Democracy Protection Pledge

The candidates listed below have signed the Rio Grande Foundation’s Democracy Protection Pledge: “I pledge to protect democracy. Thus, I commit to balancing power in future emergency declarations. This includes: restricting “emergencies” to a fixed period of time, clearly defining “emergency” in statute, and requiring majorities in both houses of the state legislature to approve extensions of any “emergency” declaration.”

Mark Duncan, State Representative District 2
Jerri D Rowe, State Representative District 6
Kimberly Ann Kaehr-MacMillan, State Representative District 15
Ellis C Mcmath, State Representative District 17
Scott Troy Cannon, State Representative District 18
Kathleen M Jackson, State Representative District 19
Robert A Salazar, State Representative District 20
Stefani Lord, State Representative District 22
Alan T Martinez, State Representative District 23
Khalid Emshadi, State Representative District 24
Robert S Godshall, State Representative District 27
Gregory G Cunningham, State Representative District 29
William R Rehm, State Representative District 31
Jenifer Marie Jones, State Representative District 32
Richelle A Peugh-Swafford, State Representative District 35
Sandra Hammock, State Representative District 38
Jay Groseclose, State Representative District 46
John Block, State Representative District 51
Elizabeth Winterrowd, State Representative District 53
Greg Nibert, State Representative District 59
Larry R Scott, State Representative District 62
Jimmy G Mason, State Representative District 66

If you are a candidate for the Legislature or Gov. who would like to sign this pledge please email us: info@riograndefoundation.org.