Help us turn Congressional District 2 Blue for Good!
Join us on Sunday, January 30, at 4 - 5 pm MST.
Learn about our strategies and how you can help. PLUS - hear from Field Team 6, an organization that has helped register over 3 million Democrats in flippable states.
Learn about our strategies and how you can help. PLUS - hear from Field Team 6, an organization that has helped register over 3 million Democrats in flippable states.
Welcome to Blue CD2
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HOW IT STARTED
In 2020 Republicans waged an aggressive campaign to elect Yvette Herrell, an unabashed Trumper and right-wing zealot, to represent New Mexico’s Second Congressional District (CD2). Since taking office, Herrell has voted against just about everything—including the American Rescue Plan. Back in CD2, her No votes raised the question, “What is Yvette Herrell doing for you?” The answer: Nada, nothing, zero. That’s why a group of kindred volunteers formed BlueCD2 NM and began working together to expose Herrell’s one-sided agenda and defeat her in 2022. HOW IT’S GOING Our experienced leaders and enthusiastic volunteers have worked hard to equip our members with the tools needed for the fight ahead. Our membership is district-wide and represents like-minded organizations and individuals. We've set up committees and have an on-line social media presence. We’ve established a donation site and have already begun funding two projects in the district. We welcome other organizations and volunteers to join us for the important work ahead. But there's more, much more. Learn about Herrell's dismal voting record and her eyebrow-raising antics here. |
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We're a group of like-minded folks who don't believe Yvette Herrell is focused on New Mexico's Congressional District 2, but rather on whatever the extreme right of the Republican Party feels is important. CD2 deserves a congressional representative who is focused on CD2's actual needs.
If you agree, please sign up here and tell us a bit about yourself. We're excited to have you join us! Learn About Our District
CD2 is one of the largest congressional districts in the country, and includes most of the southern half of New Mexico. Its unique characteristics include the oil patch, ranchers, farmers, indigenous people and much, much more. It deserves a far better representative in Congress than we have currently. Learn more here.
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Fear Trumps Duty in New Mexico's GOP
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol came and went without comment from Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell, state GOP Chair Steve Pearce, or any other Republican official I know of. Their silence stems from a sickness particularly virulent in today's GOP, not only in New Mexico but throughout the country. That is, the fear of Donald Trump "trumps" their sense of responsibility. Most Republican officials know their party is on a diseased track and they have a duty to try to steer it in a more healthy direction. But they are so afraid of using a word or two that upsets Trump and his gullible followers they aren't free to say what they really think about the biggest assault on our democracy since the Civil War. Their fear either overwhelms their sense of duty or blinds them to it. Nor do they have the nerve to support his lies in public for fear of getting laughed out of town. So they just say nothing and hope nobody notices. Free speech is unavailable to them when it comes to Trumpism. Republicans who elected Pearce state party chair and Herrell's constituents in CD2 deserve to hear what they really think, whether they believe the big lie about a crooked election and exactly what they think about the attack on the Capitol. But they have to guess, because Pearce and Herrell don't feel enough responsibility to New Mexicans to say. Some leaders! Some public servants! Some patriots! Something's not right in the Land of Enchantment.In 2018, more than 20% of CD2’s population lived below the federal poverty level. When taxes on the wealthiest 1% are cut, while so many New Mexicans struggle with basic necessities, something is very wrong with the way government is working. It should work FOR us, and it can.
We need a representative in Congress who will speak for us, fight for us and represent us with honesty and transparency. We don’t have such a representative in Yvette Herrell. Sound energy policy can make Southern New Mexico a leader in renewable energy, with good-paying jobs. Sound agricultural policy can help our farmers store more carbon in the soil and cope with a rapidly changing climate. We don’t need a representative who wants to make the rich richer, deny science and lie about immigrants, while voting NO on commonsense legislation. We require leaders who see the potential of our people and our resources, and are committed to using our tax dollars to benefit us all. |