Borrego vs. Boatman, issue by issue

Borrego’s site calls public safety her number one priority: “fund more police, more training, community policing and police aid support.” She also wants the Legislature to invest in mental health and rehabilitation programs to get at the causes of crime. The Ledger found no statement from Boatman on crime.

Borrego says she will get the funding needed for road projects such as Paseo del Norte, work with small businesses on incentives, and recruit new industries to the state. The Ledger found no statement from Boatman on roads or jobs.

Borrego promises to make sure classroom funding “never gets cut” in hard budget years. She would draw more teachers with recruitment incentives and student loan forgiveness, and invest in child care, early education and after-school programs. The Ledger found no statement from Boatman on schools.

To ease the shortage of health care workers, Borrego would recruit more of them to New Mexico through medical school scholarships. She says she will always vote to protect people with preexisting conditions and to make prescriptions cheaper, and will “fight for women’s healthcare rights.” The Ledger found no statement from Boatman on health care.

Borrego sits on the House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs and Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements committees and chairs the Investments and Pensions Oversight Committee between sessions, according to the Legislature’s member page.