Melanie Ann Stansbury
Democrat Representative of New Mexico's 1st district
Representative
New Mexico, district 1
June 14, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
New Mexico, district 1
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
2
Congresses Served
2
House Terms
January 31, 1979 (45 years old)
Birthday
- Served as the U.S. representative for a district that includes most of Albuquerque and its suburbs since 2021.
- Previously a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 28th district.
- Raised in Albuquerque and graduated from Cibola High School.
- Holds a Bachelor of Arts in human ecology and natural science from Saint Mary’s College of California and a Master of Science in development sociology from Cornell University.
- Worked as an ecology instructor, policy advisor on the Council on Environmental Quality, consultant at Sandia National Laboratories, and program examiner in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration.
- Worked on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and as an aide to Senator Maria Cantwell.
- Has been a consultant and senior advisor at the Utton Transboundary Resources Center of the University of New Mexico since 2017.
- Introduced legislation to improve energy conservation and water resource management in the New Mexico House of Representatives and served as the vice chair of the Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee.
- Won a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021, succeeding Deb Haaland.
- Voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and was among the Democrats who voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.
- During the 117th Congress, voted with President Joe Biden’s stated position 100% of the time.
- Serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and Democratic Women’s Caucus.
- Supports Medicare for All, a federal assault weapons ban, the D.C. statehood movement, canceling student loan debt, and federal marijuana legalization.
- Endorsed by abortion rights group Voteprochoice.
- Lives in Albuquerque.