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2015
Legislative
Almanac
52nd Legislature
First Session
Table of Contents
Legislative Leadership..................................................2
Executive Branch Constitutional Officers.........3
Congressional Delegation.........................................3
New Mexico Senate.......................................................4
Senate Standing Committees................................ 6
Senate Seating Chart.................................................... 6
New Mexico Senate Electoral Districts...............7
New Mexico House....................................................... 8
House Seating Chart.....................................................11
House Standing Committees................................ 12
New Mexico House Electoral Districts..............13
How to Pass a Bill in New Mexico........................14
New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives.....15
Compliments of New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
Legislative Leadership
Senate
Democrats
Republicans
John A. Sanchez (R)
Mchael S. Sanchez (D)
Suart Ingle (R)
Office of the Lt. Governor
State Capitol, Room 417
Mailing: 490 Old Santa Fe Trail,
Room 417, Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-476-2250
www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us
Belen. 6th term. Distr. 29. (Bernalillo,
Valencia). Office: 119. Phone: 986-4727.
Vice Chair: Committees’ Committee.
Member: Judiciary; Rules. Attorney. BA,
Political Science, JD, UNM School of Law.
Portales. 8th term. Distr. 27. (Chaves,
Curry, DeBaca, Lea, Roosevelt).
[email protected]. Office: 109A.
Phone: 986-4702. Member: Committees’
Committee; Indian & Cultural Affairs; Rules.
Farmer; Rancher. BS, Animal Science and
Industry, Oklahoma State University.
Mary Kay Papen (D)
Michael Padilla (D)
William H. Payne (R)
Las Cruces. 4th term. Distr. 38. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 105.
Phone: 986-4733. Chair: Committees’
Committee. Member: Corporations &
Transportation; Indian & Cultural Affairs.
Retired; Businesswoman. BS, Horticulture;
Graduate Work, NMSU.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 14. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 120.
Phone: 986-4726. Member: Committees’
Committee; Corporations & Transportation;
Education. Independent Business Owner.
UNM; University of Phoenix; Six Sigma
Quality Greenbelt; General Electric University.
Albuquerque. 5th term. Distr. 20. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 109B.
Phone: 986-4703. Ranking Member: Judiciary.
Member: Committees’ Committee;
Conservation. Attorney; Retired Rear Admiral,
United States Navy. BA, MA, JD, UNM; MA,
Government, Georgetown University.
Jacob Candelaria (D)
Steven P. Neville (R)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 26. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 414A.
Phone: 986-4391. Member: Public Affairs;
Rules. Non-profit Management and
Development. AB, Princeton University.
Aztec. 3rd term. Distr. 2. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office: 109C.
Phone: 986-4701. Member: Finance. Real
Estate Appraiser; Investor. BS, Animal
Science, BS, Agronomy, MS, Agriculture,
Economics, NMSU.
President of the Senate
President Pro Tempore
Majority Floor Leader
Minority Floor Leader
Majority Whip
Minority Whip
Democrat Caucus Chair
House
Republican Caucus Chair
Democrats
Republicans
Don L. Tripp (R)
Brian F. Egolf, Jr. (D)
Nate Gentry (R)
Socorro. 9th term. Distr. 49. (Catron,
Socorro, Valencia). [email protected].
Office: 104. Phone: 986-4782. Member:
Health; Rules & Order of Business; Safety &
Civil Affairs. Jeweler; Farmer; Contractor.
BA, NM Tech.
Santa Fe. 4th term. Distr. 47. (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 125. Phone:
986-4757. Member: Energy, Environment &
Natural Resources; Judiciary; Rules & Order
of Business. Attorney. BSFS, International
Security and Diplomacy, Georgetown
University; JD, UNM School of Law.
Albuquerque. 3rd term. Distr. 30. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 134. Phone:
986-4776. Member: Energy, Environment &
Natural Resources; Judiciary. Attorney. BA,
Rhodes College; JD, UNM School of Law.
Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D)
Alonzo Baldonado (R)
Albuquerque. 11th term. Distr. 19. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 125.
Phone: 986-4757. Member: Education; Rules
& Order of Business; Safety & Civil Affairs.
District Administrator. BA, Education;
MA, Education, Education Specialist,
Education Administration.
Los Lunas. 3rd term. Distr. 8. (Valencia).
[email protected].
Office: 134. Phone: 986-4774.
Member: Education; Safety & Civil Affairs;
Rules & Order of Business. Real Estate Broker.
BBA, Anderson School of Management.
Patricia A. Roybal Caballero (D)
Kelly K. Fajardo (R)
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 13. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office:
202A. Phone: 986-4221. Member: Regulatory
& Public Affairs; Rules & Order of Business;
Safety & Civil Affairs. Public Administrator;
Profit Manager; Community Economic
Developer. BA, CU, Boulder. Dual MAs, Public
Administration, Community and Regional
Planning, UNM.
Belen. 2nd term. Distr. 7. (Valencia).
[email protected]. Office: 204A.
Phone: 986-4237. Vice Chair: Health.
Member: Government, Elections & Indian
Affairs; Rules & Order of Business. Internet
Marketing. AA, Legal Studies.
Speaker of the House
Minority Floor Leader
Majority Floor Leader
Minority Whip
Democrat Caucus Chair
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Majority Whip
Republican Caucus Chair
2015 Legislative Almanac • 52nd Legislature • First Session
Executive Branch Constitutional Officers
The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general and commissioner of public lands.
— NM Const. art. V § 1.
Susana Martinez (R)
John A. Sanchez (R)
Lt. Governor &
President of the Senate
Office of the Lt. Governor
State Capitol, Room 417
Mailing: 490 Old Santa Fe
Trail, Room 417, Santa Fe,
NM 87501, 505-476-2250
www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us
Secretary of State
Office of the Secretary of
State, State Capitol North
Annex, Room 300
Mailing: 325 Don Gaspar
Avenue, Room 300, Santa
Fe, NM 87501, 505-827-3600
www.sos.state.nm.us
Tim Eichenberg (D)
Hector H. Balderas (D)
Aubrey Dunn (R)
Governor
Office of the Governor
State Capitol, Room 400
Mailing: 490 Old Santa Fe
Trail, Room 400
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505-476-2200
www.governor.state.nm.us
State Treasurer
State Treasurer’s Office
2055 S. Pacheco Street
Suite 100 & 200
Mailing: PO Box 5135
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-955-1120
www.nmsto.gov
Dianna J. Duran (R)
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney
General, Villagra Building
408 Galisteo Street
Mailing: PO Drawer 1508
Santa Fe, NM 87504
505-827-6000
www.nmag.gov
Tim Keller (D)
State Auditor
Office of the State Auditor
2540 Camino Edward Ortiz,
Suite A, Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-476-3800
www.saonm.org
Commissioner of
Public Lands
New Mexico
State Land Office
310 Old Santa Fe Trail
Mailing: PO Box 1148, Santa
Fe, NM 87504, 505-827-5760
www.nmstatelands.org
Congressional Delegation
~114th Congress
Senators
Martin T. Heinrich (D)
Tom Udall (D)
Senator
702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-5521
202-228-2841 Fax
www.heinrich.senate.gov
Constituent Offices
Albuquerque: 505-346-6601 Roswell: 575-622-7113
Farmington: 505-325-5030 Santa Fe: 505-988-6647
Las Cruces: 575-523-6561
Representatives
District 1
Senator
110 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-6621
202-228-3261 Fax
www.tomudall.senate.gov
Constituent Offices
Albuquerque: 505-346-6791
Carlsbad: 575-234-0366
Las Cruces: 575-526-5475
District 2
District 3
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
Steve Pearce (R)
Representative
214 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-6316
202-225-4975 Fax
www.lujangrisham.house.gov
Constituent Offices
Albuquerque: 505-346-6781
San Juan
Taos
Río Arriba
Los Alamos
McKinley
Sandoval
Bernalillo
Cíbola
Valencia
1
Sandoval
Curry
Valencia
Los Alamos
Sandoval
Sierra
San Miguel
Santa
Fe
Quay
Guadalupe
Valencia
Torrance
Lea
Grant
Doña Ana
Catron
Lincoln
Chaves
Chaves
Sierra
Lea
Grant
Compliments of New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
Otero
Eddy
Doña Ana
Lea
Eddy
Luna
Luna
Hidalgo
Roosevelt
Socorro
Lincoln
Otero
Eddy
Luna
Curry
De Baca
Roosevelt
2
Union
Harding
Bernalillo
Cíbola
Curry
Socorro
Catron
Sierra
Hidalgo
3
Rio Rancho: 505-994-0499
Santa Fe: 505-984-8950
Tucumcari: 575-461-3029
Colfax
Mora
De Baca
Roosevelt
Chaves
Doña Ana
Torrance
Taos
Río Arriba
Quay
De Baca
Otero
San Juan
Guadalupe
Lincoln
Grant
Constituent Offices
Farmington: 505-324-1005
Gallup: 505-863-0582
Las Vegas: 505-454-3038
McKinley
San Miguel
Santa
Fe
Representative
2246 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-6190
202-226-1528 Fax
www.lujan.house.gov
Harding
Bernalillo
Cíbola
Los Lunas: 1-855-473-2723
Roswell: 1-855-473-2723
Socorro: 1-855-473-2723
Union
Colfax
Mora
Los Alamos
Quay
Torrance
Taos
Río Arriba
McKinley
Guadalupe
Socorro
Catron
San Juan
Harding
San Miguel
Santa
Fe
Ben R. Luján (D)
Representative
2432 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-225-2365
202-225-9599 Fax
www.pearce.house.gov
Constituent Offices
Alamogordo: 1-855-473-2723
Hobbs: 1-855-473-2723
Las Cruces: 1-855-473-2723
Union
Colfax
Mora
Portales: 575-356-6811
Santa Fe: 505-988-6511
Hidalgo
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New Mexico Senate
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Sue Wilson Beffort (R)
Craig W. Brandt (R)
William F. Burt (R)
Sandia Park. 5th term. Distr. 19. (Bernalillo,
Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance). sue.beffort@
nmlegis.gov. Office: 415G. Phone: 986-4395.
