1. Melanie Ann Stansbury was born on January 31,1979 and is an American politician serving as the US representative from New Mexico's 1st congressional district since 2021.
11 Facts About Melanie Stansbury
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Melanie Stansbury was born in Farmington, New Mexico, and raised in Albuquerque.
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Melanie Stansbury then earned a master of science in development sociology with a minor in American Indian studies from Cornell University in 2007, where she was a PhD candidate.
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Melanie Stansbury began her career as an ecology instructor at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.
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Melanie Stansbury was a consultant at Sandia National Laboratories and later served as a program examiner in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama administration.
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Melanie Stansbury worked on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and as an aide to Senator Maria Cantwell.
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Melanie Stansbury ran unopposed in the 2018 Democratic primary for the 28th district of the New Mexico House of Representatives.
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Melanie Stansbury defeated Republican Thomas R Stull and Libertarian Robert Vaillancourt in the general election.
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Melanie Stansbury defeated state senator Mark Moores and former public lands commissioner Aubrey Dunn Jr.
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Melanie Stansbury was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.
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Once President Donald Trump entered the House chamber for the 2025 Joint Session of Congress, Melanie Stansbury held a sign that said "this is not normal" to protest the mass firing of federal workers.