New Mexico House District 59
Education Water Economic Development
Click HERE to go to our 2008 website!   "This is a complex district with diverse needs and interests. My scientific perspective and teaching experience will aid in writing good legislation and convincing others to vote for it."	Elect Ellen Wedum Click here for biography.	Did you know? The red symbol on the New Mexico flag comes to us from the Zia Pueblo Indians. The salute to the flag is: "I salute the flag of the State of New Mexico, and the Zia symbol of perfect friendship among united cultures."
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To donate to the WEDUM 59 CAMPAIGN, please make checks out to WEDUM 59 CAMPAIGN and mail to PO Box 1086, Cloudcroft NM 88317. For online donations--2008 update: Please go to our ACT BLUE donation page: http://www.actblue.com/page/wedum59donations. Please email wedum59@gmail.com if you have any problems.

2006 Elections Timeline: GENERAL ELECTION Timeline Tuesday Oct 10, 2006 Last day to register for the General Election (closes 5pm, reopens Monday November 13), first day to vote Absentee (mail-in)   Saturday, Oct 21, 2006 Early (in-person) Voting starts   Thursday, Nov 2, 2006 Last day to request that an absentee ballot be mailed to you   Saturday, Nov 4, 2006 Last day for Early voting (5pm)   TUESDAY NOV 7, 2006 GENERAL ELECTION DAY   Polls open 7am to 7pm. Official mailing envelopes containing absentee ballots accepted until 7pm.   FOR MORE INFORMATION, Contact your county Clerk. Chaves: (505) 624-6614 Lincoln: (505) 648-2394 ext 6 or 800-687-2705 x 6 Otero: (505) 437-4942
				Please contact me with your questions and concerns: Email wedum59@myway.com. or write Wedum 59 Campaign, PO Box 1086 in Cloudcroft, NM 88317, or phone (505) 682-2464 / 910-8395 (cell)  Governor Richardson's High School Initiative: What do you think? Archives: SCENES from Otero County archive UPDATE 7/2/06 SCENES from Lincoln county archive Scenes from Chaves County archive CHAVES Capital Outlay Archive LINCOLN Capital Outlay Archive OTERO Capital Outlay Archive Articles Written by Ellen Wedum: Defending Governor Richardson's Vetoes Comparing Vietnam and Iraq History of the Filibuster Good Government Doesn't Make Headlines A Very Brief History of Labor in America Alamogordo Election Forum Candidacy Announcements: Click here for the Roswell Daily Record article (3-14-2006) Click here for the Alamogordo Daily News article (3-10-2006, copied in the Ruidoso News 3-17-2006). 3/06/2006: LETTER from Sen Bingaman on Illegal Immigration Friday 2-17-2006 LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: The phased minimum-wage bill failed at the last minute when the Senate did not vote to accept the version approved by the conference committee after the House passed a slightly different version than the Senate. The only anti-corruption bill that passed was SB344, which prevents contractors from making campaign contributions, but ONLY during the actual bidding process. SB 216, "Katie's law," did pass after a provision involving juveniles was removed. SB 295, requiring paper ballots, passed. The bill that proposed a constitutional amendment to pay the legislators a salary never made it out of committee. For a more extensive list of passed and failed bills, go to SUMMARY.   2-14-2006: Governor Richardson was in Alamogordo to speak at the welcoming of a new business, Precheck, to the community. The company considered several states when deciding to open a 'backup' branch of their Houston-based operation after Hurricane Rita. New Mexico was the only state where the Governor personally welcomed them. Read the Alamogordo Daily News article here. 1-8-2006: Holloman not receiving Federal Impact Funds. Read the Alamogordo Daily News article here.