Ranking Member: Finance. Artist. BA,
Southern Methodist University.
Rio Rancho. 1st term. Distr. 40. (Sandoval).
[email protected]. Office: 416F.
Phone: 986-4267. Ranking Member: Public
Affairs. Member: Education. United States
Air Force, Veteran; Clergy. BA, Oklahoma
Baptist University.
Alamogordo. 2nd term. Distr. 33.
(Chaves, Lincoln, Otero).
[email protected]. Office: 415A. Phone:
986-4366. Member: Finance. Business
Owner. BA, Mass Communications, NMSU.
Pete Campos (D)
Jacob Candelaria (D)
Joseph Cervantes (D)
Las Vegas. 7th term. Distr. 8. (Colfax,
Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San
Miguel, Taos). [email protected].
Office: 302B. Phone: 986-4311.
Member: Committees’ Committee; Finance.
President, Luna Community College. BA,
Economics, Philosophy, UNM; MA, Counseling,
NMHU; EdD, Educational Leadership, UNM.
Democrat Caucus Chair
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 26. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 414A.
Phone: 986-4391. Member: Public Affairs;
Rules. Non-profit Management and
Development. AB, Princeton University.
Las Cruces. 1st term. Distr. 31. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 414D.
Phone: 986-4385. Vice Chair: Judiciary.
Member: Conservation. Attorney;
Businessman. BA, Architecture, UNM; MA,
Architecture, California Polytechnic; JD, UNM
School of Law.
Carlos R. Cisneros (D)
Lee S. Cotter (R)
Phil A. Griego (D)
Questa. 8th term. Distr. 6. (Los Alamos, Río
Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos). carlos.cisneros@
nmlegis.gov. Office: 325B. Phone: 986-4362.
Vice Chair: Finance. Member: Committees’
Committee. Chevron Corporation.
NMHU; El Valle Technologies Computer
Learning Center.
Las Cruces. 1st term. Distr. 36. (Doña Ana).
Office: 416C. Phone: 986-4377.
Member: Corporations & Transportation;
Education. Real Estate Investor. BSCE, NMSU;
MBA, University of Arizona.
San Jose. 5th term. Distr. 39. (Bernalillo,
Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance,
Valencia). [email protected]. Office:
323. Phone: 986-4513. Chair: Corporations &
Transportation. Member: Conservation.
CEO, ReAction Consulting, Development;
Rancher. College of Santa Fe; JD, Antioch
College of Law.
Ron Griggs (R)
Stuart Ingle (R)
Daniel A. Ivey-Soto (D)
Alamogordo. 1st term. Distr. 34. (Doña Ana,
Eddy, Otero). [email protected]. Office:
416B. Phone: 986-4276. Member: Judiciary;
Public Affairs. Retired Business Owner;
Former Landman, Texaco, Inc. BBA, NMSU;
Graduate Work, ENMU.
Minority Floor Leader
Gay G. Kernan (R)
Carroll H. Leavell (R)
Linda M. Lopez (D)
Hobbs. 4th term. Distr. 42.
(Chaves, Eddy, Lea). [email protected].
Office: 415E. Phone: 986-4274. Ranking
Member: Education. Member: Public
Affairs. Retired Educator; Businesswoman.
BAE, University of Mississippi.
Jal. 5th term. Distr. 41. (Eddy, Lea).
[email protected]. Office: 415C.
Phone: 986-4278. Member: Finance.
Insurance Agent. BA, ENMU.
Albuquerque. 5th term. Distr. 11. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 320. Phone:
986-4737. Chair: Rules. Member: Judiciary.
Consultant, Organizational Development,
Strategic Planning, Community Organizing.
BA, Business Management, MBA, Human
Resource Development, College of Santa Fe.
Richard C. Martinez (D)
Cisco McSorley (D)
Mark Moores (R)
Española. 4th term. Distr. 5. (Los Alamos,
Río Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 319.
Phone: 986-4487. Chair: Judiciary.
Member: Conservation. Retired Magistrate
Judge. New Mexico Technical Vocational
Institute, El Rito; Attended NNMC.
Albuquerque. 5th term. Distr. 16. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 217.
Phone: 986-4389. Vice Chair: Indian &
Cultural Affairs. Member: Judiciary.
Attorney. BA, English Literature, JD, UNM
School of Law.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 21. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 416D.
Phone: 986-4859. Member: Corporations &
Transportation; Rules. Executive Director,
New Mexico Dental Association. BA, Political
Science, Communications, MBA, UNM.
Howie C. Morales (D)
George K. Munoz (D)
Steven P. Neville (R)
Silver City. 3rd term. Distr. 28. (Catron, Grant,
Socorro). [email protected]. Office: 300D.
Phone: 986-4863. Member: Finance.
Educator. BS, Special Education, MA,
Inter-Disciplinary Studies, WNMU; PhD,
Curriculum Instruction, NMSU.
Gallup. 2nd term. Distr. 4. (Cibola, McKinley,
San Juan). [email protected].
Office: 218A. Phone: 986-4371.
Member: Committees‘ Committee; Finance.
Land Developer; Contractor; Property
Management. Attended University
of Arizona.
Aztec. 3rd term. Distr. 2. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office: 109C.
Phone: 986-4701. Member: Finance. Real
Estate Appraiser; Investor. BS, Animal
Science, BS, Agronomy, MS, Agriculture,
Economics, NMSU.
Portales. 8th term. Distr. 27. (Chaves,
Curry, DeBaca, Lea, Roosevelt).
[email protected]. Office: 109A.
Phone: 986-4702. Member: Committees’
Committee; Indian & Cultural Affairs; Rules.
Farmer; Rancher. BS, Animal Science and
Industry, Oklahoma State University.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 15. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 300B.
Phone: 986-4270. Vice Chair: Rules.
Member: Public Affairs. Association
Executive; Attorney. MA, Education,
Claremont Graduate University; MBA,
JD, UNM.
Republican Caucus Chair
2015 Legislative Almanac • 52nd Legislature • First Session
New Mexico Senate
Bill B. O’Neill (D)
Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino (D)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 13. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 300C.
Phone: 986-4260. Vice Chair: Public Affairs.
Member: Education. Development
Director, PEP Program, New Mexico
Conference of Churches. BA, American
History, Cornell University.
Albuquerque. 3rd term. Distr. 12. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 300A.
Phone: 986-4482. Chair: Public Affairs.
Member: Rules. Social Worker; Retired
Public Employee. BA, Latin American Studies,
UNM; MSW, Social Work, Tulane University.
Majority Whip
Mary Kay Papen (D)
William H. Payne (R)
John Pinto (D)
Las Cruces. 4th term. Distr. 38. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 105.
