Democrat Stephanie DuBois has announced that she will once again run for a seat on the state Public Regulation Commission next year.
DuBois, who ran unsuccessfully against Republican incumbent David King in 2006, wrote in an e-mail that she will once again apply for public financing of her campaign. She said she will formally announce her candidacy for the District 2 PRC seat at the Doña Ana County Democratic Party’s annual Labor Day breakfast on Sept. 7.
King is term-limited from seeking re-election next year. So far, the only other announced candidate is Republican Pat Lyons, who is currently the state land commissioner.
DuBois has been highly critical of King throughout his tenure because of sexual harassment situations that have plagued him. In 2007, a jury awarded $840,000 to a woman who accused King of sexually harassing her.
That was the second time the state had to pay up because of sexual harassment allegations against King. In the early 1990s, the state paid $305,000 to settle harassment allegations made against him by three women when he was state treasurer.
The PRC has also been plagued by other scandalous situations lately, and DuBois referenced them in her e-mail.
“I am a clean candidate with no DWIs, no sexual harassments. No assaults or batteries. I am the clean candidate with clean money,” DuBois wrote in an e-mail. “… I will bring some integrity to the position, which is somewhat lacking at present.”
DuBois, 63, moved to New Mexico in 1978 and lived in Deming, where she managed the local chamber of commerce for three years. She has run a dog training and grooming business for 40 years. She currently lives in Tularosa and has served four terms as the Second Congressional District regional vice chair for the state Democratic Party.