Maggie Toulouse Oliver in 2020 NM Senatorial race
On Education:
Focus on best education within our public school system
Asked how she stands apart from Ben Ray Lujan, Toulouse Oliver suggested she would bring a different voice to the race--that of a single mother still paying off student loans and a candidate who has pledged to reject funding from industries such as
pharmaceuticals. "I've been raising kids and trying to get the best education for them within our school system, and contending with student loan debt and these issues that everyday New Mexicans deal with," she said.
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Apr 24, 2019
On Energy & Oil:
Unabashed support of the Green New Deal
In her first interview with The New Mexican since first suggesting she would run for Senate, Toulouse Oliver suggested she would bring a different voice to the race--that of a single mother still paying off student loans and a candidate who has pledged
to reject funding from industries such as pharmaceuticals. "It's hard when someone has served in Washington--and especially in the strong leadership position that [opponent Ben Lujan] is in--to take the kind of strong stances we really need in
Congress nowadays," Toulouse Oliver said.The secretary of state said she would campaign on "unabashed support" of the Green New Deal, a slate of Democratic environmental and economic policies, as well as the creation of a national health
insurance plan, colloquially known as "Medicare for all." Toulouse Oliver also said she would support what she described as policy on the border that "treats people like humans."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Apr 24, 2019
On Government Reform:
No campaign money from company lobbying groups
Maggie Toulouse Oliver also said her campaign will not take money from oil companies, executives or affiliated political action committees. She ruled out taking money from the pharmaceutical industry, too, or from the National Rifle Association or
tobacco companies. [Her opponent] Ben Ray Lujan has said he will not take money from the NRA, either, or from private prison companies or major oil companies.
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Apr 24, 2019
On Gun Control:
Refused to certify proposed petition on new gun control law
Toulouse Oliver also said her campaign will not take money from oil companies, executives or affiliated political action committees. She ruled out taking money from the pharmaceutical industry, too, or from the National Rifle Association or tobacco
companies. Ben Ray Lujan has said he will not take money from the NRA, either, or from private prison companies or major oil companies.Having spent her political career in posts that are relatively administrative, not legislative,
Toulouse Oliver has little record on hot-button issues such as health care or gun control. In turn, she is free to define herself for voters.
But she already has riled plenty of Republicans with her push to regulate political spending by nonprofit groups and her refusal to certify a proposed petition for a referendum on a new gun control law.
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Apr 24, 2019
On Health Care:
Supports national health insurance plan and Medicare-for-All
The secretary of state said she would campaign on the creation of a national health insurance plan, colloquially known as "Medicare for all."
Toulouse Oliver also said she would support what she described as policy on the border that "treats people like humans."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Apr 24, 2019
On Immigration:
Border policy should treat people like humans
The secretary of state said she would campaign on the creation of a national health insurance plan, colloquially known as "Medicare for all."
Toulouse Oliver also said she would support what she described as policy on the border that "treats people like humans."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Apr 24, 2019
On Budget & Economy:
Create a "One-Stop-Shop" Business Portal to cut red tape
Creating jobs is New Mexico's number one priority and Maggie will embrace and enhance the Secretary of State's role in creating a online Corporations hub or portal that cuts the red tape for small business owners while streamlining delivery
of essential services to help New Mexico's businesses thrive.Maggie will strengthen our commitment to supporting local business owners by ensuring that all
New Mexicans have access to the resources they need to plan, start and expand their operations.
Maggie has been a strong advocate of SB9, a recently passed state law creating a "One-Stop-Shop"
Business Portal to cut red tape for local businesses. Upon assuming office, Maggie will work across agencies to ensure that law is implemented as quickly as possible.
Source: Ballotpedia.org Connection on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Nov 1, 2014
On Government Reform:
Supports same day voter registration & early voting
Maggie will work with local officials to ensure that every county in New Mexico has the right voting systems in place to meet their own needs for conducting transparent and secure elections. Fair elections are too important to politicize.
Maggie supports strengthening access to the polls with same day voter registration, expansion of early voting hours and properly training poll workers to ensure no registered voter is ever turned away from the polls.
Source: Ballotpedia.org Connection on 2020 New Mexico Senate race
Nov 1, 2014
Page last updated: Dec 27, 2020