Phone: 986-4733. Chair: Committees’
Committee. Member: Corporations &
Transportation; Indian & Cultural Affairs.
Retired; Businesswoman. BS, Horticulture;
Graduate Work, NMSU.
Albuquerque. 5th term. Distr. 20. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 109B.
Phone: 986-4703. Ranking Member: Judiciary.
Member: Committees’ Committee;
Conservation. Attorney; Retired Rear Admiral,
United States Navy. BA, MA, JD, UNM; MA,
Government, Georgetown University.
Cliff R. Pirtle (R)
Nancy Rodriguez (D)
Sander Rue (R)
Roswell. 1st term. Distr. 32. (Chaves, Eddy,
Otero). [email protected]. Office: 416E.
Phone: 986-4862. Ranking Member: Indian
& Cultural Affairs. Member: Rules. Farmer.
Honor Graduate, Roswell High School.
Santa Fe. 5th term. Distr. 24. (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 301A.
Phone: 986-4264. Member: Finance.
Consultant. MA, Business Administration.
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 23. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 415B.
Phone: 986-4375. Ranking Member: Rules.
Member: Corporations & Transportation.
Real Estate Appraiser. BBA, UNM.
John C. Ryan (R)
Clemente Sanchez (D)
Michael S. Sanchez (D)
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. 3rd term. Distr.
10. (Bernalillo, Sandoval). john.ryan@nmlegis.
gov. Office: 416G. Phone: 986-4373. Ranking
Member: Conservation. Member: Judiciary.
Business Consultant. BA, Political Science,
UNM; Masters coursework in International
Management, University of Maryland.
Grants. 1st term. Distr. 30. (Cibola, McKinley,
Socorro, Valencia). clemente.sanchez@
nmlegis.gov. Office: 414B. Phone: 986-4369.
Vice Chair: Corporations & Transportation.
Member: Committees’ Committee; Rules.
Small Business and Economic Developer.
BBA, ENMU; MBA, NMHU.
Majority Floor Leader
Belen. 6th term. Distr. 29. (Bernalillo,
Valencia). Office: 119. Phone: 986-4727.
Vice Chair: Committees’ Committee.
Member: Judiciary; Rules. Attorney. BA,
Political Science, JD, UNM School of Law.
John M. Sapien (D)
William E. Sharer (R)
Benny J. Shendo, Jr. (D)
Corrales. 2nd term. Distr. 9. (Bernalillo,
Sandoval). [email protected].
Office: 328A. Phone: 986-4834.
Chair: Education. Member: Corporations &
Transportation. Insurance; Financial Services.
BBA, Finance, UNM.
Farmington. 4th term. Distr. 1. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office: 415H. Phone:
986-4381. Ranking Member: Corporations &
Transportation. Member: Committees’
Committee; Conservation. Businessman.
BA, NMSU.
Jemez Pueblo. 1st term. Distr. 22. (Bernalillo,
McKinley, Río Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval).
[email protected]. Office: 302A.
Phone: 986-4310. Vice Chair: Conservation.
Member: Indian & Cultural Affairs.
President and CEO, The Pueblo Agency, Inc.
BS, CU, Boulder.
John Arthur Smith (D)
William P. Soules (D)
Mimi Stewart (D)
Deming. 7th term. Distr. 35. (Doña Ana,
Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra). john.smith@nmlegis.
gov. Office: 325A. Phone: 986-4365.
Chair: Finance. Member: Committees’
Committee. Real Estate Appraiser. BS, UNM.
Las Cruces. 1st term. Distr. 37. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 218B.
Phone: 986-4380. Vice Chair: Education.
Member: Conservation. Educator. BA,
Psychology; MA, Psychology; PhD,
Interdisciplinary Doctorate, Education and
Psychology, NMSU.
Albuquerque. 1st term. (Prior service in
House). Distr. 17. (Bernalillo). mimi.stewart@
nmlegis.gov. Office: 414C. Phone: 986-4856.
Member: Corporations & Transportation;
Public Affairs. Retired Educator. BS,
Sociology, History, Boston University; MS,
Education, Wheelock College, Boston, MA.
Lisa A. Torraco (R)
Peter Wirth (D)
John “Pat” Woods (R)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 18. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 415F. Phone:
986-4266. Member: Indian & Cultural Affairs;
Judiciary. Attorney; Small Business Owner.
BA, Economics, UNM; Certificate in
Comparative Law, University of San Diego;
JD, UNM School of Law.
Santa Fe. 2nd term. Distr. 25. (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 328B.
Phone: 986-4861. Chair: Conservation.
Member: Judiciary. Attorney. BA, Stanford
University; JD, UNM School of Law.
Broadview. 2nd term. Distr. 7. (Curry, Quay,
Union). [email protected].
Office: 415D. Phone: 986-4393.
Member: Conservation; Education. Farmer;
Rancher. BS, Agriculture Economics, NMSU.
President Pro Tempore
Compliments of New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
Minority Whip
Michael Padilla (D)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 14. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 120.
Phone: 986-4726. Member: Committees’
Committee; Corporations & Transportation;
Education. Independent Business Owner.
UNM; University of Phoenix; Six Sigma
Quality Greenbelt; General Electric University.
Gallup. 10th term. Distr. 3. (McKinley,
San Juan). Office: 301B. Phone: 986-4835.
Chair: Indian & Cultural Affairs.
Member: Education. Legislative Liaison. BS,
MA, Elementary Education, UNM.
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Senate Standing Committees
Committees’ Committee (SCC)
At Call of the Chair • Room 105 • 986-4733
• Mary Kay Papen, Chair (D)
• Michael S. Sanchez,
Vice Chair (D)
• Pete Campos (D)
• Carlos R. Cisneros (D)
• Stuart Ingle (R)
• George K. Munoz (D)
• Michael Padilla (D)
• William H. Payne (R)
• Clemente Sanchez (D)
• William E. Sharer (R)
• John Arthur Smith (D)
Education (SEC)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 8:00 a.m. • Room 311 • 986-4832
• John M. Sapien, Chair (D)
• William P. Soules,
Vice Chair (D)
• Gay G. Kernan,
Ranking Member (R)
• Craig W. Brandt (R)
• Lee S. Cotter (R)
• Bill B. O’Neill (D)
• Michael Padilla (D)
• John Pinto (D)
• John “Pat” Woods (R)
Judiciary (SJC)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 2:30 p.m. • Room 321 • 986-4485
• Richard C. Martinez, Chair (D)
• Joseph Cervantes,
Vice Chair (D)
• William H. Payne,
Ranking Member (R)
• Ron Griggs (R)
• Linda M. Lopez (D)
• Cisco McSorley (D)
• John C. Ryan (R)
• Michael S. Sanchez (D)
• Lisa A. Torraco (R)
• Peter Wirth (D)
Conservation (SCONC)
Tuesday & Thursday • 2:00 p.m. • Room 311 • 986-4871
• Peter Wirth, Chair (D)
• Benny J. Shendo, Jr.,
Vice Chair (D)
• John C. Ryan,
Ranking Member (R)
• Joseph Cervantes (D)
• Phil A. Griego (D)
• Richard C. Martinez (D)
• William H. Payne (R)
• William E. Sharer (R)
• William P. Soules (D)
• John “Pat” Woods (R)
Finance (SFC)
Monday through Saturday • 1:30 p.m. • Room 322 • 986-4363
• John Arthur Smith, Chair (D)
• Carlos R. Cisneros,
Vice Chair (D)
• Sue Wilson Beffort,
Ranking Member (R)
• William F. Burt (R)
• Pete Campos (D)
• Carroll H. Leavell (R)
• Howie C. Morales (D)
• George K. Munoz (D)
• Steven P. Neville (R)
• Nancy Rodriguez (D)
Public Affairs (SPAC)
Tuesday & Thursday • 2:30 p.m. • Room 321 • 986-4481
Friday • 2:30 p.m. • Room 303 • 986-4481
• Gerald P. Ortiz Y Pino, Chair (D)
• Bill B. O’Neill, Vice Chair (D)
• Craig W. Brandt,
Ranking Member (R)
• Jacob Candelaria (D)
• Ron Griggs (R)
• Daniel A. Ivey-Soto (D)
• Gay G. Kernan (R)
• Mimi Stewart (D)
Corporation & Transportation (SCORC)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 2:00 p.m. • Room 311 • 986-4265
• Phil A. Griego, Chair (D)
• Clemente Sanchez,
Vice Chair (D)
• William E. Sharer,
Ranking Member (R)
• Lee S. Cotter (R)
• Mark Moores (R)
• Michael Padilla (D)
• Mary Kay Papen (D)
• Sander Rue (R)
• John M. Sapien (D)
• Mimi Stewart (D)
Indian & Cultural Affairs (SIAC)
Tuesday & Thursday • 8:00 a.m. Room 303 • 986-4837
• John Pinto, Chair (D)
• Cisco McSorely,
Vice Chair (D)
• Cliff R. Pirtle,
Ranking Member (R)
• Stuart Ingle (R)
• Mary Kay Papen (D)
• Benny J. Shendo, Jr. (D)
• Lisa A. Torraco (R)
Rules (SRC)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 8:00 a.m. • Room 321 • 986-4746
• Linda M. Lopez, Chair (D)
• Daniel A. Ivey-Soto,
Vice Chair (D)
• Sander Rue,
Ranking Member (R)
• Jacob Candelaria (D)
• Stuart Ingle (R)
• Mark Moores (R)
• Gerald P. Ortiz Y Pino (D)
• Cliff R. Pirtle (R)
• Clemente Sanchez (D)
• Michael S. Sanchez (D)
Committee Abbreviations
Senate Seating Chart
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The following abbreviations are used in the daily bill
locator, available from the Legislative Council Service and at
www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/billfinder.aspx
SCC: Senate Committees’ Committee
SCONC: Senate Conservation Committee
SCORC: Senate Corporations & Transportation Committee
SEC: Senate Education Committee
SFC: Senate Finance Committee
SIAC: Senate Indian & Cultural Affairs Committee
SJC: Senate Judiciary Committee
SPAC: Senate Public Affairs Committee
SRC: Senate Rules Committee
Senate Party Affiliation: 25 Democrats • 17 Republicans
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New Mexico Senate Electoral Districts
Statewide Districts
Senators by District
Bernalillo County Districts
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William E. Sharer
Steven P. Neville
John Pinto
George K. Munoz
Richard C. Martinez
Carlos R. Cisneros
John “Pat” Woods
Pete Campos
John M. Sapien
John C. Ryan
Linda M. Lopez
Gerald P. Ortiz y Pino
Bill B. O’Neill
Michael Padilla
Daniel A. Ivey-Soto
Cisco McSorley
Mimi Stewart
Lisa A. Torraco
Sue Wilson Beffort
William H. Payne
Mark Moores
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Benny J. Shendo, Jr.
