The progressive candidates are getting support from other organizations that want to see the 1969 law overturned. In addition to small donations to the candidates through one of its PACS, Planned Parenthood is largely putting its money into digital and radio ads and mailers. “We’re not looking at any of these races as a slam dunk,” she said. But, she acknowledged it’s a difficult battle. Taylor-Nanista said Planned Parenthood is targeting the districts where the organization believes the progressive candidate can win. Senate District 35 encompasses Luna, Hidalgo and Sierra counties and parts of Doña Ana County. The bulk of Martinez-Parra’s donations are small gifts from residents who live all over the state. As of Friday, when Smith filed a supplemental report with three new donations, he has reported a total of $113,615 in contributions since October compared to Martinez-Parra, who filed Wednesday, and showed a total of $49,506.78 since she began her race last year. Related: Progressive Democratic challengers want new voices in the state legislature The district is also the most conservative of any district currently held by a Democrat. Given the state’s budget crisis due to COVID-19, Atkeson said voters might be inclined to vote for Smith rather than usher in a candidate new to the legislative process. Smith, who has represented his district since 1989, has institutional knowledge and chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee. But beating Smith would be especially difficult, she said. Lonna Atkeson, political science professor at the University of New Mexico, told NM Political Report earlier this month that beating an incumbent is always challenging. “These are districts we’re confident we can flip,” she told NM Political Report. Taylor-Nanista said Planned Parenthood polling in those three districts shows that a large number of constituents believe a woman should have the right to make her own decisions about abortion care and want the 1969 ban abolished. Gabriel “Gabe” Ramos for Senate District 28 and Pam Cordova’s challenge against state Sen.
John Arthur Smith for Senate District 35 Siah Correa Hemphill’s fight to unseat state Sen. Those are Neomi Martinez-Parra’s race against state Sen. Wade is overturned.īut of the seven, there are three races in particular where Planned Parenthood is spending the bulk of its money. HB 51 would have repealed a 1969 abortion law that abortion rights supporters worry will become law again if Roe v. Sarah Taylor-Nanista, executive director of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains Action Fund, said the nonprofit organization is “laser focused” on the progressives running against the seven Democratic incumbents who voted against HB 51 last year. Planned Parenthood, through its various PACs, is spending $390,000 on the New Mexico primary, and the bulk of that on three races. Michelle Lujan Grisham addressing a joint session of the state legislature.
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