New Mexico House of Representatives - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The New Mexico House of Representatives is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature.

There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

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The Speaker of the House is Ben Luján

Ben Lujan

Ben Lujan is an American politician. A Democrat, he is currently the Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He has served in the House since 1975 and as Speaker since 2001. His legislative district, the 46th, is composed mostly of Santa Fe....

Democratic Party (United States)

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Composition

The current makeup of the House for the 2009-2010 session is:

Affiliation	Party			Total

	Democratic	Ind Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	42	0	28	70	0

Begin	37	0	33	70	0
January 26, 2011	36	1	33	70	0
Latest voting share	52.9%		47.1%

Leadership

Position	Representative	Party	District
Speaker of the House Speaker (politics) The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...	Ben Luján Ben Lujan Ben Lujan is an American politician. A Democrat, he is currently the Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He has served in the House since 1975 and as Speaker since 2001. His legislative district, the 46th, is composed mostly of Santa Fe....	Dem	46
Majority Leader	W. Ken Martinez W. Ken Martinez W. Ken Martinez is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing the 69th District since 1998.-External links:* official NM House website* profileFollow the Money - W. Ken Martinez* campaign contributions...	Dem	69
Majority Whip	Sheryl Williams Stapleton Sheryl Williams Stapleton Sheryl Williams Stapleton is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives where she represents District 19. A member of the Democratic Party, she is currently the majority whip in the House. She was first elected to office in 1995....	Dem	19
Minority Leader	Thomas C. Taylor Thomas C. Taylor Thomas C. Taylor is the minority floor leader in the New Mexico House of Representatives, 2006-2010. He has represented the New Mexico State House 1st district centered around Farmington in San Juan County, since January 1999....	Rep	1
Minority Whip	Keith Gardner	Rep	66