Sander Rue
Nancy Rodriguez
Peter Wirth
Jacob Candelaria
Stuart Ingle
Howie C. Morales
Michael S. Sanchez
Clemente Sanchez
Joseph Cervantes
Cliff R. Pirtle
William F. Burt
Ron Griggs
John Arthur Smith
Lee S. Cotter
William P. Soules
Mary Kay Papen
Phil A. Griego
Craig W. Brandt
Carroll H. Leavell
Gay G. Kernan
General Information
Write Your Senator
The Honorable (First and Last Name)
New Mexico State Senate
State Capitol, Room 411
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Chief Clerk’s Office
Room 115 • 986-4714
[email protected]
Senate Information
Room 219 • 986-4281
Legislative Council Service
Room 411 • 986-4600
[email protected]
School Abbreviations
•ENMU: Eastern New Mexico University
•NMHU: New Mexico Highlands University
•NMMI: New Mexico Military Institute
•NMSU: New Mexico State University
•NNMC: Northern New Mexico College
•UNM:University of New Mexico
•WNMU: Western New Mexico University
Senate Photo Credits
•Senator Howie C. Morales,
courtesy of Senator Morales
•Senator Mimi Stewart by
Robert Horn, Images by Davids
•All Other Senators by
Kim Jew Photography Studio
Legislative Switchboard
986-4300 (During Session)
Tours
Room 219 • 986-4283
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New Mexico House
David E. Adkins (R)
Eliseo Lee Alcon (D)
Deborah A. Armstrong (D)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 29. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 203H CN.
Phone: 986-4453. Member: Enrolling &
Engrossing-A; Business & Employment;
Judiciary. Small Business Owner; Pastor.
UNM; Community College of the Air Force.
Milan. 4th term. Distr. 6. (Cibola, McKinley).
[email protected]. Office: 202B.
Phone: 986-4220. Member: Government,
Elections & Indian Affairs; Judiciary.
Disabled Veteran; Retired Magistrate Judge.
Attended NMHU.
Albuquerque. 1st term Distr. 17. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office:
413A. Phone: 986-4435. Member: Enrolling &
Engrossing-A; Health; Regulatory & Public
Affairs. Consultant; Business Owner; Attorney;
Retired Physical Therapist. BS, Physical
Therapy, UM; JD, UNM School of Law.
Alonzo Baldonado (R)
Paul C. Bandy (R)
Cathrynn N. Brown (R)
Los Lunas. 3rd term. Distr. 8. (Valencia).
[email protected].
Office: 134. Phone: 986-4774.
Member: Education; Safety & Civil Affairs;
Rules & Order of Business. Real Estate Broker.
BBA, Anderson School of Management.
Aztec. 5th term. Distr. 3. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office: 203E CN.
Phone: 986-4211. Chair: Rules & Order of
Business. Vice Chair: Appropriations &
Finance. Member: Agriculture, Water
Resources & Wildlife. Rancher. University of
Texas; Music, University of Houston.
Carlsbad. 3rd term. Distr. 55. (Eddy).
[email protected]. Office: 314 C.
Phone: 986-4415. Chair: Transportation &
Public Works. Vice Chair: Rules & Order of
Business. Member: Judiciary. Attorney;
Professional Editor. BA, Political Science,
Reed College; JD, University of Idaho
College of Law.
Gail Chasey (D)
Sharon E. Clahchischilliage (R)
Zachary J. Cook (R)
Albuquerque. 10th term. Distr. 18. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 413E. Phone:
986-4433. Member: Health; Judiciary; Rules &
Order of Business. Attorney. PhD, Special
Education, UNM; JD, UNM School of Law.
Kirtland. 2nd term. Distr. 4. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office:
203F CN. Phone: 986-4211. Vice Chair:
Government, Elections & Indian Affairs.
Member: Appropriations & Finance. Retired,
Education, Behavioral Health and Administration;
Commissioned Corporal Officer; Lieutenant,
United States Public Health Service; Navajo
Nation. BSE, Education, ENMU; MSW, U. Penn.
Ruidoso. 4th term. Distr. 56. (Lincoln, Otero).
[email protected]. Office: 308.
Phone: 986-4411. Chair: Judiciary.
Member: Government, Elections & Indian
Affairs; Rules & Order of Business. Attorney.
BA, UNM; MA, International Management,
Thunderbird, Glendale, AZ; JD, UNM School
of Law.
Randal S. Crowder (R)
Jim M. Dines (R)
George Dodge, Jr. (D)
Clovis. 1st term. Distr. 64. (Curry). randal.
[email protected]. Office: 204B. Phone:
986-4210. Member: Agriculture, Water
Resources & Wildlife; Enrolling & Engrossing-B;
Ways & Means. Business Owner; Contractor;
Developer. Clovis Community College;
Industrial Technology, ENMU.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 20. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 205B. Phone:
986-4242. Member: Education; Enrolling &
Engrossing-A; Judiciary. Retired Attorney.
UNM School of Law; Undergraduate
Degree, UNM.
Santa Rosa. 3rd term. Distr. 63. (Curry,
DeBaca, Guadalupe, Roosevelt, San Miguel).
[email protected]. Office: 203.
Phone: 986-4227. Member: Agriculture,
Water Resources & Wildlife; Business &
Employment; Rules & Order of Business.
Educator; Businessman. BA, MA, Education
Administration, NMHU.
Brian F. Egolf, Jr. (D)
Nora Espinoza (R)
Candy Spence Ezzell (R)
Roswell. 5th term. Distr. 59. (Chaves, Lincoln).
[email protected]. Office: 313.
Phone: 986-4852. Chair: Education.
Member: Regulatory & Public Affairs.
Educator. BA.
Roswell. 6th term. Distr. 58. (Chaves).
[email protected]. Office: 316B.
Phone: 986-4420. Chair: Agriculture, Water
Resources & Wildlife. Member: Business &
Employment. Rancher; Farmer. Pre-Vet, 2
years, NMSU; Accounting, 2 years, ENMU-R.
