While Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham fell short of passing many of her legislative priorities this session, a grassroots advocacy group called Better Together New Mexico is claiming major victories.

"Grassroots advocacy had some major wins during the legislative session," the group said in a statement. "We asked New Mexico Business Coalition followers and our partners around the state to take a few minutes out of their busy lives and respond to specific Calls to Action."

During this legislative session, just over 500 bills were introduced and only 64 passed, according to the NM Legislature's website. This is the lowest number of bills that have passed out of a legislative session in at least the last decade.       

Better Together New Mexico prepared multiple calls to action and petitions during the legislative session. The result was an unprecedented response, with legislators receiving more than 181,000 emails, over 900 petition signatures, and hundreds of calls regarding pieces of legislation they supported or opposed, the group said.

"This ‘deluge’ of grassroots advocacy let sponsors of harmful bills know the people did not want them," Better Together New Mexico said. "But, equally important, the massive input from voting New Mexicans helped bolster legislators’ resolve in pushing back against the majority."

According to its website, Better Together New Mexico is “a statewide grassroots network making a difference on important issues and elections that impact our lives, families, and communities." The group said, "We believe – and hope you will agree – that we need to take charge of the direction our state is headed rather than continually reacting to an agenda forced on us by those who have vastly different ideas of what this state should be. Working together as a cohesive team, we can be informed,  focused, and united to take a stand when it matters most.”