This is a partial summary of the responses so far to our Candidate Questionnaire. We have decided to include answers from candidates even if campaigns have ended. We believe all responses remain relevant, and we appreciate everyone who participates.
Question #2: New Mexico’s Mobile Home Park Act (MHPA) has existed since the 1980s but has never been updated or publicly enforced, leaving low-income homeowners without meaningful protection. Would you support empowering the Department of Justice to investigate and enforce the MHPA on behalf of vulnerable homeowners?
The following candidates answered in the affirmative. Some candidates answered “yes,” while others provided wonderfully detailed responses. The names of candidates that gave detailed responses are bold. Some candidates have supported Opportunity to Purchase Legislation for MHCs (2025: HB426). Their names include an *.
Gubernatorial candidates Sam Bregman – (D) and Deb Haaland – (D), Congressional Candidate Rep. Gabriel Vasquez – (D), Secretary of State Candidate, Amanda López Askin – (D), Senate District 33 Rex A. Wilson– (R), House District 6 David L. Alcon – (D), House District 8 Katherine Joanna Gauer – (D), House District 16 Representative Yanira Gurrola*- (D), House District 16, Marsella Duarte Serna – (D), House District 17 Representative Cynthia Borrego* – (D), House District 21 Robert L. Mason – (R), House District 25 Denis Litvinenko– (R), House District 28 Brenda Olson – (R), House District 28 Representative Pamelya Herndon* – (D), House District 30 Representative E. Diane Torres-Velásquez* – (D),House District 32 Laura Mariel Parra– (D), House District 33 Enrique Kiki Vigil – (R), House District 36 Julia E. Ruiz – (R), House District 39 Raul Turrietta-(D), House District 40 Nancy Wright-(D), House District 44 Representative Kathleen Cates* – (D), House District 47 Representative & Majority Floor Leader Reena Szczepanski* – (D), House District 51 Grace Nagamine – (I), House District 51 Representative Sarah Silva* – (D).
This page will be updated regularly as new responses are received. We will also show more detailed responses such as this one from Deb Haaland:
Yes. I would support giving the New Mexico Department of Justice clear authority
and resources to investigate and enforce the Mobile Home Park Act on behalf of
homeowners. I also want to go further and implement a tenant bill of rights.
Homeowners should not have rights only on paper. My plan calls for adding
resources to the Attorney General’s office to enforce tenant rights and go after
predatory practices, and recent reports prepared for New Mexico lawmakers
identify explicit Attorney General enforcement authority as one of the key reforms
needed to make the MHPA meaningful in practice. Homeowners should not have
rights only on paper.
Deb Haaland, Candidate for Governor of New Mexico