Kelly K. Fajardo (R)
David M. Gallegos (R)
Doreen Y. Gallegos (D)
Belen. 2nd term. Distr. 7. (Valencia).
[email protected]. Office: 204A.
Phone: 986-4237. Vice Chair: Health.
Member: Government, Elections & Indian
Affairs; Rules & Order of Business. Internet
Marketing. AA, Legal Studies.
Eunice. 2nd term. Distr. 61. (Lea).
[email protected]. Office: 203I CN.
Phone: 986-4454. Vice Chair: Energy,
Environment & Natural Resources.
Member: Ways & Means. Senior
Superintendent, Ramirez and Sons; Retired,
New Mexico Gas, PNM. AA, NMJC; BA,
University of the Southwest.
Las Cruces. 2nd term. Distr. 52. (Doña Ana).
[email protected].
Office: 203A CN. Phone: 986-4255.
Member: Appropriations & Finance;
Government, Elections & Indian Affairs.
Executive Director, Mesilla Valley Court
Appointed Special Advocates. BA, MA, Social
Work, NMSU.
Miguel P. García (D)
Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)
Nate Gentry (R)
Atrisco. 10th term. Distr. 14. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 413F.
Phone: 986-4432. Member: Business &
Employment; Ways & Means. Retired
Educator; Farmer; Author. BA, ENMU;
MA, UNM.
Los Alamos. 2nd term. Distr. 43. (Los
Alamos, Río Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe).
[email protected].
Office: 203B CN. Phone: 986-4464.
Member: Appropriations & Finance;
Education. Educator. BA, Barnard College,
Columbia University; Teaching License,
California State University, Los Angeles.
Majority Whip
Minority Floor Leader
Santa Fe. 4th term. Distr. 47. (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 125. Phone:
986-4757. Member: Energy, Environment &
Natural Resources; Judiciary; Rules & Order of
Business. Attorney. BSFS, International
Security and Diplomacy, Georgetown
University; JD, UNM School of Law.
Republican Caucus Chair
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Majority Floor Leader
Albuquerque. 3rd term. Distr. 30. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 134. Phone:
986-4776. Member: Energy, Environment &
Natural Resources; Judiciary. Attorney. BA,
Rhodes College; JD, UNM School of Law.
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Bealquin “Bill” Gomez (D)
Roberto “Bobby” J. Gonzales (D)
Jimmie C. Hall (R)
Las Mesa. 1st term. Distr. 34. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 202A.
Phone: 986-4221. Chair: Enrolling &
Engrossing-B. Member: Agriculture, Water
Resources & Wildlife; Transportation & Public
Works. Retired Professor, NMSU. BA,
Agricultural Economics, MA, Agricultural
Economics and Business, NMSU.
Ranchos de Taos. 11th term. Distr. 42. (Taos).
[email protected]. Office: 413B.
Phone: 986-4438. Member: Agriculture,
Water Resources & Wildlife; Transportation &
Public Works. Retired Educator; Owner of
Gonzales Rentals, Commercial and Residential
Rentals. BS, Elementary Education, UNM; MA,
Education and School Administration, NMHU.
Albuquerque. 6th term. Distr. 28. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 304C. Phone:
986-4320. Deputy Chair: Appropriations &
Finance. Member: Education. Executive
Director, NM 4-H Youth Development
Foundation. BS, MA, West Texas
A&M University.
Dianne Miller Hamilton (R)
Jason C. Harper (R)
Yvette Herrell (R)
Silver City. 9th term. Distr. 38. (Grant, Hidalgo,
Sierra). [email protected]. Office: 202A.
Phone: 986-4221. Vice Chair: Transportation
& Public Works. Member: Government,
Elections & Indian Affairs. Retired Radio Talk
Show Host; Retired Realtor. BS, Education;
Post Graduate Studies.
Rio Rancho. 2nd term. Distr. 57. (Sandoval).
[email protected]. Office: 316A.
Phone: 986-4421. Chair: Ways & Means.
Member: Transportation & Public Works.
Research Engineer, Sandia National
Laboratories. BS, Chemical Engineering,
NM Tech; MS, Chemical Engineering, Purdue
University; PhD, Chemical Engineering, UNM.
Alamogordo. 3rd term. Distr. 51. (Otero).
[email protected]. Office: 314A. Phone:
986-4416. Chair: Regulatory & Public Affairs.
Member: Business & Employment. SelfEmployed; Real Estate Investor. ITT School of
Business; NMSU-A; American River College.
Dona G. Irwin (D)
Conrad D. James (R)
D. Wonda Johnson (D)
Deming. 9th term. Distr. 32. (Grant, Hidalgo,
Luna). [email protected]. Office: 201A.
Phone: 986-4215. Member: Agriculture,
Water Resources & Wildlife; Business &
Employment. Banking. WNMU.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 24. (Bernalillo).
conradjamesforhd24@gmail. Office: 205A.
Phone: 986-4243. Vice Chair: Business &
Employment. Member: Appropriations &
Finance. Research Scientist and Engineer. BS,
Electrical Engineering, University of Norte
Dame; MS, PhD, Applied and Engineering
Physics, Cornell University.
Church Rock. 1st term. Distr. 5. (McKinley, San
Juan). [email protected]. Office:
413A. Phone: 986-4435. Member: Education;
Enrolling & Engrossing-A; Regulatory &
Public Affairs. WJ Consulting; Principal,
Grants Management; Community
Organizing; Event Planner. BA, Business,
Communications, Marymount University.
Larry A. Larranaga (R)
Tim D. Lewis (R)
Rick Little (R)
Albuquerque. 11th term. Distr. 27. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 304B. Phone:
986-4320. Chair: Appropriations & Finance.
Member: Rules & Order of Business;
Transportation & Public Works. Rancher;
Retired Engineer. BS, MS, Civil Engineering.
Rio Rancho. 3rd term. Distr. 60. (Sandoval).
[email protected]. Office: 203H CN.
Phone: 986-4453. Vice Chair: Ways & Means.
Member: Business & Employment. High
School Business Educator. MBA, Grand
Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ.
Chaparral. 1st term. Distr. 53. (Doña Ana,
Otero). [email protected]. Office: 203H
CN. Phone: 986-4453. Vice Chair: Safety &
Civil Affairs. Member: Business &
Employment. General Contractor; Structural
Mover. University of Texas, El Paso; Howard
Payne University; El Paso Community College.
Georgene Louis (D).
Patricia A. Lundstrom (D)
James Roger Madalena (D)
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 26. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 413E.
Phone: 986-4433. Member: Health; Judiciary.
Attorney. BA, UNM; JD, UNM School of law.
Gallup. 8th term. Distr. 9. (McKinley, San
Juan). [email protected].
Office: 413B. Phone: 986-4438. Member:
Appropriations & Finance; Transportation &
Public Works. Executive Director, Greater
Gallup Economic Development Corporation.
BA, History, Political Science, MA, Public
Administration, NMSU.
Jemez Pueblo. 16th term. Distr. 65. (Río
Arriba, San Juan, Sandoval). james.
[email protected]. Office: 203A. Phone:
986-4227. Member: Government, Elections &
Indian Affairs; Health. Executive Director, Five
Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc. BA, Sociology,
Political Science, ENMU.
Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D)
Sarah Maestas Barnes (R)
Stephanie Maez (D)
Albuquerque. 5th term. Distr. 16. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 201B.
Phone: 986-4214. Member: Government,
Elections & Indian Affairs; Judiciary; Rules &
Order of Business. Attorney, MoeJustice Law
Office. BA, Political Economy, University of
Washington; JD, UNM School of Law.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 15. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office:
205A. Phone: 986-4243. Chair: Enrolling &
Engrossing-A. Member: Appropriations &
Finance; Energy, Environment & Natural
Resources; Rules & Order of Business.
Attorney. BA, Political Science, Journalism,
Mass Communication, UNM; JD, UNM School
of Law.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 21. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 203C
CN. Phone: 986-4254. Member: Energy,
Environment & Natural Resources; Enrolling
& Engrossing-A; Ways & Means. Chief
Executive Officer, Center for Civic Policy. BA,
Political Science, Communications, UNM;
MA, Public Administration.
Javier Martinez (D)
W. Ken Martinez (D)
Bill McCamley (D)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 11. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 203B
CN. Phone: 986-4464. Member: Energy,
Environment & Natural Resources; Enrolling
& Engrossing-B; Ways & Means. Attorney. JD,
UNM School of Law.
