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Joy Garratt
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New Mexico House of Representatives District 29
Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$0/year

Per diem

$191/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Excelsior College

Graduate

University of New Mexico, 2003

Personal
Birthplace
Long Beach, Calif.
Religion
Christ Follower
Profession
Educator
Contact

Joy Garratt (Democratic Party) is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing District 29. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on December 31, 2026.

Garratt (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the New Mexico House of Representatives to represent District 29. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Garratt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Joy Garratt was born in Long Beach, California. She earned her B.S. in liberal studies with concentrations in history and communications from Excelsior College, University of the State of New York, and her M.A. in educational leadership from the University of New Mexico. She also received a post-BA teacher licensure from the University of New Mexico. Garratt has worked in public affairs and public relations and as an educator. She is affiliated with Ventana Ranch Neighborhood Association and the Albuquerque Teachers Federation.[1][2]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Garratt was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Garratt was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Garratt was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Joy Garratt defeated Gregory Cunningham in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt (D) Candidate Connection
 
54.1
 
9,536
Image of Gregory Cunningham
Gregory Cunningham (R)
 
45.9
 
8,088

Total votes: 17,624
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Joy Garratt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,115

Total votes: 2,115
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Gregory Cunningham advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gregory Cunningham
Gregory Cunningham
 
100.0
 
1,231

Total votes: 1,231
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Joy Garratt defeated Gregory Cunningham in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt (D)
 
53.2
 
7,349
Image of Gregory Cunningham
Gregory Cunningham (R)
 
46.8
 
6,458

Total votes: 13,807
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Joy Garratt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt
 
100.0
 
2,203

Total votes: 2,203
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Gregory Cunningham defeated Adelious Stith in the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gregory Cunningham
Gregory Cunningham
 
66.3
 
1,386
Image of Adelious Stith
Adelious Stith
 
33.7
 
706

Total votes: 2,092
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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 29

Incumbent Joy Garratt defeated Adelious Stith in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt (D)
 
54.4
 
10,890
Image of Adelious Stith
Adelious Stith (R) Candidate Connection
 
45.6
 
9,135

Total votes: 20,025
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent Joy Garratt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt
 
100.0
 
3,971

Total votes: 3,971
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Adelious Stith advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adelious Stith
Adelious Stith Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,528

Total votes: 2,528
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2018

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Joy Garratt defeated incumbent David Adkins in the general election for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt (D)
 
54.1
 
7,296
Image of David Adkins
David Adkins (R)
 
45.9
 
6,184

Total votes: 13,480
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Joy Garratt advanced from the Democratic primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joy Garratt
Joy Garratt
 
100.0
 
2,213

Total votes: 2,213
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29

Incumbent David Adkins advanced from the Republican primary for New Mexico House of Representatives District 29 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Adkins
David Adkins
 
100.0
 
928

Total votes: 928
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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 Sander Rue defeated Joy I. Garratt in the New Mexico State Senate District 23 general election.[3][4]

New Mexico State Senate District 23, General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Sander Rue Incumbent 51.74% 11,794
     Democratic Joy I. Garratt 48.26% 11,001
Total Votes 22,795
Source: New Mexico Secretary of State


Joy I. Garratt defeated Joe M. Chavez in the New Mexico State Senate District 23 Democratic primary.[5]

New Mexico State Senate District 23, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Joy I. Garratt 51.40% 2,392
     Democratic Joe M. Chavez 48.60% 2,262
Total Votes 4,654


Incumbent Sander Rue ran unopposed in the New Mexico State Senate District 23 Republican primary.[6]

New Mexico State Senate District 23, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Sander Rue Incumbent (unopposed)


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Joy Garratt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garratt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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The granddaughter of Mennonite homesteaders in Union County New Mexico, I have served in the New Mexico State Legislature since 2019 representing the NW quadrant of the City of Albuquerque. I taught K-12 students for more than 28 years, including stints overseas in South Korea, in California and Connecticut, before spending my final 12 years in Albuquerque Public Schools. Currently, I'm developing a small business communications and writing entrepreneurial consultancy.

As a champion for education and workforce development, I work on policies, legislation and funding for pre-K through post secondary education. Thus, I've sponsored bills to robustly fund pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, raise educator salaries, develop teacher residencies and the educator pipeline, and provide free Opportunity Scholarships for our adult students seeking high-demand career pathways. Additionally, I champion infrastructure development with special attention to expanding major arterial roads in my district to support first responders and workforce commuters as well as economic development. I've sponsored and funded significant public safety and law enforcement initiatives to make our communities safer, ands health legislation such as requiring insurance companies to pay for biomarker testing that leads to better health outcomes for New Mexicans.

