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Melanie A. Stansbury

Representative · NM · District 1

DemocratRanking Member, Delivering on Government Efficiency

Raised $1,353,564 · 1.0M followers (office + personal) · missed 1.3% of votes

Top contributing industries: Labor Unions ($65,000), Leadership PAC ($45,000), not mapped ($30,000), Energy ($10,000), Transportation ($5,000)

Melanie A. Stansbury is a Democratic U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st district. She has served 5.3 years in Congress and is up for reelection in 2026. She raised $1,353,564 in the 2026 cycle so far, has 1.0M followers across office and personal social accounts, sponsored 28 bills in the 119th Congress, scored 0.27 on the 118th Legislative Effectiveness Score, reported a net worth of $1 to $199,999.

Service
5.3 years in Congress
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
Next election
2026
Born
January 31, 1979
Birthplace
Farmington
Residence
Albuquerque
Gender
Female
Religion
Not listed
Office
1421 Longworth House Office Building
Phone
202-225-6316
Bioguide ID
S001218

Background and career

Melanie Ann Stansbury (born January 31, 1979) is an American politician and former ecology instructor serving as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district includes the majority of Albuquerque and most of its suburbs. A Democrat, Stansbury previously served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 28th district from 2019 to 2021.

Education

SchoolDegreeYearSource
Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaBA source
Cornell UniversityMS source

Career before Congress

RoleOrganizationYearsSource
consultantUtton Transboundary Resources Center of the University of New Mexico source
consultantSandia National Laboratories source
program examiner in the OfficeManagement and Budget source

Citizenship

citizen by birth in the United States.

Marital status: Not listed

Previously held offices

Campaign fundraising

Raised $1,353,281 in the 2024 cycle and $1,353,564 so far in the 2026 cycle (partial).

Top individual donors, 2024

NameEmployerOccupationCity/StateAmount
ROCHMAN, JULIENOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$6,600
LAMB, DAVIDLAMB ENTERPRISE GROUPCEOHOQUIAM, WA$6,600
SMALL, MARTINCALCULEX INC.CTOLAS CRUCES, NM$6,600
RICHARDS, ELIZABETHSELF-EMPLOYEDFARM MANAGER & ENGINEERALBUQUERQUE, NM$6,600
SCHMIDT, ELISE W.NOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDSANTA FE, NM$6,600
RECHNITZ, JOANNOT EMPLOYEDRETIREDRED BANK, NJ$6,600
TORRES, TOMASNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDHOUSTON, TX$6,600
MISCIKOWSKI, CYNTHIATHE RING GROUPREAL ESTATELOS ANGELES, CA$6,600
DONNELL, BRUCENOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDSANTA FE, NM$6,100
PRESCOTT, LAURENNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDSANTA FE, NM$5,800
STEVES, BUDDYRT SPECIALTYINSURANCEHOUSTON, TX$5,500
POTTER, EARLFIVE & DIME GENERAL STORESCHAIRMANSANTA FE, NM$5,300
GREEN, WILLIAMSELF-EMPLOYEDPHYSICIANALBUQUERQUE, NM$5,250
QUISSELL, BARBARANOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$4,950
MCANENY, BARBARANEW MEXICO CANCER CENTERPHYSICIAN & CEOALBUQUERQUE, NM$4,900
COHA, PETERNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDCORRALES, NM$4,775
WUBKER, JEANNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDTIJERAS, NM$4,475
OPPENHEIMER, CATHERINE J.NOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDSANTA FE, NM$4,300
AKINS, JAMES CARLNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$4,000
COBB, SARAHNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDLOS RANCHOS, NM$3,600
COLON, BRIANSTATE OF NEW MEXICOSTATE AUDITORALBUQUERQUE, NM$3,550
TERRY, ELLENNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$3,500
CROCKETT, NICHOLASCAPITOL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLCATTORNEYWASHINGTON, DC$3,500
MURRAY, LEIGHNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDLEANDER, TX$3,400
WESSELY, ROBERTNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDLAS VEGAS, NM$3,300

807 other donors gave a total of $499,510.