Grants. 9th term. Distr. 69. (Bernalillo, Cibola,
McKinley, San Juan, Socorro, Valencia).
[email protected]. Office: 203B.
Phone: 986-4226. Member: Government,
Elections & Indian Affairs; Judiciary; Rules &
Order of Business. Attorney. BA, Political
Science, Spanish, UNM; JD, Notre Dame
School of Law.
Mesilla Park. 2nd term. Distr. 33. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 413C
Phone: 986-4436. Member: Agriculture,
Water Resources & Wildlife; Ways & Means.
Business Outreach Director, ROJO Ink
Custom Clothing and Promotional Items. BA,
Government, NMSU; MA, Public Policy,
Harvard University.
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Terry H. McMillan (R)
Matthew McQueen (D)
Rodney D. Montoya (R)
Las Cruces. 3rd term. Distr. 37. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 312A.
Phone: 986-4327. Chair: Health. Member:
Judiciary. Surgeon. BS, Baylor University; MD
and Residency Training, University of Texas
Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
Santa Fe. 1st term. Distr. 50. (Bernalillo,
Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia).
[email protected]. Office: 201B.
Phone: 986-4214. Member: Energy,
Environment & Natural Resources; Enrolling &
Engrossing-A; Transportation & Public Works.
Attorney. BA, Williams College; MBA, Anderson
School of Management, UNM; MS, UM School of
Natural Resources; JD, UM School of Law.
Farmington. 1st term. Distr. 1. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office: 203E CN.
Phone: 986-4211. Member: Enrolling &
Engrossing-B; Transportation & Public Works;
Ways & Means. Explosive Distributor. High
School Graduate.
Andrew “Andy” Nunez (R)
Paul A. Pacheco (R)
Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert (R)
Hatch. 1st term. (Prior service in House). Distr.
36. (Doña Ana). [email protected].
Office: 204B. Phone: 986-4210.
Vice Chair: Agriculture, Water Resources &
Wildlife. Member: Health. Retired Educator;
Farmer; Rancher. Masters Degree.
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 23. (Bernalillo,
Sandoval). [email protected]. Office:
204A. Phone: 986-4238. Vice Chair: Judiciary.
Member: Transportation & Public Works.
Small Business Owner; Retired Police Officer,
Albuquerque Police Department. TVI
Community College, Albuquerque.
Corrales. 7th term. Distr. 44. (Sandoval).
[email protected]. Office: 306. Phone:
986-4329. Chair: Business & Employment.
Member: Government, Elections & Indian
Affairs. Small Business Owner; Consultant
Training; Public Relations. BA, Administration.
Bill Rehm (R)
Dennis J. Roch (R)
Debbie A. Rodella (D)
Albuquerque. 6th term. Distr. 31. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 314B. Phone:
986-4425. Chair: Safety & Civil Affairs.
Member: Education. Private Investigator;
Traffic Crash Re-constructionist; Retired Sheriff
Captain. Bachelors, University of Albuquerque;
Albuquerque Police Department; Bernalillo
County Sheriff and FBI National Academy.
Logan. 4th term. Distr. 67. (Colfax, Curry,
Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel,
Union). [email protected]. Office: 313.
Phone: 986-4341. Deputy Chair: Education.
Member: Appropriations & Finance; Rules &
Order of Business. Educator. BA, English,
ENMU; MA, English, George Mason
University, Fairfax, VA.
Española. 12th term. Distr. 41. (Río Arriba,
Santa Fe, Taos). [email protected].
Office: 202B. Phone: 986-4424.
Member: Business & Employment;
Government, Elections & Indian Affairs.
Self-Employed. AAS, Accounting, AAS,
Business, NNMC; BA, Business, College of
Santa Fe.
G. Andres Romero (D)
Patricia A. Roybal Caballero (D)
Patricio R. Ruiloba (D)
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 10. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 203D
CN. Phone: 986-4336. Member: Education;
Enrolling & Engrossing-B; Safety & Civil
Affairs. Graduate Student. BA, History,
Philosophy, UNM.
Democrat Caucus Chair
Nick L. Salazar (D)
Tomás E. Salazar (D)
Larry R. Scott (R)
Ohkay Owingeh. 22nd term. Distr. 40. (Colfax,
Mora, Río Arriba, San Miguel). Office: 413D.
Phone: 986-4433. Member: Appropriations &
Finance; Health; Rules & Order of Business.
Fusion Research. University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Las Vegas. 2nd term. Distr. 70. (San Miguel,
Santa Fe, Torrance). tomas.salazar@nmlegis.
gov. Office: 413F. Phone: 986-4432.
Member: Appropriations & Finance;
Education. Retired Public School and Higher
Education Educator, Retired Administrator.
BS, NMHU; MA, University of Montana; PhD,
Mathematics, UNM.
Hobbs. 1st term. Distr. 62. (Lea).
[email protected]. Office: 203G CN.
Phone: 986-4450. Member: Energy,
Environment & Natural Resources;
Enrolling & Engrossing-B; Ways & Means.
President, Lynx Petroleum Consultants, Inc.
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of
Texas, Austin.
James E. Smith (R)
Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D)
Minority Whip
Jeff Steinborn (D)
Sandia Park. 3rd term. Distr. 22. (Bernalillo,
Sandoval, Santa Fe). [email protected].
Office: 312B. Phone: 986-4454.
Chair: Government, Elections & Indian
Affairs. Member: Regulatory & Public Affairs.
Retired Educator, High School Science and
Technology. BS, Wildlife Management,
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches,
LA; BA, College of Santa Fe.
Albuquerque. 11th term. Distr. 19. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 125.
Phone: 986-4757. Member: Education; Rules
& Order of Business; Safety & Civil Affairs.
District Administrator. BA, Education;
MA, Education, Education Specialist,
Education Administration.
Las Cruces. 2nd term. Distr. 35. (Doña Ana).
[email protected]. Office: 413C.
Phone: 986-4437. Member: Appropriations &
Finance; Energy, Environment & Natural
Resources. Land Conservationist. BS, Political
Science, University of Texas, Austin;
Graduate Work, Institute of World Politics,
Washington, D.C.
James R. J. Strickler (R)
James G. Townsend (R)
Don L. Tripp (R)
Farmington. 5th term. Distr. 2. (San Juan).
[email protected]. Office: 327. Phone:
986-4227. Chair: Energy, Environment &
Natural Resources. Member: Ways & Means.
Petroleum Landman; Oil and Gas Producer.
BBA, Petroleum Land Management,
University of Texas, Austin.
Artesia. 1st term. Distr. 54. (Chaves, Eddy,
Otero). [email protected].
Office: 203G CN. Phone: 986-4450.
Member: Energy, Environment & Natural
Resources; Enrolling & Engrossing-B; Safety &
Civil Affairs. Board Member and Director,
Holly Energy Partners. New Mexico Junior
College; NMSU, Carlsbad.
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 13. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 202A.
Phone: 986-4221. Member: Regulatory & Public
Affairs; Rules & Order of Business; Safety & Civil
Affairs. Public Administrator; Profit Manager;
Community Economic Developer. BA, CU,
Boulder. Dual MAs, Public Administration,
Community and Regional Planning, UNM.
Albuquerque. 1st term. Distr. 12. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 203C
CN. Phone: 986-4254. Member: Enrolling &
Engrossing-B; Safety & Civil Affairs;
Transportation & Public Works. APS Police
Officer, Artrisco Heritage Academy High
School; Retired Police Officer. UNM.
Speaker of the House
Socorro. 9th term. Distr. 49. (Catron, Socorro,
Valencia). [email protected]. Office:
104. Phone: 986-4782. Member: Health; Rules
& Order of Business; Safety & Civil Affairs.
Jeweler; Farmer; Contractor. BA, NM Tech.
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Carl P. Trujillo (D)
Christine Trujillo (D)
Jim R. Trujillo (D)
Santa Fe. 2nd term. Distr. 46 (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 201A.
Phone: 986-4215. Member: Business &
Employment; Ways & Means. Material
Science Senior Researcher; Businessman.
Engineering, UNM.
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 25. (Bernalillo).
[email protected].
Office: 203A CN. Phone: 986-4255.
Member: Appropriations & Finance;
Education. Educator; Labor Leader. BA,
Education, NMHU; MA, Education, UNM.
Santa Fe. 7th term. Distr. 45. (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 203D CN.
