Eric Griego
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Eric Griego
| image = EricGriego.jpg
| caption =
| state_senate = New Mexico
| district = 14th
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 2013
| predecessor = James G. Taylor
| successor = Michael Padilla
|office2 = Member of the
Albuquerque City Council
from the 3rd district
|term_start2 = January 1, 1999
|term_end2 = December 31, 2004
|predecessor2 = Adell Baca-Hundley
|successor2 = Isaac Benton
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 22, 1966}}
| birth_place = Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democrat
| education = New Mexico State University (BA)
University of Maryland (MPA)
| occupation =
| spouse =
}}
Eric G. Griego (born January 22, 1966){{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/43531 |title=Eric Griego - Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |access-date=September 26, 2015}} is an American politician from the state of New Mexico. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the New Mexico Senate, representing the 14th district, from 2009 to 2013. He began his political career elected as a councilman to the Albuquerque City Council, serving 1999 to 2004.
Griego sought the Democratic nomination in the 2012 Congressional election,{{cite news |title=Lujan Grisham wins hotly contested CD-1 primary |url=http://www.koat.com/news/politics/Lujan-Grisham-wins-hotly-contested-CD-1-primary/-/9153652/14654490/-/12jpxefz/-/index.html |newspaper=KOAT-TV |date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=June 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022114417/http://www.koat.com/news/politics/Lujan-Grisham-wins-hotly-contested-CD-1-primary/-/9153652/14654490/-/12jpxefz/-/index.html |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} losing to future Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in the three-candidate primary.
Early life and education
Griego was born in 1966 and raised in a Catholic family in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After attending local schools, Griego completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Government at New Mexico State University in 1989 and a Master of Public Administration in Public Management at the University of Maryland in 1991.
Career
Griego worked as an international economist for the Department of Labor, and as a specialist in Latin American labor issues. He also served as Assistant Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Economic Development Department, 2005–2007. He has served as executive director, New Mexico Voices for Children, 2009–2012.
He became more active in politics, and in 1999 he was elected as a Democrat to the Albuquergue City Council, serving until 2004. In 2008 he was elected to the New Mexico State Senate, serving until early 2013.
In 2012 Griego ran in the Democratic primary for the nomination to the US House of Representatives seat from New Mexico's 1st congressional district. It was a three-way race, won by Michelle Lujan Grisham. She also won the general election. She has since been elected as governor of the state. In 2016, Griego became the New Mexico director of the Working Families Party.{{Cite web|url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/local_columns/ringside_seat/meet-the-man-at-war-with-conservative-democrats/article_49cbe4e6-a425-11ea-8511-7b277c7d54e0.html|title = Meet the man at war with conservative Democrats}}
In 2023, Griego obtained a fellowship with the Fulbright Program. {{Cite web|url=https://news.unm.edu/news/laii-visiting-scholar-eric-griego-named-fulbright-scholar|title =Visiting Scholar Eric Griego Named Fulbright Scholar}}
Personal life
Griego and his wife, Kim, have 2 children.
On January 20, 2013, his brother Greg, sister-in-law Sarah, and three of their ten children were found shot to death in their home in the south valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/21/16628682-new-mexico-teen-accused-of-killing-family-wanted-to-kill-more-police-say?lite= |title=New Mexico teen accused of killing family wanted to kill more, police say — U.S. News |last=Raftery|first=Isolde|work=NBC News |date=October 24, 2013 |access-date=2013-01-23}} Greg and Sarah's son Nehemiah, 15 years old at the time, was charged with the crimes.{{cite news |title=New Mexico teen fatally shot own family |publisher=KOB Eyewitness News 4 |url=http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2902776.shtml?cat=500 |date=January 21, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2013 |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123125007/http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2902776.shtml?cat=500 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislator_details.aspx?SPONCODE=SGRIR Senator Eric G. Griego – (D)] at New Mexico Legislature
- [http://votesmart.org/candidate/43531 Eric G. Griego - Political Summary] at Project Vote Smart
- [http://www.pointninenine.com/2011/11/eric-griego-9-questions-with-the-new-mexico-senator-behind-the-we-stand-with-the-99-petition/ Eric Griego: 9 Questions with the New Mexico Senator behind the ‘Stand with the 99%’ Petition.] Dan O'Mahony, "Point Nine Nine", November 14, 2011
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Category:Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in New Mexico
Category:Democratic Party New Mexico state senators