State Representative District 18
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MARIANNA A ANAYA
(Dem)
1. What qualifies you for this office?
2. How would you address your highest priorities?
3. How should the legislature address future water needs in an increasingly arid state?
4. What criteria should be applied when considering proposed large economic development projects?
5. What more can be done to ensure that residents have adequate access to health care in your district?
mailingstate
NM
Campaign Phone
505-907-5037
Occupation
Communications
Filing County
Bernalillo
As a freshman legislator, I've been at the forefront of some of our most pressing legislation, from being a lead sponsor on the Immigrant Safety Act and the Zorro Ranch Truth Commission to co-sponsoring the bill that subsidized ACA premiums and building the Medical Injury Collaborative Resolution Act through a year of doctor-trial lawyer coalition work. I was honored to receive Freshman Legislator of the Year from the UNM Alumni Association, the Luminarias Policy Champion Award from the Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, and the Equality NM Resilience Award for work in our LGBTQ community.
Healthcare, corporate accountability, and affordability are deeply connected. Together, we must finance single-payer healthcare, invest in primary care, fund global budgets for rural hospitals, and stop private equity rollups that drive up costs while squeezing out independent practices. The same pattern is hollowing out our housing, utilities, and local businesses — when extractive owners take over, prices go up and quality goes down. We have to regulate these corporations before they own everything that matters and price our families out of a quality life.
Water is not infinite, especially here in the desert. We need honest accounting, which means real-time public data on aquifers, surface flows, and large-volume industrial use. Just as important, we need pricing and permitting systems that reflect the scarcity we face. Large users like data centers and oil and gas shouldn't get sweetheart rates, new projects should prove net-neutral water impact before permits are issued and large industrial consumers should bare minimum pay their own bills and not pass the cost to New Mexicans.
Big projects should come with strong transparency requirements so the public can see exactly what's being offered and what's being received in return. I want enforceable commitments to good union jobs, worker safety, and affordable housing nearby — with clear accountability if companies don't deliver. That also means ensuring costs are not passed on to New Mexicans, that long-term tax revenue actually justifies the incentives we provide, and investment in the infrastructure that our communities rely on. Real development makes life more affordable for everyday people, not just more profitable for shareholders.
We must end the practice of insurance companies overriding doctors; medical decisions should belong to patients and providers, not corporations. We must invest in the healthcare workforce strategic recruitment program I've introduced the last two sessions to bring more providers into the communities that need them most. And we have to draw a clear line: public dollars should be lifting up local clinics and independent providers, not flowing to private equity-owned hospitals that skimp on patient care to pad their margins, put providers in harms way, and abandon our communities when they close up shop. Investing in a single-payer system will ensure our healthcare system is no longer for sale.
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