New Mexico Senate
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New Mexico State Senate | |
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New Mexico State Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits
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None |
History | |
New session started
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January 18, 2011 |
Leadership | |
Leader of the Senate
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Minority Leader
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Structure | |
Seats | 42 |
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Political groups
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Governing party
Opposition party
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Length of term
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4 years |
Authority | Article IV, New Mexico Constitution |
Salary | None + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election
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November 6, 2012 (42 seats) |
Next election
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November 8, 2016 (42 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
State Senate Chamber New Mexico State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Website | |
New Mexico State Legislature |
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The New Mexico Senate is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal amount of single-member constituent districts across the state. All senatorial districts are divided to contain a population on average of 43,300 state residents. Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits.
The Senate convenes at the New Mexico State Capitol building in Santa Fe.
Composition
The current makeup of the Senate for the 2009–2012 and 2013–2016 sessions is:
Affiliation | Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||
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Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
End 2008 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 0 |
2009–2012 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 0 |
Begin 2013 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 0 |
March 14, 2015[1] | 24 | 41 | 1 | |
April 3, 2015[2] | 18 | 42 | 0 | |
Latest voting share | 57.1% | 42.9% |
Leadership
Position | Senator [3] | District |
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President/Lieutenant Governor | John Sanchez | |
President pro tempore | Mary Kay Papen | 32 |
Majority Leader | Michael S. Sanchez | 29 |
Majority Whip | Michael Padilla | 36 |
Minority Leader | Stuart Ingle | 27 |
Minority Whip | William H. Payne | 20 |
Current members
District | Representative [4] | Party | Residence | First elected | Counties represented |
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1 | William E. Sharer | Rep | Farmington | 2000 | San Juan (part) |
2 | Steven P. Neville | Rep | Aztec | 2004 | San Juan (part) |
3 | John Pinto | Dem | Gallup | 1976 | McKinley (part), San Juan (part) |
4 | George K. Muñoz | Dem | Gallup | 2008 | Cibola (part), McKinley (part), San Juan (part) |
5 | Richard C. Martinez | Dem | Española | 2000 | Los Alamos (part), Rio Arriba (part), Sandoval (part), Santa Fe (part) |
6 | Carlos R. Cisneros | Dem | Questa | 1984 | Los Alamos (part), Rio Arriba (part), Santa Fe (part), Taos (part) |
7 | Pat Woods | Rep | Broadview | 2012 | Curry (part), Quay (part), Union |
8 | Pete Campos | Dem | Las Vegas | 1991 | Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay (part), San Miguel (part), Taos (part) |
9 | John M. Sapien | Dem | Corrales | 2008 | Bernalillo (part), Sandoval (part) |
10 | John C. Ryan | Rep | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque | 2004 | Bernalillo (part), Sandoval (part) |
11 | Linda M. Lopez | Dem | Albuquerque | 1996 | Bernalillo (part) |
12 | Jerry Ortiz y Pino | Dem | Albuquerque | 2004 | Bernalillo (part) |
13 | Bill B. O'Neill | Dem | Albuquerque | 2012 | Bernalillo (part) |
14 | Michael Padilla | Dem | Albuquerque | 2012 | Bernalillo (part) |
15 | Daniel A. Ivey-Soto | Dem | Albuquerque | 2012 | Bernalillo (part) |
16 | Cisco McSorley | Dem | Albuquerque | 1996 | Bernalillo (part) |
17 | Mimi Stewart | Dem | Albuquerque | 2015 | Bernalillo (part) |
18 | Lisa Torraco | Rep | Albuquerque | 2012 | Bernalillo (part) |
19 | Sue Wilson Beffort | Rep | Sandia Park | 1996 | Bernalillo (part), Sandoval (part), Santa Fe (part), Torrance (part) |
20 | William H. Payne | Rep | Albuquerque | 1996 | Bernalillo (part) |
21 | Mark Moores | Rep | Albuquerque | 2012 | Bernalillo (part) |
22 | Benny Shendo | Dem | Jemez Pueblo | 2012 | Bernalillo (part), McKinley (part), Rio Arriba (part), San Juan (part), Sandoval (part) |
23 | Sander Rue | Rep | Albuquerque | 2008 | Bernalillo (part) |
24 | Nancy Rodriguez | Dem | Santa Fe | 1996 | Santa Fe (part) |
25 | Peter Wirth | Dem | Santa Fe | 2004 | Santa Fe (part) |
26 | Jacob R. Candelaria | Dem | Albuquerque | 2012 | Bernalillo (part) |
27 | Stuart Ingle | Rep | Portales | 1984 | Chaves (part), Curry (part), De Baca, Lea (part), Roosevelt |
28 | Howie C. Morales | Dem | Silver City | 2008 | Catron, Grant, Socorro (part) |
29 | Michael S. Sanchez | Dem | Belen | 1992 | Bernalillo (part), Valencia (part) |
30 | Clemente Sanchez | Dem | Grants | 2012 | Cibola (part), McKinley (part), Socorro (part), Valencia (part) |
31 | Joseph Cervantes | Dem | Las Cruces | 2012 | Doña Ana (part) |
32 | Cliff R. Pirtle | Rep | Roswell | 2012 | Chaves (part), Eddy (part), Lincoln (part) |
33 | William F. Burt | Rep | Alamogordo | 2010 | Chaves (part), Lincoln (part), Otero (part) |
34 | Ron Griggs | Rep | Alamogordo | 2012 | Eddy (part), Otero (part) |
35 | John Arthur Smith | Dem | Deming | 1989 | Doña Ana (part), Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra |
36 | Lee S. Cotter | Rep | Las Cruces | 2012 | Doña Ana (part) |
37 | William P. Soules | Dem | Las Cruces | 2012 | Doña Ana (part), Sierra (part) |
38 | Mary Kay Papen | Dem | Las Cruces | 2000 | Doña Ana (part) |
39 | Ted Barela | Rep | Estancia | 2015 | Bernalillo (part), Lincoln (part), Santa Fe (part), San Miguel (part), Torrance (part), Valencia (part) |
40 | Craig W. Brandt | Rep | Rio Rancho | 2012 | Sandoval (part) |
41 | Carroll H. Leavell | Rep | Jal | 1996 | Eddy (part), Lea (part) |
42 | Gay G. Kernan | Rep | Hobbs | 2001 | Chaves (part), Eddy (part), Lea (part) |
See also
References
External links
- New Mexico Legislature Official government website
- Project Vote Smart – State Senate of New Mexico
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