Current members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
1	Thomas C. Taylor Thomas C. Taylor Thomas C. Taylor is the minority floor leader in the New Mexico House of Representatives, 2006-2010. He has represented the New Mexico State House 1st district centered around Farmington in San Juan County, since January 1999....	Rep	Farmington Farmington, New Mexico Farmington is a city in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 U.S. Census the city had a total population of 45,877 people. Farmington makes up one of the four Metropolitan Statistical Areas in New Mexico. The U.S...	2002
2	James R.J. Strickler	Rep	Farmington	2006
3	Paul Bandy	Rep	Aztec Aztec, New Mexico Aztec is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,378 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of San Juan County...	2006
4	Ray Begaye	Dem	Shiprock Shiprock, New Mexico Shiprock is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States, on the Navajo reservation. The population was 8,156 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area....	1998
5	Sandra Jeff	Dem	Crownpoint Crownpoint, New Mexico Crownpoint is a census-designated place in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,630 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Crownpoint is located at ....	2009
6	Eliseo Alcon	Dem	Milan Milan, New Mexico Milan is a village in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 3,245 at the 2010 Census. A suburb of Grants, Milan has a decent population growth...	2009
7	David Chavez	Rep	Tome-Adelino Tome-Adelino, New Mexico Tome-Adelino is a census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,211 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...	2006
8	Alonzo Baldonado	Rep	Belen Belen, New Mexico Belen is a city in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Belen is Spanish for Bethlehem, and over time has gained the nickname "Hub City" because of the Belen Cutoff of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The Cutoff made it possible for many more trains to travel east and west across...	2006
9	Patricia Lundstrom	Dem	Gallup Gallup, New Mexico - Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 20,209 people, 6,810 households, and 4,869 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,513.7 people per square mile...	2000
10	Henry Saavedra	Dem	Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...	1976
11	Rick Miera	Dem	Albuquerque	1990
12	Ernest Chavez, Sr.	Dem	Albuquerque	2004
13	Eleanor Chavez	Dem	Albuquerque	2004
14	Miguel Garcia	Dem	Albuquerque	1996
15	William O'Neill	Dem	Albuquerque	2008
16	Antonio Maestas	Dem	Albuquerque	2006
17	Edward Sandoval	Dem	Albuquerque	1982
18	Gail Chasey	Dem	Albuquerque	1996
19	Sheryl Williams Stapleton Sheryl Williams Stapleton Sheryl Williams Stapleton is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives where she represents District 19. A member of the Democratic Party, she is currently the majority whip in the House. She was first elected to office in 1995....	Dem	Albuquerque	1994
20	James White	Rep	Albuquerque	2008
21	Mimi Stewart	Dem	Albuquerque	1994
22	James Smith	Rep	Cedar Crest Cedar Crest, New Mexico Cedar Crest is a census-designated place in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,060 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...	2010
23	David Doyle	Rep	Corrales Corrales, New Mexico Corrales is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 8,329 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. With proximity to the Rio Grande, the village was founded for agricultural purposes. The Rio Grande Bosque on the eastern...	2010
24	Conrad James	Rep	Albuquerque	2010
25	Danice Picraux	Dem	Albuquerque	2008
26	Al Park	Dem	Albuquerque	2000
27	Lorenzo Larranaga	Rep	Albuquerque	1994
28	Jimmie Hall	Rep	Albuquerque	2004
29	Thomas Anderson	Rep	Albuquerque	2004
30	Nathaniel Gentry	Rep	Albuquerque	2010
31	William Rehm	Rep	Albuquerque	2006
32	Dona Irwin	Dem	Deming Deming, New Mexico Deming is a city in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, located 60 miles west of Las Cruces. The population was 14,116 at the 2000 census. Deming is the county seat and principal town of Luna County.-History:...	1998
33	Joni Gutierrez	Dem	Mesilla Mesilla, New Mexico Mesilla is a town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,180 at the 2000 census...	2004
34	Mary Helen Garcia	Dem	Las Cruces Las Cruces, New Mexico Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....	2004
35	Antonio Lujan Antonio Luján Antonio Lujan is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing the 35th District since 2002.Now, he lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico.-External links:*...	Dem	Las Cruces	2002
36	Andrew Nunez	Ind	Hatch Hatch, New Mexico Hatch is a village in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,673 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is experiencing moderate growth, along with its outliers of Salem, Arrey, Derry, and Rincon...	2000
37	Terry McMillan	Rep	Las Cruces	2010
38	Dianne Hamilton	Rep	Silver City Silver City, New Mexico Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 10,545. It is the county seat of Grant County. The city is the home of Western New Mexico University.-History:...	1999
39	Rodolpho Martinez	Dem	Bayard Bayard, New Mexico Bayard is a city in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,534 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Bayard is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....	2009
40	Nick Salazar	Dem	Ohkay Owingeh Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico Ohkay Owingeh is a pueblo and census designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Its elevation is and it is located at . One of its boundaries is contiguous with Española, about north of Santa Fe....	1973
41	Debbie Rodella	Dem	Espanola Española, New Mexico Española also known as Espanola , is a city primarily in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in the United States. A portion of the central and eastern section of the city is in Santa Fe County. Española was founded in 1880 as a railroad village, incorporated as a city in 1925. The city is situated in...	1993
