Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

NM Scorecard 2021-2022

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the New Mexico Legislature in 2021-2022 and ranks their State Senators and House Representatives based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Increasing Teacher Salaries

Good Vote: No

SB1 Increasing Teacher Salaries (Passed 61 to 0 on 4/5/2022). Increases the minimum starting pay of the state’s public school teachers by $10,000.

2. General Appropriation Act

Good Vote: No

HB 2 General Appropriations Act (Passed 56 to 8 on 2/3/2022). Makes recurring general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2023 of $8.48 billion, up 13.9 percent from 2022.

3. Public Project Revolving Fund

Good Vote: No

SB37 Public Project Revolving Fund (Passed 66 to 0 on 2/14/2022). Appropriates funds to the drinking water state revolving loan fund, the wastewater facility construction loan fund, and the cultural affairs facilities infrastructure fund.

4. Clean Fuel Standard Act

Good Vote: No

SB14 Clean Fuel Standard Act (Rejected 33 to 33 on 2/17/2022). Offers tax incentives to fuel producers to encourage lower-carbon fuel production and requires fuel producers to meet certain requirements and emission caps intended to reduce air pollution from the transportation sector.

5. Opportunity Scholarship Act

Good Vote: No

SB140 Opportunity Scholarship Act (Passed 51 to 17 on 2/16/2022). Makes college tuition-free for most New Mexicans and establishes the most wide-reaching tuition-free scholarship program in the United States.

6. Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant

Good Vote: No

HB37 Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant (Passed 44 to 24 on 2/5/2022). Increases the affordability of energy utilities to low-income communities by creating a program to increase energy efficiency in low-income homes.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Eliseo Alcon	D	HD-006	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Anthony Allison	D	HD-004	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Phelps Anderson	R	HD-066	20%	-	-	-	.	-	+
Deborah Armstrong	D	HD-017	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Armstrong	R	HD-049	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Brian Baca	R	HD-008	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Brittney Barreras	D	HD-012	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Karen Bash	D	HD-068	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rachel Black	R	HD-051	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Kay Bounkeua	D	HD-019	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cathrynn Brown	R	HD-055	60%	-	.	-	+	+	+
Micaela Cadena	D	HD-033	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ambrose Castellano	D	HD-070	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Christine Chandler	D	HD-043	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gail Chasey	D	HD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jack Chatfield	R	HD-067	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Zachary Cook	R	HD-056	60%	-	.	-	+	+	+
Randal Crowder	R	HD-064	60%	-	.	-	+	+	+
Art De La Cruz	D	HD-012	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Meredith Dixon	D	HD-020	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rebecca Dow	R	HD-038	50%	-	.	-	+	.	+
Brian Egolf	D	HD-047	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Daymon Ely	D	HD-023	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Candy Ezzell	R	HD-058	60%	-	.	-	+	+	+
Kelly Fajardo	R	HD-007	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Joanne Ferrary	D	HD-037	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Natalie Figueroa	D	HD-030	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doreen Gallegos	D	HD-052	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Harry Garcia	D	HD-069	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Miguel Garcia	D	HD-014	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joy Garratt	D	HD-029	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Harper	R	HD-057	25%	-	.	-	+	-	.
Joshua Hernandez	R	HD-060	40%	-	-	-	+	.	+
Pamelya Herndon	D	HD-028	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Susan Herrera	D	HD-041	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dayan Hochman-Vigil	D	HD-015	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doreen Johnson	D	HD-005	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Ryan Lane	R	HD-003	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Raymundo Lara	D	HD-034	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Derrick Lente	D	HD-065	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Stefani Lord	R	HD-022	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Georgene Louis	D	HD-026	0%	.	-	.	-	-	-
Tara Lujan	D	HD-048	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Patricia Lundstrom	D	HD-009	20%	-	-	-	+	-	.
Willie Madrid	D	HD-053	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Javier Martinez	D	HD-011	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marian Matthews	D	HD-027	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Matthew McQueen	D	HD-050	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Montoya	R	HD-001	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Roger Montoya	D	HD-040	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Greg Nibert	R	HD-059	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Kristina Ortez	D	HD-042	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Randall Pettigrew	R	HD-061	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Jane Powdrell-Culbert	R	HD-044	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
William Rehm	R	HD-031	50%	-	-	-	+	+	+
Andres Romero	D	HD-010	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Andrea Romero	D	HD-046	0%	.	-	.	-	-	-
Patricia Roybal Caballero	D	HD-013	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angelica Rubio	D	HD-035	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debra Sarinana	D	HD-021	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Larry Scott	R	HD-062	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Linda Serrato	D	HD-045	0%	-	-	-	.	-	-
Nathan Small	D	HD-036	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Strickler	R	HD-002	60%	-	+	-	.	+	+
Candie Sweetser	D	HD-032	17%	-	-	-	+	-	-
Luis Terrazas	R	HD-039	33%	-	-	-	+	-	+
Elizabeth Thomson	D	HD-024	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Townsend	R	HD-054	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+
Christine Trujillo	D	HD-025	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Zamora	R	HD-063	67%	-	+	-	+	+	+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	3.9%
Republican	51.4%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution