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Dossier · Who's Who
Rep. Mela Lara Cadena
State representative who said she and colleagues felt misled on HB 93 and who presented a data-center moratorium framework to an interim committee in August 2026.
At a glance
- Current role
- State Representative, NM State Legislature
- Category
- Elected official
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Verification
- caveated — True with a stated limit on it
- In the record
- 0 sources · 1 connections · 3 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP93
Key facts
- Said she and colleagues felt "misled" on HB 93, as reported by a single outlet.
- 2026-08-11With Reps. Chávez and Rubio, presented a data-center moratorium framework for 2027 to the interim committee at NM Tech in Socorro on August 10–11, 2026.
- 2026-08-15Called the county jobs report signed by Oracle's tax director, posted August 15, 2026, "eight pages of propaganda."
The record
Said she and colleagues felt 'misled' on HB 93 (single-outlet)
Relationships · 1
In the timeline · 3
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