Representative Rebecca Dow, a Republican elected to the New Mexico State House in 2025 for the 38th district, posted several statements on her Twitter account addressing both Martin Luther King Jr. Day and ongoing safety concerns at a state child welfare office.
On January 19, 2026, Dow commemorated the national holiday with a reflection on Dr. King’s legacy: “On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we honor a man who called America to live up to its highest ideals.
Dr. King believed in peaceful protest, equal justice under the law, and judging one another by the content of our character—not the color of our skin. His work reminds us that https://t.co/KAEghmS1pq“
The following day, January 20, 2026, Dow commented on an incident at an Albuquerque Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) office involving harm to a staff member: “Yet another incident at the Abq CYFD office! Juvenile harms CYFD worker!
To get children safely out of the office, it will take a full ‘kitchen sink’ effort — I hope tonight’s executive order is THE BEGINNING of the conversation on CYFD this session, not the end.
We need a https://t.co/9fbE0ZoSxL“
Later that same day she shared another post containing only a link: “https://t.co/GFumTY33ik”.
Dow succeeded Tara Jaramillo as representative for New Mexico’s 38th House district after being elected in 2025.
