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Community Safety
Every New Mexican deserves to feel safe in their home, their neighborhood, and their community. Public safety must mean safety for everyone, in every zip code, across every background and identity.
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Tilli believes reducing crime in New Mexico is deeply connected to strengthening our schools, expanding economic opportunity, and building a more prosperous future for every New Mexican. Public safety is not just about reacting after harm occurs. It is about creating communities where people have hope, stability, and opportunity and making decisions for the collective good of the community.
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Tilli brings a unique and balanced perspective to public safety. She has spent her career prosecuting serious crimes like child exploitation and sexual abuse crimes and advocating for victims and also representing people charged with crimes. Throughout her career, Tilli worked closely with law enforcement. She believes strong public safety depends on collaboration. Law enforcement, community members, service providers, and local leaders must work together to build trust, prevent crime, and respond effectively when harm occurs. Proper funding, modern training, and accountability are essential to ensuring both officer safety and public confidence.
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Public safety also means safety for vulnerable and historically marginalized communities. It means ensuring that every person, regardless of race, immigration status, gender identity, or economic background, feels protected and respected by the systems designed to keep them safe.
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Public safety requires accountability when crimes are committed, especially for violent offenders. But it also requires addressing the root causes that drive crime in the first place. That means expanding access to mental health care, substance use treatment, and crisis response services so people receive help before situations escalate. It means investing in transitional and affordable housing so people are not trapped in cycles of instability that increase contact with the criminal justice system.
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When people are paid living wages and are not working multiple jobs just to survive, they have time to engage with their children, connect with neighbors, and participate in their communities. Strong neighborhoods are built on relationships. When we build community and reduce economic stress, crime decreases and safety increases.
True public safety is holistic. It is accountability, prevention, economic opportunity, mental health support, housing stability, and strong community ties working together. When we invest in people and in partnership, we build safer communities for everyone.​
Workforce Development
New Mexico should be a place where people can build a future and choose to stay because there is a wealth of economic opportunities.
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New Mexico is rich in talent, but too often that talent is exported to other states. Tilli believes it is time to invest in a more competitive and diversified economy that creates high-quality, stable jobs across the state.
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That starts with education and workforce alignment. Tilli supports expanding career readiness programs, paid apprenticeships, and hands-on learning opportunities that connect high school, community college, and university programs directly to good-paying careers. Tilli believes in strengthening partnerships between public schools, institutions like NMSU and Doña Ana Community College, labor unions, and local employers so students graduate with industry-recognized credentials and a clear pathway into the workforce.
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Workforce development also means investing in the industries of the future. New Mexico has enormous potential in clean energy, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, sustainable agriculture, film and digital media, and cross-border trade. We should use targeted incentives and smart public investments to grow these sectors while ensuring that the jobs created are local, pay family-sustaining wages, and include strong worker protections. It also means continuing to raise wages and protect workers’ rights so that a full-time job actually supports a family.
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Tilli also believes in making it easier for New Mexicans to start new businesses, grow existing ones, and purchase local businesses. It means reducing unnecessary barriers to doing business while protecting workers and their rights and creating state-supported loan and grant programs that help entrepreneurs get off the ground. It means prioritizing local businesses in state procurement and supporting cooperative and employee-owned business models that keep wealth in our communities. And it means diversifying our economy, so we are not dependent on just a few industries.
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Education
Education is the foundation of opportunity, and it must work for every child.
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Tilli believes we must continue to fully fund and strengthen early childhood education because getting kids off to a strong start changes the trajectory of their lives. Tilli supports sustained investments in high-quality universal pre-K, home visiting programs, and early literacy initiatives so that every child enters kindergarten ready to learn.
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But we cannot stop there. In our elementary schools, we should prioritize smaller class sizes, evidence-based reading and math instruction, and meaningful support for teachers.
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Strong education also means robust after-school and summer programs that support students at every grade level and allow parents to remain in the workforce. These programs keep children safe, reinforce academic skills, provide access to tutoring, arts, athletics, and STEM opportunities, and help close achievement gaps that widen when students lose learning time.
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Middle school is a critical turning point. Students should be formally introduced to all of their future options, including college and career pathways, through structured career exploration, financial literacy, and skills-based learning. High school should build on that foundation with access to dual credit courses, career and technical education, mentorships, internships, apprenticeships, and real-world experiences that prepare students for success after graduation.
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New Mexico’s tuition-free college program is a tremendous achievement. Now we must ensure students are academically prepared to succeed once they arrive and that they have the advising, mental health support, and financial guidance necessary to complete their degrees. At the same time, we must equally value and invest in skilled trades and certification programs so that students who choose a different path are supported, trained, and respected.
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Education policy must also address the barriers students bring into the classroom. That means expanding school-based mental health services, ensuring access to nutritious meals, strengthening special education services, and working in true partnership with families. We cannot expect children to thrive academically if we ignore the challenges they face outside of school.
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Every student in New Mexico deserves more than a diploma. They deserve a clear, supported pathway to a stable, fulfilling future. When we invest in education at every stage, we are investing in our workforce, our economy, and the long-term strength of our communities.
Healthcare
Access to affordable, high-quality healthcare is essential for a strong New Mexico.
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Too many New Mexicans are forced to travel out of state to receive the care they need. And too many New Mexicans fear the realities of debilitating medical debt, if they seek care. Tilli believes the legislature must prioritize policies that expand access to affordable care, reduce wait times, and address the severe healthcare worker shortage facing our state.
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Tilli supports eliminating the gross receipts tax on doctors, a policy that discourages providers from practicing in New Mexico and drives up costs for patients. She also supports increasing residency positions throughout New Mexico and working with New Mexico's youth to raise awareness about programs that make becoming a doctor attainable. Tilli also believes New Mexico must continue to thoughtfully reassess its medical malpractice laws and make updates that ensure victims of malpractice can access justice while preserving access to healthcare, a basic human right.
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Healthcare also means protecting reproductive freedom. Tilli is a strong defender of abortion access and the right of medical professionals to provide care without fear or interference. During her time at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tilli served as the FACE Act Prosecutor, working to protect women’s healthcare facilities and ensure safe access to care. She believes decisions about reproductive healthcare belong to patients and their doctors, not politicians.