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Benjamin Hayden Rodefer
Benjamin Rodefer (Democratic Party) was a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing District 23. He assumed office in 2009. He left office in 2010.
Rodefer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Mexico State Senate to represent District 9. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Rodefer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Benjamin Rodefer was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He attended Cornell University for undergraduate study. Rodefer's career experience includes working as an art dealer and as a business owner of renewable energy companies.[1]
Committee assignments
While a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, Rodefer served on the following committees:
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee, New Mexico House of Representatives
- Enrolling and Engrossing - A Committee, New Mexico House of Representatives
- Taxation and Revenue Committee, New Mexico House of Representatives
Elections
2020
See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for New Mexico State Senate District 9
Brenda McKenna defeated John Clark in the general election for New Mexico State Senate District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brenda McKenna (D) | 53.9 | 16,095 |
 | John Clark (R)  | 46.1 | 13,744 | |
| Total votes: 29,839 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New Mexico State Senate District 9
Brenda McKenna defeated Benjamin Rodefer and Kevin Lucero in the Democratic primary for New Mexico State Senate District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brenda McKenna | 49.9 | 4,177 |
 | Benjamin Rodefer | 25.7 | 2,151 | |
| Kevin Lucero | 24.5 | 2,049 | ||
| Total votes: 8,377 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jodilynn Ortiz (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 9
John Clark defeated Bridget Condon and Tania Dennis in the Republican primary for New Mexico State Senate District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Clark | 55.1 | 2,833 |
 | Bridget Condon | 32.0 | 1,646 | |
 | Tania Dennis | 12.8 | 659 | |
| Total votes: 5,138 | |||
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2012
- See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2012
Rodefer ran in the 2012 election for New Mexico State Senate District 9. He ran and lost against incumbent John Sapien in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012.[2][3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 John Sapien Incumbent |
55.3% | 2,270 |
| Benjamin Hayden Rodefer | 44.7% | 1,834 |
| Total Votes | 4,104 | |
2010
Rodefer lost his bid for re-election to the 23rd District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition but was defeated by David Doyle (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[4]
| New Mexico House of Representatives General Election, District 23 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| David Doyle (R)
|
6,426 | 54.10% | ||
| Benjamin Rodefer (D) | 5,446 | 45.90% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Rodefer won re-election to the 23rd District Seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Rodefer defeated Eric Youngberg (R).[5]
| New Mexico House of Representatives General Election, District 23 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Benjamin Rodefer (D)
|
8,149 | 51.4% | ||
| Eric Youngberg (R) | 7,713 | 48.6% | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Benjamin Rodefer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rodefer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We need to end New Mexico's unfair income tax on Social Security. This is essentially double taxation and places an unfair burden on our seniors. Most states do not tax Social Security. This will be the first bill I introduce.
- New Mexico's Teachers are united in their endorsement of me because of my proven record as a great champion for education, including early childhood funding. We need to get more of our scarce education resources directly into the classrooms to support our teachers and students.
- We need to create an emergency option for every New Mexican who has lost their health insurance during this crisis to buy into our Medicaid program. This is no time for any New Mexican to be without accessible quality health insurance.
In the short term the challenge is that our previous Governor chose to give control of our health marketplace to the Feds, unlike states like California and New York who chose to administer their own programs and thus now have the option of reopening or extending their marketplace's open enrollment period. We d not currently have the infrastructure in place to take over our own system and thus have control of it and the Trump administration has I think quite callously refused to allow us to reopen enrollment during this health crisis. The long term solution is to put in place next year the necessary infrastructure to then run our own health marketplace system. In the meantime the possible solutions for those losing their insurance now are three-fold.
Many people who have lost their jobs now may qualify with their lower income for NM's Centennial Care, our Medicaid program which is income based (not age based).
The second option is that people who have lost their health insurance through their employer may now qualify for a special enrollment period through the health marketplace and may indeed also qualify for significant income based subsidies there as well.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008
- New Mexico Votes profile
- Campaign website
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 22, 2020
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed April 15, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidate List," accessed May 12, 2014(Archived)
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "2010 General Election results," accessed May 12, 2014
- ↑ New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General Election Results," accessed April 15, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Eric Youngberg |
New Mexico House of Representatives - District 23 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by David Doyle (R) |