As I examine challenges facing our state, I am committed to working across the aisle with all my diverse my colleagues.
  • I will always listen to my constituents and hear their concerns--I'm committed to working together with them and my fellow New Mexicans and legislators to effectively identify the issues that challenge us and come up with practical, common sense solutions. It is important to me that stakeholders representing different perspectives on any given issue sit down together to reach agreements that we can all live with.
  • Education from cradle to career is my #1s priority. In particular, I believe that improving middle school education is vital in addressing much of the crime issues that have arisen in our neighborhoods. We need to engage our young people as adolescents with hands-on, relevant, activity inclusive educational opportunities that show them the kinds of constructive paths forward and give them a vision of their futures in terms of doable career pathways. Career and technical education, pre-apprenticeships, and always showing the practical applications in academic classes are a priority.
  • I am committed to listening the to the voices of everyone involved in the criminal justice system--law enforcement, courts and corrections, prosecutors and public defenders, and those who personally went through the criminal justice system. Listening is the start, but implementing targeted legislation and fully funding these efforts is next. When we talk about the best placement for those who violate the law, we need to acknowledge that violent repeat offenders need to stay in jail. The kinds of alternative placements for those with mental and behavioral issue, addictions and other root causes of crime are much needed, but require more staffing, facilities and programs. These all need adequate funding.
Education from cradle to career, public safety, health, economic development, broadband expansion and access, public private partnership frameworks, infrastructure (roads, bridges, airports, trains, EV charging stations), health initatives and data governance/integration/sharing. That about covers it!
An elected official must understand the purpose and contents of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America and the State Constitution.
An elected official must be wiling to work with their diverse constituents and must work with all levels of government: neighborhood, local, county, state and federal. It is essential to create opportunities to meet with, listen to, dialog and discuss with, and give feedback to constituents.
Salad girl/line server at Sir George's Smorgasbord
The Bible. Endless life lessons regardless of your religious beliefs.
"Dreamers", sung by Jeon Jung Kook and Fahad Al Kubaisi for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
There needs to be balance between the three branches of government: executive, judicial and legislative. I am working for the modernization of the NM State Legislature currently because legislators are unsalaried except for per diem and have no permanent staff or district offices. Thus, the Governor and the executive branch have greater powers and impact than intended by the Constitution.
Poverty with the acute childhood experiences (ACES) of New Mexican children putting us at #50 in childhood situations. Water availability in light of drought and climate change. Addressing the negative health impacts of oil and gas extraction even as we work to improve how they function and seek alternative energy development.
It's helpful for state legislators to have areas of expertise due to their education and job fields and experiences--they bring that expertise to the table.
Yes. Good legislation and policy benefits from cooperation and collaboration.
I have knocked on thousands of doors and the personal stories--ranging from beloved family members with Alzheimer's or dementia to family breakdown due to drug addiction or other poor choices--guide my legislative pathway.
They approve the use of the Governor's emergency powers and can consider having a legislative process in place to approve or reject their extension.
House Education, Legislative Finance Committee, Legislative Education Study Committee, House Transportation, Science Technology & Telecommunications Committee, Economic and Rural Policy and Development, just about all of them!
I am grateful that we webcast all committee meetings and floor sessions of the New Mexico State Legislature. Financial transactions must be totally transparent and there must be continued oversight to ensure government accountability.

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2022

Joy Garratt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Joy Garratt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Garratt issued the following statement regarding her bid for office:

We need fresh leadership that listens to constituents and their diverse opinions, suggestions and ideas. We need legislators who value good communication, who will seek and and research innovative ideas for jobs, and who value everyone from our youngest citizens to our oldest retirees and everyone in between. I am that fresh leadership!

[7]

—Joy Garratt, [1]

Campaign finance summary


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Joy Garratt campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* New Mexico House of Representatives District 29Won general$218,519 $201,828
2022New Mexico House of Representatives District 29Won general$348,717 $189,799
2020New Mexico House of Representatives District 29Won general$237,723 N/A**
2018New Mexico House of Representatives District 29Won general$144,816 N/A**
Grand total$949,775 $391,627
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on May 5, 2016
  2. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 7, 2024
  3. New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 general election contest/candidate list," accessed August 18, 2016
  4. New Mexico Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016," accessed November 29, 2016
  5. New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed March 10, 2016
  6. New Mexico Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Contest/Candidate List," accessed March 10, 2016
  7. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

Political offices
Preceded by
David Adkins (R)
New Mexico House of Representatives District 29
2019-Present
Succeeded by
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Majority Leader:Reena Szczepanski
Minority Leader:Gail Armstrong
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