{"id":1183,"date":"2007-01-31T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/01\/richardson-appoints-lovejoy-to-state-senate\/"},"modified":"2007-01-31T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T20:32:00","slug":"richardson-appoints-lovejoy-to-state-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/01\/richardson-appoints-lovejoy-to-state-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardson appoints Lovejoy to state Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RcD9a7BDpWI\/AAAAAAAAAqM\/02lwZLCPKQ0\/s1600-h\/Lovejoy,+Lynda.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RcD9a7BDpWI\/AAAAAAAAAqM\/02lwZLCPKQ0\/s200\/Lovejoy,+Lynda.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026295823106024802\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Gov. Bill Richardson today appointed former Public Regulation Commission and state House member Lynda Lovejoy to the state Senate, making her the first American Indian woman to serve in that legislative chamber.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">She replaces former Sen. Leonard Tsosie of Crownpoint as the District 22 representative. He resigned earlier this month to serve on the Navajo Nation Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cLynda Lovejoy\u2019s career has been marked by a strong commitment to her constituents in northwestern <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state>,\u201d <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Richardson<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> said in a news release. \u201cIn her more than 15-year public service career, she has exhibited the leadership and judgment to make an excellent senator. She is an example for Native American women \u2013 and all New Mexicans \u2013 throughout the state.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lovejoy is a graduate of <st1:placename st=\"on\">Northern<\/st1:placename> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Arizona<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype> and is currently working on a master\u2019s in business administration at <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:placename st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">Highlands<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">University<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. From 1999 to 2006, Lovejoy served as the District 4 commissioner on the PRC. She was a member of the House from 1989 to 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">District 22 includes portions of McKinley, Rio Arriba, Bernalillo, <st1:place st=\"on\">Cibola<\/st1:place> and Sandoval counties. When legislative vacancies arise in multi-county districts, each county commission makes a replacement recommendation to the governor, who has final appointment authority. Lovejoy was nominated for the seat by the Bernalillo County Commission. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson today appointed former Public Regulation Commission and state House member Lynda Lovejoy to the state Senate, making her the first American Indian woman to serve in that legislative chamber. She replaces former Sen. Leonard Tsosie of Crownpoint as the District 22 representative. He resigned earlier this month to serve on the Navajo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}