Biography
Ramona Goolsby is the Republican nominee for Secretary of State. A family nurse practitioner, Army Reserve veteran and elected soil and water conservation district supervisor, she campaigns on election integrity, voter ID, cleaner voter rolls and enforcement of campaign finance laws.[1][2]
Goolsby served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1999 to 2004 and worked more than 30 years as a nurse, most recently as a primary care provider for the Veterans Administration.[3][1][2]
She came to New Mexico in 2019 after retiring as a nurse practitioner and rancher, according to Source NM.[4] In November 2025 she was elected to the Ciudad Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors.[1]
- 1.Ramona Goolsby for Secretary of State · Ramona Goolsby campaign Candidate's own words
- 2.New Mexico Secretary of State election, 2026 — Candidate Connection survey (Goolsby) · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-10-19 Candidate's own words
- 3.Ramona Goolsby · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 4.New Mexico Election 2026: Secretary of State · Source NM · 2026-09-29 News report
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
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