Michelle Lujan Grisham (/ˈluːhɑːn ˈɡrɪʃəm/ LOO-hahn GRISH-əm;[1] born October 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 32nd governor of New Mexico since 2019.

A member of the Democratic Party, Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019.

[6] She is part of the prominent Lujan political family in New Mexico, many of whose members have served in elected and appointed positions in government.

[12][13] Lujan Grisham served as director of the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department under Bruce King, Gary Johnson, and Bill Richardson.

[14] Lujan Grisham resigned as Secretary of Health in order to run for the United States House of Representatives in the 2008 elections, losing in the Democratic primary to Martin Heinrich, who won with 44% of the vote.

[15][16][17] Lujan Grisham sought the Democratic nomination for the House again in 2012 after Heinrich decided to run for the United States Senate.

In 2016, she was one of nine members of Congress who took a trip to Baku who were later found to have been secretly funded by the government of Azerbaijan; she had to turn over gifts the country gave her to the House Clerk after an ethics investigation.

[28] On November 8, 2022, Lujan Grisham was reelected to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Mark Ronchetti with 52% of the vote.

[31] On January 29, 2019, Lujan Grisham signed an executive order calling for New Mexico to join the United States Climate Alliance and to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% below 2005 levels by 2030.

[35][36] In November, Lujan Grisham was named a candidate for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Biden administration.

[38] In May 2021, Lujan Grisham and 12 others were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the former executive director of the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, alleging that she was not compensated at the same rate as her male counterparts.

[40] On September 8, 2023, Lujan Grisham issued an emergency order restricting carrying firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days.

[51] Following the Senate vote, Lujan Grisham said, "This old, outdated statute criminalizing health care providers is an embarrassment.

She condemned the United Nations Security Council's criticism of Israel's settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories.

[59] In 2019, after a bill to legalize recreational marijuana passed the New Mexico House but not the Senate, Lujan Grisham announced that she would add the issue to the legislative agenda for the upcoming year.

[66] Lujan Grisham married Manuel Cordova, a small business owner from Albuquerque, on May 21, 2022, with Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris officiating the wedding.

[71] In April 2021, it was publicized that Lujan Grisham and her gubernatorial campaign, while denying the allegations, had reached a $62,500 settlement with the law firm representing Hallinan.

[73] In February 2021, an investigative team from Albuquerque TV station KOB found reports of more than $6,500 worth of groceries bought from the governor's contingency fund, which is intended for travel or official functions to promote the state.