Patricia Madrid
Candidate for Congress
New Mexico (NM-1)
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Patricia Madrid won her first campaign in 1978 when she became the first woman elected to sit as a district court judge in New Mexico. In 1998, she became the first woman elected Attorney General of the State of New Mexico, and in 2002 she was reelected in a landslide. She has been married to L. Michael Messina, an Albuquerque lawyer, for over thirty years, and has a son, Giancarlo, who graduated from the University of New Mexico and works in Washington DC.
Patricia Madrid established the Violence Against Women Unit to prosecute sex crimes and combat domestic violence and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) to prosecute sexual predators. Recently, ICAC helped secure the arrest and nine year sentencing of a habitual Internet child predator. Patricia Madrid has successfully prosecuted the death penalty case against Terry Clark, a convicted child rapist and murderer.
Patricia Madrid created a website that allows anyone to compare the prices of drugs in communities across New Mexico; this is especially helpful to senior citizens who often must budget a limited, fixed income. Madrid works to make sure that senior citizens relying on Medicare and Medicaid are receiving proper medical care and are not victims of fraud and exploitation.
Patricia Madrid has prosecuted violators of New Mexico's clean air and water laws. Madrid stopped the shipment of hundreds of thousands of used tires into New Mexico, preventing the creation of a toxic wasteland. Madrid has ensured that New Mexico's public lands remain in the hands of its citizens and are not transferred to private individuals. Madrid has developed a team of experts to protect against any attempts by outsiders to appropriate New Mexico's ground and surface waters.
Through suits against WorldCom, Enron, and other companies guilty of defrauding investors, Patricia Madrid has brought funds into the state and protected the solvency of New Mexico-based pension-investment programs, including the Public Employee Retirement Association's retirement plan.
