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Teresa Isabel Leger Fernandez (/ t ɛ ˈ r ɛ s ɑː ˈ l ɛ dʒ ər f ɛr n ɑː n d ɛ s / teh-RESS-ah LEDGE-ər ferr-NAHN-dess; born July 1, 1959) [1] [2] is an American attorney and politician representing New Mexico's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
List of members of the United States House of Representatives, their terms in office, ... Teresa Leger Fernandez : Democratic January 3, 2021 D+4:
Teresa Leger Fernandez: Democratic: January 3, 2021 – present 3rd: Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Incumbent. Ben R. Luján: Democratic: January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2021 3rd: Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired to successfully ...
She also has advocated for fully funding the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund. Leger Fernández defeated Republican former state lawmaker Sharon Clahchischilliage, who is Navajo, for the 3rd District seat representing northern New Mexico. The Associated Press declared Leger Fernandez the winner at 12:05 a.m. EST.
Oct. 31—U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández is calling on the U.S. Forest Service to use infrared drones to monitor all prescribed burns in New Mexico, and trying to determine how much funding the ...
About 66,000 votes went to Fernandez and 37,000 for Johnson, giving Fernandez a margin of more than 28,000 votes. The numbers show that Latino voters were influential in this race, Barreto said.
Leger Fernández's remarks were made in response to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report on Forest Service prescribed burns that ran wild, burning more than 341,000 acres in San Miguel ...
New Mexico's 3rd congressional district serves the northern half of New Mexico, including the state's Capital, Santa Fe.The district has a significant Native American presence, encompassing most of the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation, situated in the northwest corner of the state, and most of the Puebloan peoples reservations. [2]