# Candy Ezzell

Candy Ezzell is a Republican member of the New Mexico Senate for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New Mexico Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2005-01-18
- Current term: NM 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/46464f19-1bda-489f-93cf-3772d0445407

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/46464f19-1bda-489f-93cf-3772d0445407 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Ezzell reported $3,750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.03), from 100 donors and 240 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NM 2025–26 session)

369 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (New Mexico Senate 90.2%). Party unity 98.7% (93.1%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-19 · voted not voting · senate passage · HB 108 WATERSHED DISTRICT TAXES AND DIRECTORS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB108/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HJM 2 IPRA IMPLEMENTATION STUDY TASK FORCE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HJM2/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 256 DEFIBRILLATORS AT SCHOOL ATHLETIC EVENTS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB256/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 34 SCHOOL NURSE LICENSURE PROVISIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB34/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 43 DISABILITY & SURVIVOR PENSIONS CHANGES · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB43/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 306 PROHIBIT CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY FEES · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB306/
- 2026-02-19 · voted nay · senate passage · HB 200 NEW HOMES FOR NEW MEXICO PROGRAM · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB200/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 158 PLANS ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB158/
- 2026-02-19 · voted yea · senate passage · HB 38 WHEELCHAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB38/
- 2026-02-18 · voted nay · senate passage · HB 332 CAPITAL OUTLAY REAUTHORIZATIONS · pass · https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/HB332/

## Legislation (NM 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New Mexico Senate 31.1%; rank 12 of 42).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SM 32: FOSTER CARE STUDENTS TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SM32/
- SB 251: HORSE RACING PROGRAM TRAINING & OWNERSHIP (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB251/
- SB 234: FOSTER CHILD SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB234/
- SB 230: NM HISTORIC WOMEN MARKER PROGRAM (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB230/
- SJM 2: RESPONSIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ED. PROGRAMS (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SJM2/
- SB 174: GOLD & SILVER SALE GRT DEDUCTION (in committee, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SB174/
- SM 6: NAME ROSWELL BYPASS FOR NANCY LOPEZ (became law, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2026/SM6/
- SB 6: EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN TO DRUGS (passed one chamber, 2025-10-01) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025S1/SB6/
- SB 9: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE (passed both chambers, 2025-10-01) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025S1/SB9/
- SB 5: CYFD SECRETARY NOMINATING COMMISSION (passed both chambers, 2025-10-01) https://openstates.org/nm/bills/2025S1/SB5/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,750 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/Legislator?SponCode=HEZZE
- Campaign site: https://candyspenceezzell.com/
- X: https://x.com/CandyEzzell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candy.ezzell

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/46464f19-1bda-489f-93cf-3772d0445407