Top individual donors, 2026 (partial)

NameEmployerOccupationCity/StateAmount
PANICKER, GIRISH A.TRUECOVERAGE LLCFOUNDER & CHAIRMANMELBOURNE, FL$7,000
CADDEN, WENDYNNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDLAS VEGAS, NM$7,000
SCHMIDT, ELISE W.NOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDSANTA FE, NM$7,000
STARK, SHAUNANOT EMPLOYEDRETIREDHILLSBOROUGH, CA$7,000
THORNBURG, GARRETTTHORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENTFUND MANAGEMENTSANTA FE, NM$7,000
GABBERT, MARTHANOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDMINNEAPOLIS, MN$6,600
COLLIE, JIM M.NOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$6,500
SMALL, MARTINCALCULEX INC.CTOLAS CRUCES, NM$6,200
CROSS, DAVIDNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDARLINGTON, TX$4,750
PAINTER, MARLANOT EMPLOYEDRETIREDALBUQUERQUE, NM$4,500
WUBKER, JEANNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDTIJERAS, NM$4,300
PATRICK, KATHYGIBBS & BRUNS LLPATTORNEYHOUSTON, TX$4,000
HENLEY, DONALDSELF-EMPLOYEDMUSICIANCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA$4,000
POTTER, EARLFIVE & DIME GENERAL STORESCHAIRMANSANTA FE, NM$3,700
POTTER, DEBORAH D.NOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$3,600
PILLAI, HARIBUSINESS ADVANTAGE CONSULTING, INC.CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERIRVINE, CA$3,500
DSOUZA, ANILTPG CAPITALOPERATING DIRECTORGLENCOE, IL$3,500
GIGER, MICHELLE L.NOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDALBUQUERQUE, NM$3,500
STEVES, BUDDYNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDHOUSTON, TX$3,500
RICHARDS, ELIZABETHSELF-EMPLOYEDFARM MANAGER & ENGINEERALBUQUERQUE, NM$3,500
VALDEZ, ABECOLLINEAR NETWORKSENGINEERALBUQUERQUE, NM$3,500
MARKS, KAY KROCHMANNOT EMPLOYEDRETIREDSANTA FE, NM$3,500
BUTTRICK, JOHNUNION SQUARE VENTURESVENTURE CAPITALNEW YORK, NY$3,500
FASTEAU, MARCNOT EMPLOYEDNOT EMPLOYEDSANTA FE, NM$3,500
MOLDAW, CAROLSELF-EMPLOYEDWRITERSANTA FE, NM$3,500

950 other donors gave a total of $478,731.

2 donor rows withheld pending verification.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2024

CommitteeTypeIndustryAmount
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EPACLabor Unions$5,000
JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
COURAGE TO CHANGELeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPACLabor Unions$5,000
TURQUOISE PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
TURQUOISE PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
LOBO PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPACLabor Unions$5,000
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS GROUP - FEDERALPACnot mapped$5,000
ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION INC PACPACnot mapped$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUNDPACEnergy$5,000
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS GROUP - FEDERALPACnot mapped$5,000
UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAWPACLabor Unions$5,000

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

PAC and party committee contributors over $5,000, 2026 (partial)

CommitteeTypeIndustryAmount
ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION INC PACPACnot mapped$5,000
ALLIANCE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY QUALITY AND INNOVATION INC PACPACnot mapped$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUNDPACEnergy$5,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PACPACTransportation$5,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPACLabor Unions$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPACLabor Unions$5,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
TURQUOISE PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
TURQUOISE PACLeadership PACLeadership PAC$5,000
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSPACLabor Unions$5,000
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPACnot mapped$5,000

Gross receipts from FEC filings, not net of refunds. Industry mappings are the directory's own classification; see methodology.

Outside money

2024

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

CommitteeSupporting the memberOpposing the memberTotalSingle-candidate (80%+)FEC record
PROJECT 218$50,569$0$50,569NoFEC
NEW MEXICO STRONG FUND$0$700$700YesFEC
GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTION$54$0$54NoFEC
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION$10$0$10YesFEC

Donors to the member's leadership PAC, GRIT & HEART PAC: individuals at $50,000 or more, organizations and PACs at $5,000 or more.

DonorTypeNet
POARCH BAND OF CREEK INDIANSother$7,000
OHKAY OWINGEHother$5,000

Joint fundraising committee NEW MEXICO HOUSE VICTORY FUND 2024: $45,875 allocated to the member across 8 transfers.

2026 (partial)

Independent expenditures by super PACs and other outside groups concerning the member. A committee name links to its page here, with its contributors and every member it spent for or against.

CommitteeSupporting the memberOpposing the memberTotalSingle-candidate (80%+)FEC record
GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTION$53$0$53NoFEC
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION$10$0$10NoFEC

Donors to the member's leadership PAC, GRIT & HEART PAC: individuals at $50,000 or more, organizations and PACs at $5,000 or more.

