Michelle lujan Grisham (D) - Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham began her career as the state BAR's attorney on elder abuse, and offered her services to elders pro bono. From there, she spent 14 years as director of the state agency on aging. In 2004 Michelle Lujan Grisham was appointed secretary of the Department of health where she served until 2007, and then in 2010 she ran for the Bernalillo Board of Commissioners, where she stayed until she was elected to Congress in 2012, and has continued to serve there.  Michelle Lujan Grisham is a lifelong citizen of New Mexico, and is a 12th generation New Mexican. She attended the University of New Mexico where she attained her Bachelors Degree, and then her Law Degree. Michelle has always been a strong advocate of elders in New Mexico, and much of her plans for governor are based around creating, and retaining jobs here in New Mexico, in new cleaner industries.