Valerie Plame
Valerie Plame (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Plame completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Valerie Plame was born in Anchorage, Alaska. She earned her undergraduate degree from Penn State University and master's degrees from both the London School of Economics and the College of Europe. Plame is a former CIA operations officer.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3
Teresa Leger Fernandez defeated Alexis Martinez Johnson in the general election for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) | 58.7 | 186,282 |
 | Alexis Martinez Johnson (R)  | 41.3 | 131,166 | |
| Total votes: 317,448 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Teresa Leger Fernandez | 42.8 | 44,480 |
 | Valerie Plame | 24.8 | 25,775 | |
 | Joseph Sanchez | 11.8 | 12,292 | |
 | Marco Serna | 8.0 | 8,292 | |
 | Laura Montoya | 6.1 | 6,380 | |
 | John Blair | 4.4 | 4,533 | |
 | Kyle Tisdel | 2.1 | 2,176 | |
| Total votes: 103,928 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark McDonald (D)
- Dineh Benally (D)
- Gavin Kaiser (D)
- Rob Apodaca (D)
- Jaymeson Pegue (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3
Alexis Martinez Johnson defeated Harry Montoya, Karen Bedonie, and Angela Gale Morales in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Mexico District 3 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alexis Martinez Johnson | 36.7 | 16,512 |
 | Harry Montoya | 35.4 | 15,919 | |
 | Karen Bedonie | 27.8 | 12,477 | |
 | Angela Gale Morales (Write-in) | 0.1 | 30 | |
| Total votes: 44,938 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Audra Brown (R)
- Ben Bateman (R)
- Anastacia Golden Morper (R)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Valerie Plame completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Plame's responses.
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While working on counterproliferation, she visited Los Alamos National Lab and was first introduced to the beauty of New Mexico. She became enchanted with New Mexico's high desert beauty and vibrant communities. When the Bush Administration brought a sudden end to her CIA career and it was time to put down roots and raise her children, there was only one choice - New Mexico.
Now Valerie is running for Congress and travelling across New Mexico, listening intently to the voices of the diverse and historic communities. Valerie's campaign is focused on improving our education, expanding our economic opportunities, quality and accessible healthcare for all, fighting for compassionate immigrant justice, and protecting the environment.- Environment: There are two existential threats to our existence: climate change and nuclear war. I spent my first career in the CIA combating the threat of nuclear weapons. I am determined to spend my next career combating climate crisis. Locally, nationally and globally, we must act immediately to protect our air, land, and water. I believe the Green New Deal is our best hope to stop the climate crisis and progress toward a green economy that works for everyone. We must permanently protect and preserve our national forests and cultural sites. We need a holistic approach to confronting the climate crisis that includes bringing good, green jobs to our communities, science-based education, and phasing out dirty energy.
- Healthcare for All : I support Medicare for All - with important additions for our Native Health Services and Veterans. I am committed to expanding care for mothers and infants as half of all babies born in New Mexico are born into poverty. I will work with state legislators to expand care to rural areas and improve pre and post-natal care. It is a shame that in a nation as prosperous as the United States, we pay more for healthcare than any other nation on earth with worse outcomes to show for it. Lobbyists, pharmaceutical and insurance companies have far too much influence on elected officials and legislation. I recognize that healthcare is a fundamental human right and will support legislation that makes this a reality for all Americans
- Addressing Economic Inequality: First, we must start by repealing and undoing the damage caused by the Trump Tax Cuts that benefited the wealthy at the expense of the lower, middle and working class. We cannot continue to allow giant corporations to avoid paying federal taxes while inequality, which has taken advantage of workers, continues to skyrocket. Also, broadband access and cellular phone coverage is far too sparse in New Mexico's rural areas. These must be vastly improved to increase economic opportunity and quality of life in our rural areas. We must also grow our green energy industry to bring clean, well-paying sustainable jobs to our rural areas.
We need to create a path to citizenship for immigrants, protect Dreamers, and regain our global leadership position by committing to basic human rights and protections for those fleeing disasters and violence in their home countries. This includes ending travel bans, protecting sanctuary cities, making sure our legal system has the necessary resources to process asylum cases and end discriminatory practices from I.C.E. and other federal agencies.
The other two major challenges I see over the next decade are confronting the existential crises of climate change and nuclear proliferation. We have been moving backward on these issues under the current administration. We have to make sure we protect our planet by moving toward a green future immediately and ending nuclear escalation.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 6, 2020
