About Crystal

State Senator Crystal Brantley, representing District 35, was elected in 2020 and serves as the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a member of the Senate Rules Committee.

A lifelong New Mexican, Senator Brantley grew up immersed in the state’s rural communities. She is a graduate of New Mexico State University and previously served as the director of the Sierra Soil & Water Conservation District, fostering a deep understanding of agriculture and resource management. In the legislature, she has championed initiatives bridging the rural-urban divide, including the creation of a Rural Ombudsman position. She has also been recognized as Legislator of the Year by the New Mexico District Attorneys and the New Mexico Home & Hospice Association for her work supporting law enforcement and small businesses.

Senator Brantley is active in state agricultural organizations, including the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association and the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau.

She resides in Elephant Butte with her husband, Tom, a farmer and rancher, and their five daughters.

About Rebecca Dow

Rebecca has dedicated her life to serving New Mexico, the state she loves, where she started her business and raised her family. Rebecca embodies the bold New Mexico spirit that enables her to lead with integrity.

Rebecca was first elected to the New Mexico House in 2017 where she passionately defended New Mexico jobs, fought to deregulate industries like oil and gas that provide so much of the state’s income, and successfully challenged powerful opponents of our basic, inalienable rights.

Along with owning a technology and consulting company, Rebecca is the founder of several non-profits in Sierra County designed to help children and their families thrive at low or no cost to them. These include award-winning and nationally accredited programs including early care and education, home visiting, college and career preparation, and comprehensive family support.

As the founder of one of Sierra County’s largest employers, Rebecca has worked hard to create more job opportunities for New Mexicans, opposing job-killing regulations and policies while promoting free market solutions. When state leaders with radical environ-

mental agendas planned to put thousands of New Mexicans out of work, Rebecca was there to pull back on the reigns and save families from losing their livelihoods.

Rebecca has consistently pushed back on radical policies that threaten our traditions and freedoms. She stood with nearly every sheriff in the state to declare their county “Second Amendment Sanctuaries.” She also built a coalition dubbed the “Save Our Western Way of Life” PAC comprised of law enforcement, ag producers, outfitters and guides, and hardworking New Mexicans with a mission to elect, good values-based candidates for office.

Thanks to her extensive background in both business and childhood education, Rebecca has been appointed to serve on various economic commissions, councils, and task forces for both Democrat and Republican Governors. She is recognized as a state and national expert on faith-based and early childhood education, called upon to advise and speak to numerous groups around the country. She is a founding member of the New Mexico Early Childhood Alliance and founder of a center for teenagers called “The Club.” She is also the founding chair of the Sierra County Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, a member of the New Federation of Independent Businesses, and a member of the Truth or Consequences Rotary Club.

Rebecca holds an associate degree in Early Childhood and a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. She is married to Aaron Dow and they have two grown children, Jaylah and Seth. Rebecca and Aaron live in Truth or Consequences.

Positions, Awards, Accolades

• NM House Representative, District 38
• Caucus Chair & Ranking Member on House Education Committee in the NM House
• Board member for the National Federation of Women Legislators
• Recipient of the National Women of Excellence Award
• Founder of the Early Childhood Caucus in the NM House
• Founding member of the New Mexico Women’s Caucus
• Second Vice Chair of the New Mexico Republican Party
• Recipient of the Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Woman
• Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of Tulsa Community College
• Recipient of the Oral Roberts University Distinguished Service to Community Alumni Award

• Recipient of the Leadership Award from the National Childcare Association
• Recipient of the Administered of the Year by the New Mexico Non-Public School Association
• Program recipient of the Excellence in Education award from Educate New Mexico
• Program recipient of the Pioneers in New Mexico Pre-K from NM Lieutenant Governor Dianne Denish
• Program recipient of the The Exemplary Program Award from the Association of Christian Schools International
• Program recipient of the The Rio Grande Award for Excellence in Youth Services from the Southern New Mexico Community Foundation