DonorTypeNet
POARCH BAND OF CREEK INDIANSother$10,000
AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANSother$5,000

Joint fundraising committee NEW MEXICO HOUSE VICTORY FUND 2026: $10,250 allocated to the member across 3 transfers.

Independent expenditures are reported to the FEC by the spending committee, not the member's campaign. A committee is marked single-candidate when 80% or more of its cycle independent-expenditure dollars concern one candidate. Donors are named only at $50,000 or more to a super PAC or joint fundraising committee. For leadership PACs, individuals are named at $50,000 or more; organizations and PACs at $5,000 or more. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Amounts are each donor's net total of itemized contributions across the cycle (primary, general, and runoff elections combined), after subtracting refunds, not single gifts. Receipts marked as received in error, returned, or refunded are excluded, and refunds to the donor are subtracted. Joint-fundraising shares are included: the member committee's itemized share of joint-fundraising proceeds (FEC transaction type 15J) counts toward the donor's total, while the joint fundraising committee's own transfers are not counted separately. Donors are named only when their net cycle total is $1,000 or more; smaller donors appear only in the aggregate count and total below each table. Where a returned receipt of $10,000 or more affects a total, it is noted below the table. Lists cover itemized individual gifts to the member's principal campaign committee only. Employer and occupation are self-reported. The 2026 cycle is still in progress.

Donor figures are net of refunds from the FEC individual-contribution bulk files (2024 and 2026 cycles, each itemization taken at its latest amended version before any exclusion), rebuilt and reconciled row by row against the previous release on 2026-10-02; see methodology for the method and the reconciliation counts.

Money and finances

Estimated net worth

$1 to $199,999 (Annual Report for CY 2025 (filed 05/12/2026)). Earliest on record (2025): $1 to $199,999. disclosure

Estimates are summed from ranges reported on financial disclosures, so they are approximate. Ranges are wide by design.

Stock trades (last 12 months)

0 trades, estimated volume No trades. As of 2026-09-26. Quiver

STOCK Act disclosures cover the member, spouse, and dependent children, and report amounts as ranges, so volumes are estimates. Null records mean data was not retrieved, never zero trades.

Top assets

AssetTypeValueOwner
Nusenda Credit Union bank accountsbank deposit$100K-$250KSelf

Earmark requests (FY2026)

Total requested: $140,000,000

ProjectRecipientSubcommitteeRequestedIn House bill
Sandoval County Behavioral Health CenterTown of BernalilloAgriculture$8,000,000No
Valencia County Acute Care Hospital ConstructionJeremias SilvaAgriculture$8,000,000No
City of Albuquerque Mobile Crime Scene LabAlbuquerque Police DepartmentCommerce Justice Science$800,000No
Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office Vehicles PurchaseBernalillo County Sheriff's OfficeCommerce Justice Science$1,000,000No
New Mexico State Police Technology ImplementationNew Mexico Department of Public SafetyCommerce Justice Science$1,650,000No
Lincoln County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)Lincoln CountyHomeland Security$3,000,000No
Dog Valley Water and Sewer ProjectCity of Santa Rosa, NMInterior and Environment$2,000,000Yes
Estancia Community Center/ Town Hall RenovationTown Of EstanciaAgriculture$3,300,000No
Corrales wastewater Loma Larga MainVillage of CorralesInterior and Environment$3,500,000Yes
Bernalillo Wastewater Treatment PlantTown of BernalilloInterior and Environment$20,000,000Yes
Fort Sumner Fire and RescueFort Sumner Fire and RescueAgriculture$1,300,000No
Transitional Housing for Woman and ChildrenNew Mexico Mortgage Finance AuthorityTransportation, Housing and Urban Development$750,000Yes
Bernalillo County Affordable HousingBernalillo CountyTransportation, Housing and Urban Development$2,000,000Yes
City of Albuquerque Temporary Stability Shelter SiteCity of AlbuquerqueTransportation, Housing and Urban Development$2,000,000Yes
Rio Grande Pueblos Irrigation Infrastructure ImprovementsU.S. Army Corps of EngineersEnergy & Water$82,700,000No

Requests are not necessarily funded. Amounts shown are requested, not awarded.

