B e n   Ro d e f e r      New Mexico State Representative, District 23      Home               Events               Donate              Volunteer               District               Contact with Lt. Governor Diane Denish in the District last week Click here to take my new District Survey   With US Senator Jeff Bingaman at the UNM Taos Solar Array Wednesday Thank you Corrales and the Westside for allowing me to represent you.  I am working hard to make the best of the limited resources we have in these difficult times.  I will continue to do everything I can to protect and improve our education and health care systems and vigorously encourage renewable energy and good new jobs. Obama  Udall      Rodefer        FUTURE Speaking at the green jobs and green energy bill signing with Governor Bill Richardson Benjamin Rodefer: • Grew up in Corrales  • Father was a Professor at UNM • Worked on President Jimmy Carter's 1976 election campaign when he was 13 • Attended Taylor and Cibola before Cornell University, where he studied Government and Physics  • Was Senator Bingaman's first intern • Worked with Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA), the current Mayor of Oakland, CA • Founded Rio Grande Solar • Founded GoBox Software • Founded ModernArts & ModernSculpture.com • Was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in 2008 • Serves on the Energy and Tax & Revenue Committees Where I stand: Education: We need to be teaching our children for life, not for tests.  No Child Left Behind is actually leaving every child behind.  We absolutely must get back to providing our children with a strong, well balanced education, and let our wonderful teachers focus on doing their job, not on relentless assessment & testing. Health Care: We must find an affordable way to offer quality health care to EVERYONE, no exceptions.  We have to stop merely throwing more wasted money at the problem and actually sit down, do the necessary hard work, and solve it. Environment: I will work hard to protect and preserve our natural resources.  It is absolutely imperative that we as a society move away from gas and coal based energy policies.  I will vigorously advocate for clean energy, green building, greater fuel efficiency and stricter emissions standards.  I will fight tirelessly to protect the Rio Grande Basin, its Bosque and our water. Infrastructure:  Our economy will never grow in the 21st century unless we expand and repair the deteriorating infrastructure needs of this great State and to begin with, we need to keep our money at home.  12 Billion dollars a week is being wasted in Iraq.  That money can be much better spent here in America: repairing and expanding our roads, bridges and other infrastructure, paying our teachers, police and firefighters good wages, building new schools and hospitals (and providing them with the very best staff, equipment and supplies), investing in clean sustainable alternative energy sources, providing health care for our children and retirees, providing services for the disadvantaged and at-risk, protecting our home values and the economy. Crime:  We need to provide our law enforcement staff with the best modern equipment and technology.  We need to provide our judges and prosecutors with clear legal statutes and sentencing guidelines.  We need to provide our non-violent offenders with effective treatment programs so they have an opportunity to rejoin our society in a positive and contributing capacity.  It does a great disservice not only to the offenders but to our community to simply lock them up for their sentence and then kick them back out onto the street.  We can do better. Spending:  I am fighting for qualitatively better results from our hard earned tax dollars.  The government should be as careful with its money as we are.  All government contracts must require open bids.  Not a penny should be wasted. Together we can bring real change home to New Mexico.  This is our time. With our daughters Melina and Natalie at the library - education is a top priority "I have known Ben to have the ability and commitment needed to serve the public and the constituents of House District 23.  He will fight for health care for all, renewable energy development and good, high-paying jobs.  Please join me in supporting Ben Rodefer for State Representative."   -  United States Senator Jeff Bingaman “Ben Rodefer grew up on the Westside and has a deep understanding of the issues here.  He has shown that he is a hard worker who will represent the interests of the people and the community first.  Ben will be an effective legislator for the people of House District 23.”  - Congressman Tom Udall "I support Benjamin Rodefer for State Representative. Raised on the Westside and now bringing up his own family there, Ben cares deeply for this community. He will stand up on the tough issues New Mexico faces—schools, health care, renewable energy and jobs."  - Lt. Governor Diane Denish "This is our community and our home, and together we can make it a better place for all of us.  Please join me in this vital fight."

Ben Rodefer...One of us - He's working for us. ¡UNO DE LOS NUESTROS!

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