Phone: 986-4336. Member: Business &
Employment; Ways & Means. Retired. BA,
Education, College of Santa Fe.
Luciano “Lucky” Varela (D)
Bob Wooley (R)
Monica C. Youngblood (R)
Santa Fe. 15th term. Distr. 48. (Santa Fe).
[email protected]. Office: 413D. Phone:
986-4320. Member: Appropriations &
Finance; Transportation & Public Works.
Retired. BBA, Accounting, College of Santa
Fe; Law Diploma, LaSalle University.
Roswell. 3rd term. Distr. 66. (Chaves, Lea,
Roosevelt). [email protected].
Office: 203I CN. Phone: 986-4454.
Vice Chair: Regulatory & Public Affairs.
Member: Agriculture, Water Resources &
Wildlife. Safety and Pipeline Inspector. BS,
Agricultural Business, NMSU.
Albuquerque. 2nd term. Distr. 68. (Bernalillo).
[email protected]. Office: 205B.
Phone: 986-4242. Vice Chair: Education.
Member: Appropriations & Finance. Real
Estate Broker. Certificate, Real Estate
Principals, Practices and Real Estate Law.
John L. Zimmerman (R)
Las Cruces. 1st term. Distr. 39. (Doña Ana, Grant,
Sierra). [email protected]. Office: 206A.
Phone: 986-4250. Member: Appropriations &
Finance; Enrolling & Engrossing-A; Health.
Retired Federal Civil Service Project Missile &
Test Engineer; Retired Commander, United
States Navy Reserve. Minor, Engineering, BBA,
Management, NMSU.
House Seating Chart
Compliments of New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
House Party Affiliation: 33 Democrats • 37 Republicans
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House Standing Committees
Agriculture, Water Resources & Wildlife (HAWC)
Appropriations & Finance (HAFC)
Business & Employment (HBEC)
• Candy Spence Ezzell,
• Dona G. Irwin (D)
Chair (R)
• Bill McCamley (D)
• Andrew “Andy” Nunez,
• Bob Wooley (R)
Vice Chair (R)
• Paul C. Bandy (R)
• Randal S. Crowder (R)
• George Dodge, Jr. (D)
• Bealquin “Bill” Gomez (D)
• Roberto “Bobby” J. Gonzales (D)
• Larry A. Larranaga, Chair (R)
• Jimmie C. Hall, Deputy Chair (R)
• Paul C. Bandy, Vice Chair (R)
• Sharon Clahchischilliage (R)
• Doreen Y. Gallegos (D)
• Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)
• Conrad D. James (R)
• Patricia A. Lundstrom (D)
• Sarah Maestas Barns (R)
• Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert,
Chair (R)
• Conrad D. James,
Vice Chair (R)
• David E. Adkins (R)
• George Dodge, Jr. (D)
• Candy Spence Ezzell (R)
• Miguel P. García (D)
• Yvette Herrell (R)
Education (HEC)
Energy, Environment & Natural Resources (HEENC)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 315 • 986-4420
Monday through Friday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 317 • 986-4846
• Nora Espinoza, Chair (R)
• Dennis J. Roch, Deputy Chair (R)
• Monica C. Youngblood,
Vice Chair (R)
• Alonzo Baldonado (R)
• Jim M. Dines (R)
• Stephanie Garcia Richard (D)
• Jimmie C. Hall (R)
• D. Wonda Johnson (D)
• Bill Rehm (R)
• G. Andres Romero (D)
• Tomás E. Salazar (D)
• Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D)
• Christine Trujillo (D)
Monday through Friday • 1:30 p.m. • Room 307 • 986-4320
• Dennis J. Roch (R)
• Nick L. Salazar (D)
• Tomás E. Salazar (D)
• Jeff Steinborn (D)
• Christine Trujillo (D)
• Luciano “Lucky” Varela (D)
• Monica C. Youngblood (R)
• John L. Zimmerman (R)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 309 • 986-4333
• James R. J. Strickler, Chair (R)
• David M. Gallegos,
Vice Chair (R)
• Brian F. Egolf, Jr. (D)
• Nate Gentry (R)
• Sarah Maestas Barnes (R)
• Stephanie Maez (D)
• Javier Martinez (D)
• Matthew McQueen (D)
• Larry R. Scott (R)
• Jeff Steinborn (D)
• James G. Townsend (R)
Tuesday & Thursday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 307 • 986-4329
Enrolling & Engrossing-A (HE&EC-A)
At Call of the Chair • Room 126 • 986-4766
• Sarah Maestas Barnes, Chair (R)
• Jim M. Dines (R)
• David E. Adkins, (R)
• Deborah A. Armstrong (D)
• D. Wonda Johnson (D)
• Stephanie Maez (D)
• Matthew McQueen (D)
Enrolling & Engrossing-B (HE&EC-B)
Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee (HGEIC) Health (HHC)
• Bealquin “Bill” Gomez, Chair (D)
• Randal S. Crowder (R)
• Javier Martinez (D)
• Rodney D. Montoya (R)
• G. Andres Romero (D)
• Patricio R. Ruiloba (D)
• Larry R. Scott (R)
• James E. Smith, Chair (R)
• Sharon Clahchischilliage,
Vice Chair (R)
• Eliseo Lee Alcon (D)
• Zachary J. Cook (R)
• Kelly K. Fajardo (R)
• Doreen Y. Gallegos (D)
At Call of the Chair • Room 126 • 986-4766
• James G. Townsend (R)
Judiciary (HJC)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 307 • 986-4840
• Dianne Miller Hamilton (R)
• James Roger Madalena (D)
• Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D)
• W. Ken Martinez (D)
• Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert (R)
• Debbie A. Rodella (D)
• Dona G. Irwin (D)
• Tim D. Lewis (R)
• Rick L. Little (R)
• Debbie A. Rodella (D)
• Carl P. Trujillo (D)
• Jim R. Trujillo (D)
• John L. Zimmerman (R)
Tuesday & Thursday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 309 • 986-4327
• Terry H. McMillan, Chair (R)
• Kelly K. Fajardo, Vice Chair (R)
• Deborah A. Armstrong (D)
• Gail Chasey (D)
• Georgene Louis (D)
• James Roger Madalena (D)
• Andrew “Andy” Nunez (R)
• Nick L. Salazar (D)
• Don L. Tripp (R)
• John L. Zimmerman (R)
Regulatory & Public Affairs (HRPAC)
Rules & Order of Business (HRC)
• Yvette Herrell, Chair (R)
• Bob Wooley, Vice Chair (R)
• Deborah A. Armstrong (D)
• Nora Espinoza (R)
• D. Wonda Johnson (D)
• Patricia A. Roybal Caballero (D)
• James E. Smith (R)
• Paul C. Bandy, Chair (R)
• Cathrynn N. Brown,
Vice Chair (R)
• Alonzo Baldonado (R)
• Gail Chasey (D)
• Zachary J. Cook (R)
• George Dodge, Jr. (D)
• Brian F. Egolf, Jr. (D)
• Kelly K. Fajardo (R)
Safety & Civil Affairs (HSCAC)
Transportation & Public Works (HTPWC)
Ways & Means Committee (HWMC)
• Bill Rehm, Chair (R)
• Rick L. Little, Vice Chair (R)
• Alonzo Baldonado (R)
• G. Andres Romero (D)
• Patricia A. Roybal Caballero (D)
• Patricio R. Ruiloba (D)
• Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D)
• Cathrynn N. Browm, Chair (R)
• Dianne Miller Hamilton,
Vice Chair (R)
• Bealquin “Bill” Gomez (D)
• Roberto “Bobby” J. Gonzales (D)
• Jason C. Harper (R)
• Larry A. Larranaga (R)
• Jason C. Harper, Chair (R)
• Tim D. Lewis, Vice Chair (R)
• Randal S. Crowder (R)
• David M. Gallegos (R)
• Miguel P. García (D)
• Stephanie Maez (D)
• Javier Martinez (D)
Monday through Friday • 1:30 p.m. • Room 309 • 986-4411
• Zachary J. Cook, Chair (R)
• Paul A. Pacheco, Vice Chair (R)
• David E. Adkins (R)
• Eliseo Lee Alcon (D)
• Cathrynn N. Brown (R)
• Gail Chasey (D)
• Jim M. Dines (R)
• Brian F. Egolf, Jr. (D)
• Nate Gentry (R)
• Georgene Louis (D)
• Antonio “Moe”Maestas (D)
• W. Ken Martinez (D)
• Terry H. McMillan (R)
Tuesday & Thursday • 1:30 p.m. • Room 315 • 986-4425
• James G. Townsend (R)
• Don L. Tripp (R).
