Lujan Grisham, Michelle, 1959-

<p>Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham (/ˈluːhɑːn ˈɡrɪʃəm/; born October 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 32nd governor of New Mexico since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019. On November 6, 2018, she became the first Democratic woman elected governor of New Mexico, as well as the first Democratic Hispanic woman elected state governor in U.S. history.</p>

<p>Lujan Grisham served as Secretary of Health of New Mexico from 2004 to 2007 and as Bernalillo County Commissioner from 2010 to 2012. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012, defeating Janice Arnold-Jones. In 2016, Lujan Grisham was selected as the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. She won the Democratic nomination for governor of New Mexico in 2018 and defeated Republican Steve Pearce on November 6, 2018.</p>

LUJAN GRISHAM, Michelle, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Los Alamos, Los Alamos County, N.Mex., October 24, 1959; graduated from St. Michael's High School, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1977; B.S., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.Mex., 1981; J.D., University of New Mexico, 1987; lawyer, New Mexico state bar association; business executive; director, New Mexico state agency on aging, 1991-2002; New Mexico secretary of aging and long-term services, 2002-2004; New Mexico secretary of health, 2004-2007; unsuccessful nominee for election to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008; Bernalillo County, N.Mex., board of commissioners, 2010-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses until her resignation on December 31, 2018 (January 3, 2013-December 31, 2018); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018; Governor of New Mexico, 2019-present.

<p>Michelle Lujan Grisham is the thirty-second governor of the state of New Mexico, the first Democratic Latina to be elected governor in U.S. history.</p>

<p>As governor, Lujan Grisham has implemented a series of evidence-based policies aimed at transforming New Mexico’s public education system, expanding the state’s economy to include more high-quality employment opportunities and preserving New Mexico’s air, land and water. In 2019, she oversaw one of the most productive legislative sessions in state history, signing a broad package of bipartisan bills into law, notably a historic investment in public education and a landmark transition to clean energy.</p>

<p>A longtime state Cabinet secretary at both the New Mexico Department of Aging and Long-term Services and Department of Health, Lujan Grisham has been a leading advocate for senior citizens, veterans and the disabled as well as investments in health care infrastructure and innovative programming that has improved access and quality of care for New Mexicans across the state.</p>