Rating Group: New Mexico Voices for Children

2002 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
NM State House-1 Thomas Taylor R 33%
NM State House-9 Patricia Lundstrom D 100%
NM State House-10 Henry Saavedra D 100%
NM State House-11 Rick Miera D 100%
NM State House-14 Miguel Garcia D 100%
NM State House-17 Edward Sandoval D 100%
NM State House-18 Gail Chasey D 100%
NM State House-19 Sheryl Stapleton D 100%
NM State House-21 Mimi Stewart D 100%
NM State House-27 Lorenzo Larrañaga R 29%
NM State House-32 Dona Irwin D 100%
NM State House-34 Mary Helen Garcia D 100%
NM State House-38 Dianne Hamilton R 0%
NM State House-40 Nick Salazar D 100%
NM State House-41 Debbie Rodella D 100%
NM State House-42 Roberto Gonzales D 100%
NM State House-48 Luciano Varela D 100%
NM State House-49 Don Tripp R 33%
NM State House-62 Donald Bratton R 29%
NM State House-64 Anna Crook R 29%
NM State House-65 James Madalena, Jr. D 100%
NM State House-69 W. Ken Martinez D 100%
NM State Senate-1 William Sharer R 50%
NM State Senate-3 John Pinto D 100%
NM State Senate-5 Richard Martinez D 100%
NM State Senate-6 Carlos Cisneros D 100%
NM State Senate-8 Pete Campos D 100%
NM State Senate-11 Linda Lopez D 100%
NM State Senate-16 Cisco McSorley D 100%
NM State Senate-20 William Payne R 75%
NM State Senate-24 Nancy Rodriguez D 100%
NM State Senate-27 Stuart Ingle R 50%
NM State Senate-29 Michael Sanchez D 100%
NM State Senate-31 Joseph Cervantes D 67%
NM State Senate-35 John Smith D 100%
NM State Senate-38 Mary Papen D 100%
NM State Senate-39 Phil Griego D 100%
NM State Senate-41 Carroll Leavell R 100%
NM Secretary of State Dianna Duran R 75%
Rod Adair Other 50%
Ben Altamirano Other 100%
Manny Aragon Other 100%
Ray Begaye Other 83%
Mark Boitano Other 50%
William Boykin Other 57%
Joseph Carraro Other 50%
Max Coll Other 100%
Kandy Cordova Other 100%
Kent Cravens Other 50%
Dede Feldman Other 100%
Joseph Fidel Other 100%
Daniel Foley Other 17%
Mary Jane Garcia Other 100%
Ron Godbey Other 14%
Ramsay Gorham Other 100%
George Hanosh Other 80%
John Heaton Other 83%
Manuel Herrera Other 100%
Ted Hobbs Other 20%
Timothy Jennings Other 100%
Don Kidd Other 50%
Rhonda Sue King Other 86%
Steve Komadina Other 100%
Ben Lujan, Sr. Other 100%
Fred Luna Other 100%
Roman Maes III Other 100%
Terry Marquardt Other 29%
Brian Moore Other 50%
Cynthia Nava Other 100%
Andrew Nuñez Other 100%
Al Park Other 100%
Danice Picraux Other 100%
Pauline Ponce Other 100%
Lidio Rainaldi Other 100%
Leonard Lee Rawson Other 100%
Bengie Regensberg Other 60%
Earlene Roberts Other 14%
Shannon Robinson Other 100%
Richard Romero Other 100%
Raymond Ruiz Other 100%
Bernadette Sanchez Other 100%
Daniel Silva Other 100%
Helen Diane Snyder Other 75%
Joe Stell, Jr. Other 71%
James Taylor Other 100%
John Paul Taylor Other 100%
Joseph Thompson Other 17%
Sandra Townsend Other 60%
Leonard Tsosie Other 100%
Gloria Vaughn Other 50%
Richard Vigil Other 100%
Jeannette Wallace Other 25%
Donald Whitaker Other 71%
Walter Williams Other 43%
Avon Wilson Other 43%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

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