THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION HAS MADE ITS CHOICE AS THE REPLACEMENT FOR STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO WHO RESIGNED LAST WEEKEND. ON A UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE COMMISSION PICKED LIZ STEFANICS AS THE PERSON THEY’D LIKE TO SEE TAKE OVER THE DISTRICT 39 SEAT.
STEFANICS, A DEMOCRAT, CURRENTLY SITS ON THE SANTA FE COUNTY COMMISSION. SHE IS ALSO A FORMER STATE SENATOR.
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ WILL SELECT THE REPLACEMENT FOR GRIEGO FROM A LIST OF NAMES SUBMITTED BY THE COUNTIES COVERED BY SENATE DISTRICT 39.