Jeff Steinborn DEMDemocrat

Jeff Steinborn (born 1970), is a Democratic member of the New Mexico State Senate, serving since 2017.Steinborn previously served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 2006–10 and from 2013–17. Steinborn took office as Representative for the second time after defeating incumbent Antonio Lujan in the Democratic primary in June, 2012. In 2016 Steinborn defeated Republican incumbent Senator Lee Cotter to become the State Senator for District 36, and was re-elected in 2020. Steinborn has worked as an aide to former Governor Bill Richardson, a field representative for former Senator Jeff Bingaman, and was chairman of the Democratic Party of Doña Ana County. He is Executive Director of Outdoor New Mexico. In 2015 Steinborn co-founded Film Las Cruces, where he serves as Board President. The organization is credited with helping increase film production in Las Cruces and Dona Ana County. In 2023 Las Cruces was named by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the "Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker" in America. As a legislator he has passed diverse legislation including establishing the Rio Grande Trail, the ‘Outdoor Recreation' and 'Creative Industries' Divisions of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, increased legislative and lobbying transparency, advanced clean up of abandoned uranium mine sites, increased youth participation in government, and created a new rural film incentive. Steinborn also led New Mexico's efforts to prevent the storage of high level nuclear waste from being transported and stored in the state, successfully passing legislation in the 2023 legislative session.