Rep. Christine Chandler/Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

BY KARYL ANN ARMBRUSTER
:LWVLA

On March 19, the League of Women Voters’ community event, Lunch with a Leader, will be at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall on Sage Loop in Los Alamos from noon until 1PM and will feature Rep. Christine Chandler. Christine will be discussing the much debated topic of what the County Council can and cannot do! Please arrive by 11:45 a.m. as the presentation begins promptly at noon.

Although she is now best known for being our representative to the New Mexico House of Representatives since being elected in 2018, Christine still lives in Los Alamos and has a long history of dedication to public service. She served as Probate Judge for Los Alamos County and for two terms on the Los Alamos County Council, including as its Chair and Vice Chair. She is an attorney, retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Office of General Counsel. She is married to George Chandler, who is also an attorney and retired physicist from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

As a Representative for District 43, Christine serves as Chair of the influential House Judiciary Committee and as a member of the House Taxation & Revenue Committee. During the interim, Chris chairs the Courts, Correction & Justice Committee and is a member of the Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee. During this last Legislative session, it was her bill that reformed malpractice in New Mexico.