Background
Lujan Grisham was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and grew up in Santa Fe. Her father, Buddy Lujan, practiced dentistry into his 80s until he died in March 2011. Her mother, Sonja, stayed at home.
Lujan Grisham was born in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and grew up in Santa Fe. Her father, Buddy Lujan, practiced dentistry into his 80s until he died in March 2011. Her mother, Sonja, stayed at home.
She graduated from Saint Michael"s High School.
She has served in the New Mexico state cabinet, and as Bernalillo County Commissioner. Michelle"s sister Kimberly was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was two years old. She quickly exhausted her lifetime caps on her health insurance.
She received a bachelor of university studies degree from the University of New Mexico (UNM) in 1981.
She earned a law degree from the UNM School of Law in 1987. Lujan Grisham served as director of New Mexico"s Agency on Aging under Governors Bruce King, Gary Johnson, and Bill Richardson, who elevated the position to the state cabinet.
In 2004, Richardson named Lujan Grisham the secretary of the Department of Health. Lujan Grisham served as a Bernalillo County Commissioner from 2010 through 2012.
2008
She resigned as Secretary of Health in order to run for the United States House of Representatives in the 2008 elections, losing in the Democratic primary to Martin Heinrich.
New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron ranked second with 25% and Michelle Lujan-Grisham ranked third with 24% of the vote. 2012
Lujan Grisham sought the Democratic nomination for the House in 2012, with Martin Heinrich leaving to run for the United States Senate. Lujan Grisham defeated Arnold-Jones, 59%–41%.
2014
Lujan Grisham defeated Republican Mike Frese in the 2014 elections, 59%-41%.
Tenure
Congresswoman Lujan Grisham was sworn into a two-year term on January 3, 2013. Committee assignments
Committee on Agriculture
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition
Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Cr
Committee on the Budget
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements
Subcommittee on National Security.
She faced Janice Arnold-Jones, a former member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, in the November general election.