Ali Ennenga
Ali Ennenga (Republican Party) ran for election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 44. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Ennenga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ali Ennenga was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Phoenix in 2007 and 2009, respectively. Her career experience includes working as a small business owner, teacher, and paralegal.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent Kathleen Cates defeated Ali Ennenga in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 44 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathleen Cates (D) | 52.9 | 9,166 | |
Ali Ennenga (R) ![]() | 47.1 | 8,158 | ||
| Total votes: 17,324 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent Kathleen Cates advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 44 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathleen Cates | 100.0 | 2,436 | |
| Total votes: 2,436 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 44
Ali Ennenga advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 44 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ali Ennenga ![]() | 100.0 | 1,642 | |
| Total votes: 1,642 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ennenga in this election.
Pledges
Ennenga signed the following pledges.
2021
See also: Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico, elections (2021)
General election
General election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 3
Danielle Gonzales defeated Jinx Baskerville, Ali Ennenga, and Lucas Gauthier in the general election for Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education District 3 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Danielle Gonzales (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 41.5 | 7,609 | |
Jinx Baskerville (Nonpartisan) ![]() | 38.7 | 7,090 | ||
| Ali Ennenga (Nonpartisan) | 12.0 | 2,207 | ||
| Lucas Gauthier (Nonpartisan) | 7.7 | 1,416 | ||
| Total votes: 18,322 | ||||
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2020
See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Dayan Hochman-Vigil defeated Ali Ennenga and Ranota Banks in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dayan Hochman-Vigil (D) | 55.4 | 8,903 | |
Ali Ennenga (R) ![]() | 40.6 | 6,531 | ||
| Ranota Banks (L) | 4.0 | 645 | ||
| Total votes: 16,079 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Dayan Hochman-Vigil advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dayan Hochman-Vigil | 100.0 | 3,718 | |
| Total votes: 3,718 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Ali Ennenga advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ali Ennenga ![]() | 100.0 | 2,289 | |
| Total votes: 2,289 | ||||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15
Ranota Banks advanced from the Libertarian primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 15 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ranota Banks | 100.0 | 23 | |
| Total votes: 23 | ||||
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2017
Four of the seven seats on the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education were up for by-district general election on February 7, 2017. In his bid for re-election to District 3, incumbent Lorenzo Garcia defeated challengers Ali Ennenga, Amy Legant, and Charles White. District 5 incumbent Steven Michael Quezada and District 6 incumbent Don Duran did not file to run for re-election, leaving both seats open for newcomers. Four candidates—Annie Bell-Rahman, Rachel Gonzales, Kayla Marshall, and Candelaria Patterson—ran for the District 5 seat, and Patterson won the race. Six candidates—Abbas Ali Akhil, Elizabeth Armijo, C. Douglas Brown, Melissa Finch, Paula Maes, and Paul Sievert—ran for the District 6 seat, and Armijo won. The race for the District 7 seat featured incumbent David Peercy and challengers Ian Burch, William Steinberg, and Brian Tierney. Peercy won re-election to the board.[2] A total of six candidates withdrew from the race before their names were put on the ballot: R. Jason Vaillancourt in District 3, Than-Lan Sena, Alex Villanueva, and Anne Young in District 5, Stephen Verchinski in District 6, and Sina-Aurelia Pleasant-Soul in District 7.[3][4]
Results
| Albuquerque Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| 64.90% | 3,227 | |
| Amy Legant | 17.58% | 874 |
| Charles White | 9.49% | 472 |
| Ali Ennenga | 8.00% | 398 |
| Write-in votes | 0.02% | 1 |
| Total Votes | 4,972 | |
| Source: Bernalillo County Clerk, "APS/CNM School Board Election February 7, 2017," accessed February 22, 2017 and Bernalillo County Clerk, "APS/CNM School Board Election was certified Friday, Feb. 10th, 2017," February 13, 2017 | ||
Funding
Ennenga reported $2,971.29 in contributions and $2,971.29 in expenditures to the New Mexico Secretary of State, which left her campaign with a $0.00 balance in the election.[5]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ali Ennenga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ennenga's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Reduce taxes and use our budget wisely
- Teachers teaching, students learning, and parents engaging
- Keep you healthy and keep our doctors
Healthcare
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2021
Ali Ennenga did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Ali Ennenga completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ennenga's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Education is an investment in our future. I believe that teachers and students deserve better.
- Taxes - We need to keep more of our paycheck and grow our economy
- Crime - We need to honor safe and caring communities.
Taxes - Lowering taxes for you, your family, your employer, and small businesses are essential to a healthy economy. We need to attract more jobs, and businesses, and we need the freedom to GROW our ECONOMY.
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2017
Ennenga participated in a questionnaire provided by the Albuquerque school district. The district's questions are shown in bolded text, and Ennenga's answers follow below.
1. Why do you want to be a board member for Albuquerque Public Schools?
2. What is your interest in education?
3. In what ways will you support the mission and vision of the district?
4. How will you work with the superintendent?
5. What is your past and current involvement with Albuquerque Public Schools?
6. What should be the relationship between the superintendent and Board of Education?
7. What qualities and skills would you bring to the Board of Education?
8. What school or community volunteer activities have you participated in related to the community?
9. How do you plan to work with constituents?
10. What do you see as opportunities and challenges to the district?
11. What do you think is the best way for the district to accomplish the three academic goals?
12. If elected, how will you work with the current board?
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 29, 2020
- ↑ Bernalillo County Clerk, "APS/CNM School Board Election February 7, 2017 Unofficial Results," accessed February 7, 2017
- ↑ Bernalillo County, "2017 School Board Election Candidates," accessed February 1, 2017
- ↑ Albuquerque Journal, "APS board election attracts 24 candidates," December 20, 2016
- ↑ New Mexico Campaign Finance Information System, "Public Reports: Search Candidates," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 Albuquerque Public Schools, "2017 Questionnaire for Board of Education Candidates," accessed February 2, 2017