42	Roberto Gonzales	Dem	Taos Taos, New Mexico Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico, incorporated in 1934. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,700. Other nearby communities include Ranchos de Taos, Cañon, Taos Canyon, Ranchitos, and El Prado. The town is close to Taos Pueblo, the Native American...	1994
43	Jeannette Wallace	Rep	Los Alamos Los Alamos, New Mexico Los Alamos is a townsite and census-designated place in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States, built upon four mesas of the Pajarito Plateau and the adjoining White Rock Canyon. The population of the CDP was 12,019 at the 2010 Census. The townsite or "the hill" is one part of town while...	1991
44	Jane Powdrell-Culbert	Rep	Corrales Corrales, New Mexico Corrales is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 8,329 at the 2010 Census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. With proximity to the Rio Grande, the village was founded for agricultural purposes. The Rio Grande Bosque on the eastern...	2002
45	Jim Trujillo	Dem	Santa Fe Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...	2003
46	Ben Luján Ben Lujan Ben Lujan is an American politician. A Democrat, he is currently the Speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He has served in the House since 1975 and as Speaker since 2001. His legislative district, the 46th, is composed mostly of Santa Fe....	Dem	Santa Fe	2003
47	Brian Egolf, Jr.	Dem	Santa Fe	2008
48	Luciano Varela	Dem	Santa Fe	1986
49	Don Tripp	Rep	Socorro Socorro, New Mexico Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It stands in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of . The population was 9,051 at the 2010 census...	2003
50	Rhonda Sue King	Dem	Stanley Stanley, New Mexico Stanley is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. The Zip Code is: 87056.-Notable people:Alan Ebnother, artistBruce King, Governor of New Mexico*Gary King, Attorney General of New Mexico, and son of Bruce King-Notes:...	1999
51	Yvette Herrell	Rep	Alamogordo Alamogordo, New Mexico Alamogordo is the county seat of Otero County and a city in south-central New Mexico, United States. A desert community lying in the Tularosa Basin, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains. It is the nearest city to Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 35,582 as of the 2000...	2010
52	Joseph Cervantes Joseph Cervantes Joseph Cervantes is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing the 52nd District since 2002.-External links:* official NM House website* profileFollow the Money - Joseph Cervantes* campaign contributions...	Dem	Las Cruces	2002
53	Ricky Little	Rep	Las Cruces	2010
54	William Gray	Rep	Artesia Artesia, New Mexico Artesia is a city in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, centered at the intersection of U.S. Route 82 and 285; the two highways serve as the city's Main Street and First Street, respectively...	2007
55	Cathrynn Brown	Rep	Carlsbad Carlsbad, New Mexico Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,138. Carlsbad is the center of the designated micropolitan area of Carlsbad-Artesia, which has a total population of 55,435...	2010
56	Zachary Cook	Rep	Ruidoso Ruidoso, New Mexico Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 8,029 at the 2010 census...	2009
57	Dennis Kintigh	Rep	Roswell Roswell, New Mexico Roswell is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,366 at the 2010 census. It is a center for irrigation farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also...	2009
58	Candy Spence Ezzell	Rep	Roswell	2004
59	Nora Espinoza	Rep	Roswell	2007
60	Timothy Lewis	Rep	Rio Rancho Rio Rancho, New Mexico There were 18,995 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had...	2010
61	Shirley Tyler	Rep	Lovington Lovington, New Mexico Lovington is a city in and the county seat of Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 9,471 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lovington is located at ....	2006
62	Donald Bratton	Rep	Hobbs Hobbs, New Mexico Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 28,657 at the 2000 census.Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lea County.-Geography:...	2010
63	George Dodge, Jr.	Dem	Santa Rosa Santa Rosa, New Mexico Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,744 at the 2000 census. It lies between Albuquerque and Tucumcari, situated on the Pecos River at the intersection of Interstate 40, U.S. Route 54, and U.S. Route 84...	2010
64	Anna Crook	Rep	Clovis Clovis, New Mexico Clovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 32,667 at the 2000 census; according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates, the population had risen to 37,775....	1994
65	James Roger Madalena, Jr.	Dem	Jemez Pueblo Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico Jemez Pueblo is a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,953 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area.The CDP is named after the pueblo at its center...	1985
66	Keith Gardner	Rep	Roswell	2005
67	Dennis Roch	Rep	Tucumcari Tucumcari, New Mexico Tucumcari is a city in and the county seat of Quay County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 5,989 at the 2000 census. Tucumcari was founded in 1901, two years before Quay County was founded.-History:...	2009
68	Thomas Garcia	Dem	Ocate	2007
69	W. Ken Martinez W. Ken Martinez W. Ken Martinez is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing the 69th District since 1998.-External links:* official NM House website* profileFollow the Money - W. Ken Martinez* campaign contributions...	Dem	Grants Grants, New Mexico Grants is a city in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 9,182 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Cibola County....	1999
70	Richard Vigil	Dem	Ribera Ribera, New Mexico Ribera is a small unincorporated community in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Located in the northern part of the state, it is next to Villanueva State Park at the foot of Rowe Mesa and along the Pecos River, 50 mi...	1999

External links

New Mexico Legislature Official Government Website

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