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Rep. Sarah Silva

New Mexico State Representative, District 53 (D — Doña Ana & Otero counties), serving since January 2025; member of the House Appropriations & Finance and House Taxation & Revenue committees; occupation listed as Coach/Consultant.
verification: confirmed

The Doña Ana representative who holds two threads at once: she negotiated the $50 million water/wastewater commitment for the Sunland Park area — including the $10M metrics-driven community water-quality grant program in the Project Participation Agreement — and she is Sen. Steinborn's multi-year co-sponsor on lobbying disclosure (HB 143, vetoed 2025; HB 35, 2026). Supporting the project's benefits agreement and pushing to expose how bills get written are not the same position twice — they are the same legislator doing both.

Married to
Heath Haussamen
Businesses
Coaching/consulting practice (occupation listed as "Coach/Consultant" on her official NM Legislature page; specific business names not verified this session)

Relationships · 2

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Apr 11, 2025The lobbying-disclosure bill is vetoed

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The decision was due July 21. Instead: a public hearing — first set for October, then moved up to September 14 at the applicant’s request — and a ruling due by November 23. A $165B question for one desert county, on a schedule that keeps moving. The clock above always shows the next date that matters. Until the ruling, and after, this is the public watch on how it’s being made.