage in absentee and early voting over Republicans statewide according to data from the NM Secretary of State.