Influence in Congress

Legislative effectiveness

0.27 on the 118th Legislative Effectiveness Score (House). thelawmakers.org

Bipartisanship

Lugar Bipartisan Index: -1.20, ranked #373 (118th (first session, 2023)) Lugar Center

Ideology

DW-NOMINATE first dimension: -0.432 (liberal end of the scale), chamber rank #79 of the 119th Congress. Voteview

Interest group ratings

GroupRatingScorecard year
NRAF2026
LCV1002025
AFL-CIO1002025
Club for Growth02025
Planned Parenthood1002025
ACU42025

Bills enacted

0 sponsored bills enacted into law in the 119th Congress.

2026 election

District lean

Cook Partisan Voting Index (2025): D+7. Last election margin: 12.74 points (2024). Cook PVI

2026 election

No notable challenger declared.

Notable family

No notable relatives found under this methodology.

Voting record (2026)

314 roll-call votes in 2026 · missed 1.3% · party unity 98.4

DateMeasureQuestionPosition
2026-01-08H R 6938On PassageYea
2026-01-08H R 504Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingYea
2026-01-08H R 131Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingYea
2026-01-08H R 1834On PassageYea
2026-01-14H R 7006On PassageNay
2026-02-03H R 7148On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsNay
2026-03-05H CON RES 38On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea
2026-04-16H CON RES 40On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea
2026-04-16H RES 965On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea
2026-04-29S CON RES 33On Agreeing to the ResolutionNay
2026-04-30H R 7567On PassageNay
2026-05-14H CON RES 75On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea
2026-06-03H CON RES 86On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea
2026-06-03H RES 518On Motion to DischargeYea
2026-06-04H R 2913On PassageYea
2026-06-09S 2On PassageNay
2026-06-09H R 5408On PassageYea
2026-07-14H R 139On PassageYea
2026-07-15H R 8595On PassageNay
2026-07-21H R 9770On PassageNay
2026-07-22H R 8800On PassageNay
2026-07-22H R 7008On PassageNay
2026-07-22H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the ResolutionNay
2026-07-23H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea
2026-09-01H R 9436On PassageNay
2026-09-02H R 1501On PassageNay
2026-09-15H CON RES 93On Agreeing to the ResolutionYea

Legislation

Sponsored 28 bills and cosponsored 573 bills in the 119th Congress.

BillTitleStatus
H.R. 6162Albuquerque Indian School Act of 2025Passed House (Senate next)
H.R. 635WaterSMART Access for Tribes ActIntroduced
H.R. 1100STOPP ActIntroduced
H.R. 1145Nobody Elected Elon Musk ActIntroduced
H.R. 1811Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2025Introduced

Latest statements

Latest official press releases and statements from the member's official site. This section requires periodic refresh; always check the source site for the newest items.

Social following

PlatformOffice accountPersonal account
X@Rep_Stansbury (117K)not found
Instagramnot foundnot found
Facebook@RepStansbury (928K)not found
YouTubenot foundnot found
LinkedInnot foundnot found
Threadsnot foundnot found
TikToknot foundnot found

Office total: 1.0M · Personal total: no counts retrieved · Combined: 1.0M

Collected 2026-09-29. Office accounts are the member's official congressional accounts; personal accounts are their own campaign/personal accounts. Totals sum only accounts with a retrieved count and are never zero-filled. X counts are approximate (logged-out page variance). A missing account means none was verified, not that none exists.

Committee assignments

CommitteeRole
House Committee on Natural ResourcesMember
House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformMember
Water, Wildlife and FisheriesMember
Federal LandsMember
Delivering on Government EfficiencyRanking Member

Caucus memberships

Only documented caucus memberships are listed; memberships are never inferred.

Staff

Chief of staff

Kimberly L. Espinosa · (202) 225-6316

Communications director

Felecia T. Pohl · (202) 225-6316

Staff data from House and Senate payroll filings; roles can change and filings can lag.

Offices

Washington, D.C. office

1421 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-6316

District/state offices

CityAddressPhone
Albuquerque6301 Indian School Rd Suite 420, Albuquerque, NM 87110(505) 346-6781

Connections

Connected toTypeDetail
Wesley HuntSame schoolCornell University
Daniel MeuserSame schoolCornell University
Elissa SlotkinSame schoolCornell University
Beth Van DuyneSame schoolCornell University

Connections are derived from documented public records: family ties, shared schools, shared employers, fraternities and sororities, and staff career histories. Committee ties are excluded here and shown on committee pages.

Profile compiled 2026-10-03 from House Clerk, Senate, FEC, GovTrack, and Wikidata records. Enrichment collected September 2026; campaign finance from the FEC bulk files of October 2026. See methodology.