Linda Trujillo

I'm your host, Daniel Chacón.

Our guest this week is State Senator Linda Trujillo, who made history Sunday as the first woman to be elected senate majority leader in New Mexico.

A Santa Fe Democrat, Senator Trujillo brings a breadth of knowledge and experience to one of the most demanding and high-profile jobs in the Roundhouse.

Consider her resume.

And so, uh, Maybe, but what do we not like to do in government? We never like to do a test to see, you know, do things work better or worse, which is like, we'll throw it in there and we'll look back a few years and say, man, that it was either great or as often happens, boy, that was a big mistake.

Final item, the Democrats in the New Mexico Senate, they had to meet recently to find new leadership because Senator Peter Wirth is not retiring from the legislature, just from Senate Majority Leader, and they have embraced Linda Trujillo from Santa Fe as the new Senate Majority Leader.

Senator Cindy Nava is the new majority whip.

Other members of the Democrats leadership team in the Senate include Mimi Stewart and Leo Jaramillo.