New Mexico’s first Madam Secretary of State Soledad Chávez de Chacón. Courtesy/DPNM
By JESSICA VELASQUEZ
DPNM
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM) is highlighting two trailblazing New Mexican women:
The first woman elected to statewide office in New Mexico was Secretary of State Soledad Chávez de Chacón, who served from 1923 to 1926.
She also was the first Hispanic woman in the United States to be elected to a statewide office and went on to serve in the New Mexico House of Representatives in 1934.
New Mexico’s first woman elected to Congress, U.S. Rep. Georgia Lee Lusk. Courtesy/DPNM
New Mexico’s first Congresswoman, Georgia Lee Lusk, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949.
She also served as the state superintendent of public schools, TWICE.
This year, the Democratic Party of New Mexico will walk in the footsteps of Secretary Chacón and Representative Lusk by fighting to keep Democratic women in office.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard, and many, many more powerhouse Democratic women are serving at every level of government across New Mexico. They are the most recent in a long line of women leaders.
New Mexico has a proud history of electing bold women Democrats to office.
“We will re-elect Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez and Melanie Stansbury, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard.” –DPNM