Jodilynn Ortiz

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Jodilynn Ortiz

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Jodilynn Ortiz (Democratic Party) ran for election to the New Mexico State Senate to represent District 9. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Kevin Lucero	24.5	2,049

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,377
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• 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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,138
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2016

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the New Mexico State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.

Incumbent John Sapien defeated Diego Espinoza in the New Mexico State Senate District 9 general election.

New Mexico State Senate District 9, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Sapien Incumbent	50.39%	12,727
	Republican	Diego Espinoza	49.61%	12,529
Total Votes				25,256
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State

Incumbent John Sapien defeated Jodilynn Ortiz in the New Mexico State Senate District 9 Democratic primary.

New Mexico State Senate District 9, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Sapien Incumbent	61.56%	3,878
	Democratic	Jodilynn Ortiz	38.44%	2,422
Total Votes				6,300

Diego Espinoza ran unopposed in the New Mexico State Senate District 9 Republican primary.

New Mexico State Senate District 9, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Diego Espinoza  (unopposed)

This district was included in the Republican State Leadership Committee's list of "16 in '16: Races to Watch." Read more »

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

Ortiz's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Priorities for this diverse district is to maintain communications and ethics for many issues that are needed within the communities and the State wide issues that encompass the collaborations for job creation and economics. In order to have job creation and economics we need to sustain our communities with safety, curb appeal, environmental issues such as flooding, water quality, and maintenance of our aquifers/drainage/sewage/dams, pipelines, fracking (oil and drilling), road planning/growth, doing this within the budget - to start with. Work with Tourism and local entities also, such as, neighborhoods, Chamber of Commerce and state/county officials in order to collaborate economic growth. By working on these fundamental elements we move next to working with community and agencies to find social responsible collaborations and business owners/developers to work for the community. Development then can happen and further growth – having developmental growth will give to new programs for education, youth, seniors, and mental health reforms locally and job creations to keep a people in their communities, and sustain the district. The need to focus on the fundamental needs will bring in culture, sustainability, and economic growth, the vision of community engagement to succeed and further the needs of the people.	”
—Jodilynn Ortiz,

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Footnotes

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Current members of the New Mexico State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Peter Wirth

Minority Leader:William Sharer

Senators

District 1

William Sharer (R)

District 2

Steve Lanier (R)

District 3

Shannon Pinto (D)

District 4

George Munoz (D)

District 5

Leo Jaramillo (D)

District 6

Roberto Gonzales (D)

District 7

Pat Woods (R)

District 8

Pete Campos (D)

District 9

Cindy Nava (D)

District 10

Katy Duhigg (D)

District 11

Linda Lopez (D)

District 12

Jay Block (R)

District 13

Debbie O'Malley (D)

District 14

Michael Padilla (D)

District 15

Heather Berghmans (D)

District 16

Antoinette Lopez (D)

District 17

Mimi Stewart (D)

District 18

Natalie Figueroa (D)

District 19

Anthony Thornton (R)

District 20

Martin Hickey (D)

District 21

Nicole Tobiassen (R)

District 22

Benny Shendo (D)

District 23

Harold Pope (D)

District 24

Linda Trujillo (D)

District 25

Peter Wirth (D)

District 26

Antonio Maestas (D)

District 27

Patrick Boone (R)

District 28

Gabriel Ramos (R)

District 29

Joshua Sanchez (R)

District 30

Angel Charley (D)

District 31

Joseph Cervantes (D)

District 32

Candy Ezzell (R)

District 33

Vacant

District 34

James Townsend (R)

District 35

Crystal Diamond Brantley (R)

District 36

Jeff Steinborn (D)

District 37

William Soules (D)

District 38

Carrie Hamblen (D)

District 39

Liz Stefanics (D)

District 40

Craig Brandt (R)

District 41

David Gallegos (R)

District 42

Larry Scott (R)

Democratic Party (26)

Republican Party (15)

Vacancies (1)