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SANTA FE — State Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero will face someone familiar in next year’s Democratic primary — a former campaign volunteer.

Edwina Cisneros, a financial analyst at Sandia National Laboratories, said Monday that she volunteered for Roybal Caballero in 2018 but now believes the district isn’t well-represented.

In an interview, Cisneros said she has “noticed how neglected the West Mesa has become.” The district, she said, needs better roads, more streetlights and other infrastructure.

Roybal Caballero, meanwhile, has faced repeated questions in past campaigns about whether she lives in the district year-round. She is a joint owner of a home in El Paso, for example.

In any case, Cisneros said, “”I do know that (Roybal Caballero) is absent from the district a lot. For me it’s important for our representative to be accessible to us and be present at community events and activities.”

Roybal Caballero maintains that she lives in the House district she represents, in a manufactured home she owns in Albuquerque.

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She defeated two other candidates in the 2018 primary election, securing about 45% of the vote. She was unopposed in the general election.

Roybal Caballero said Monday that she’s an active legislator who secured $1.5 million in capital outlay funding for her district in 2019.

“It’s unfortunate that political opponents are misrepresenting my work,” she said. “I’ve been a strong advocate for our community and have successfully directed significant resources to our district.”

House District 13 covers a patch of Southwest Albuquerque near 98th and Central Avenue.

The primary election is June 2.