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Dossier · Who's Who
Rep. Sarah Silva
Doña Ana County state representative who supports the project, negotiated its $50 million water and wastewater commitment for the Sunland Park area, and co-sponsors lobbying-disclosure bills.
At a glance
- Current roles
- State Representative, House District 53, NM State Legislature2025-01–present[1]
- Member, House Appropriations & Finance Committee[1]
- Member, House Taxation & Revenue Committee[1]
- Category
- Elected official
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Public position
- Publicly supports the project — Co-authored an op-ed supporting Project Jupiter with water protections and oversight.[2],[3]
- 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)
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 5 sources · 2 connections · 2 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP42
Key facts
- Negotiated the $50 million water and wastewater commitment for the Sunland Park area, including a $10 million metrics-driven community water-quality grant program in the Project Participation Agreement.
- Co-authored an op-ed with Reps. Small and Ferrary supporting Project Jupiter with water protections and oversight.[2]
- 2025-04-11Co-sponsor with Sen. Steinborn of lobbying-disclosure bills: HB 143, vetoed in April 2025, and HB 35 in 2026.
- Running for re-election in 2026.[5]
The record
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.
Relationships · 2
In the timeline · 2
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
Sources · 5
- 1.governmentNM Legislature — official legislator page for Rep. Sarah Silva (D-53, Doña Ana & Otero) ↗
- 2.newsEl Paso Matters — opinion co-authored by Reps. Small, Silva, and Ferrary supporting Project Jupiter with water protections and oversight ↗
- 3.newsHaussamen.com — county to investigate Project Jupiter's water use; article ends with disclosure: "State Rep. Sarah Silva, a supporter of Project Jupiter, is my spouse" ↗
- 4.official-bioHaussamen.com — About Heath Haussamen, stating he lives in Las Cruces with his spouse Sarah Silva, an elected Democratic state representative ↗
- 5.official-bioNew Mexicans for Sarah — campaign site for Rep. Sarah Silva (HD-53), running for re-election in 2026 ↗
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