Sandoval County Redistricting 2022
Jerry Saxton, Placitas Democratic Leader Dies
Jerry Saxton was born in Dallas on July 18, 1941. Sadly, he lost a fast, vicious battle with malignant melanoma at the UT Southwestern University hospital in Dallas on February 23, 2022. He leaves behind his wife, Janice, his brother Ben, his daughters Jana and...
Second Saturday Forum – February 12, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJ7nOg_FrY Democratic Party of Sandoval County Second Saturday February 12th Meet the Candidates
Support Establishment of a School of Public Health
From the Santa Fe New Mexican - February 11, 2022
The Insurrectionist Next Door
By Judy Gordon, DPSC Secretary In the past, far-right-wing extremists were viewed as a fringe element that could be contained. But Robert A. Pape, political science professor at the University of Chicago and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats,...
First Friday Forum – February 4, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU_CuOARmkw Democratic candidates for municipal elections in the town of Bernalillo discuss their vision for the town in a First Friday meeting hosted by the Democratic Party of Sandoval County.
Making A Difference in Sandoval County
Secretary of State safeguards New Mexicans’ voting rights and our democracy By Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico Secretary of State I entered public service as County Clerk of Bernalillo County in 2007. Since then, motivated by my passion for democracy, my time as...
The Health Security Plan for New Mexicans
All New Mexicans deserve quality healthcare By Ann E. Kepley, Precinct 132 Chair, DPSC All New Mexicans deserve a home- grown health care system that reflects our unique healthcare needs. New Mexicans deserve an affordable plan that provides coordinated preventive...
Last Week’s Columns are Just Mansplaining
This letter to the editor appeared in the Dec. 26, 2021, issue of the Rio Rancho Observer Dear Editor, On last week’s editorial page of the Rio Rancho Observer, one of the newspaper’s reporters explained what the Democratic Party of Sandoval County needs to do to win...
Republican Commissioners Vote for Gerrymandered Map
Democratic Party of Sandoval CountyContact: Alexandria Piland, Chair 505-350-6590 chair@sandovaldemocrats.org For Immediate Release Dec. 10, 2021 Rio Rancho --The Sandoval County Commission's Republicans showed their true colors at last...
No to Republican Gerrymandering
Last week’s editorial condemned the Democrats’ principled opposition to Rod Adair’s radically gerrymandered redistricting maps, declaring it to be a “fiction” based on “inaccurate narratives.” The Observer claims it is illogical to object to packing Native Americans...