Monday, Wednesday & Friday • 1:30 p.m. • Room 315 • 986-4416
Tuesday & Thursday • 8:30 a.m. • Room 315 • 986-4844
• Patricia A. Lundstrom (D)
• Matthew McQueen (D)
• Rodney D. Montoya (R)
• Paul A. Pacheco (R)
• Patricio R. Ruiloba (D)
• Luciano “Lucky” Varela (D)
At Call of the Chair • Room 309 • 986-4413
• Larry A. Larranaga (R)
• Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D)
• Sarah Maestas Barnes (R)
• W. Ken Martinez (D)
• Dennis J. Roch (R)
• Patricia A. Roybal Caballero (D)
• Nick L. Salazar (D)
• Sheryl Williams Stapleton (D)
• Don L. Tripp (R)
Monday through Friday • 1:30 p.m. • Room 317 • 986-4423
• Bill McCamley (D)
• Rodney D. Montoya (R)
• Larry R. Scott (R)
• James R. J. Strickler (R)
• Carl P. Trujillo (D)
• Jim R. Trujillo (D).
Committee Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in the daily bill locator,
available from the Legislative Council Service and at:
www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/session_locator.aspx
HAWC: House Agriculture, Water Resources & Wildlife Committee
HAFC: House Appropriations & Finance Committee
HBEC: House Business & Employment Committee
HEC: House Education Committee
HEENC: House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee
HE&EC: House Enrolling & Engrossing Committee
HGEIC: House Government, Election & Indian Affairs Committee
HHC: House Health Committee
HJC: House Judiciary Committee
HRPAC: House Regulatory & Public Affairs Committee
HRC: House Rules & Order of Business Committee
HSCAC: House Safety & Civil Affairs Committee
HTPWC: House Transportation & Public Works Committee
HWMC: House Ways & Means Committee
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2015 Legislative Almanac • 52nd Legislature • First Session
New Mexico House Electoral Districts
Statewide Districts
Representatives by District
1. Rodney D. Montoya
2. James R. J. Strickler
3. Paul C. Bandy
4.
Sharon E. Clahchischilliage
5. D. Wonda Johnson
6. Eliseo Lee Alcon
7. Kelly K. Fajardo
8. Alonzo Baldonado
9. Patricia A. Lundstrom
10. G. Andres Romero
11. Javier Martinez
12. Patricio R. Ruiloba
13.Patricia A. Roybal Caballero
14. Miguel P. García
15. Sarah Maestas Barnes
16. Antonio “Moe” Maestas
17. Deborah A. Armstrong
18. Gail Chasey
19. Sheryl Williams Stapleton
20. Jim M. Dines
21. Stephanie Maez
22. James E. Smith
23. Paul A. Pacheco
24. Conrad D. James
25. Christine Trujillo
26. Georgene Louis
27. Larry A. Larranaga
28. Jimmie C. Hall
29. David E. Adkins
30. Nate Gentry
31. Bill Rehm
32. Dona G. Irwin
33. Bill McCamley
34. Bealquin “Bill” Gomez
35. Jeff Steinborn
36. Andrew “Andy” Nunez
37. Terry H. McMillan
38. Dianne Miller Hamilton
39.John L. Zimmerman
40. Nick L. Salazar
41. Debbie A. Rodella
42.Roberto “Bobby” J. Gonzales
43. Stephanie Garcia Richard
44. Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert
45. Jim R. Trujillo
46. Carl P. Trujillo
47. Brian F. Egolf, Jr.
48. Luciano “Lucky” Varela
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Don L. Tripp
Matthew McQueen
Yvette Herrell
Doreen Y. Gallegos
Rick Little
James G. Townsend
Cathrynn N. Brown
Zachary J. Cook
Jason C. Harper
Candy Spence Ezzell
Nora Espinoza
Tim D. Lewis
David M. Gallegos
Larry R. Scott
George Dodge, Jr.
Randal S. Crowder
James Roger Madalena
Bob Wooley
Dennis J. Roch
Monica C. Youngblood
W. Ken Martinez
Tomás E. Salazar
General Information
Write Your Representative
Bernalillo County Districts
The Honorable
(First and Last Name)
New Mexico State House of Representatives
State Capitol, Room 411
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Chief Clerk’s Office
Room 100 • 986-4751
[email protected]
House Information
Room 219 • 986-4285
Legislative Council Service
Room 411 • 986-4600
[email protected]
Legislative Switchboard
986-4300 (During Session)
Tours
Room 219 • 986-4589
School Abbreviations
•CU: University of Colorado, Boulder
•ENMU: Eastern New Mexico University
•NMHU: New Mexico Highlands University
•NMMI: New Mexico Military Institute
•NMSU: New Mexico State University
•NNMC: Northern New Mexico College
• NM Tech: New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology
•UM: University of Michigan
•UNM:University of New Mexico
•U Penn: University of Pennsylvania
•WNMU: Western New Mexico University
Compliments of New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
House Photo Credits
• Representative David E. Adkins, courtesy
of Representative Adkins
• Representative Deborah A. Armstrong,
courtesy of Representative Armstrong
• Representative Cathrynn N. Brown, courtesy
of Representative Brown
• Representative Bealquin “Bill” Gomez courtesy
of Representative Gomez
•Representative Conrad D. James, courtesy
of Representative James
•Representative Rick Little, courtesy
of Representative Little
• Representative Sarah Maestas Barnes, courtesy
of Representative Maestas Barnes
•Representative Stephanie Maez, courtesy
of Representative Maez
•Representative Matthew McQueen, courtesy
of Representative McQueen
•Representative Rodney D. Montoya, courtesy
of Representative Montoya
• Representative Dennis J. Roch, courtesy
of Representative Roch
• Representative Larry R. Scott, courtesy
of Representative Scott
• Representative Don L. Tripp, courtesy
of Representative Tripp
•Representative Randal S. Crowder;
Representative Jim M. Dines; Representative
Javier Martinez; Representative G. Andres
Romero; Representative Patricio R. Ruiloba;
Representative James G. Townsend; and
Representative John L. Zimmerman by
Tom Condit, New Mexico Rural Electric
Cooperative Association
• Representative Patricia A. Lundstrom; and
Representative Andrew “Andy” Nunez, by
LeRoy N. Sanchez
• All Other Representatives
by Robert Horn, Images by Davids
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How to Pass a Bill in New Mexico
Each legislature lasts two years and has two constitutionallymandated sessions. The first session lasts for 60 calendar
days and occurs in odd-numbered years, convening in
January. The second session is for 30 calendar days and
occurs in even-numbered years. Bills in the second session
are limited to fiscal matters, items specified by the governor
and bills passed in the previous session that were vetoed by
the governor. The governor can call a special session, as can
the legislature with a three-fifths vote of both the Senate
and House of Representatives. Members of the Senate are
elected to four-year terms without term limits. Members of
the House of Representatives are elected to two-year limits
without term limits.
Bill Introduction
Regardless of how the legislature is convened, all bills
follow the same path through the legislature. Any bill can
be introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives–
unlike the United States Congress, where only the House
can introduce tax bills. The bill is assigned a number, read
twice, printed, and referred to the proper committee.
Committee Reviews
To the Governor’s Desk
Bills that pass both the Senate or House of Representatives
go to the governor to be signed or vetoed. They are formally
prepared by either the Senate or House of Representatives
where they originated, signed by the speaker of the
house and the president pro tempore of the senate, and
forwarded to the governor. The governor can sign the bill,
making it law, veto it, or line-item veto it, if the bill contains
an appropriation.
If the governor doesn’t sign or veto a bill within three
days—and if the legislature is still in session—it becomes
law. If the legislature has adjourned, the governor has 20
days to sign bills. Unsigned bills are pocket vetoes.
The legislature can override the governor’s veto with a twothirds vote by the Senate or House of Representatives.
When a Signed Bill becomes Law
Signed bills typically become law 90 days after the legislature
adjourns. However, the legislature can specify an emergency,
which makes the bill effective when the governor signs it, or
at a later date for the law to go into effect.
Each bill is reviewed by one or more committees in the
Senate and House of Representatives. The committees can
approve the bill, amend it, substitute it, forward it to the
next committee with no recommendation, or kill the bill by
tabling it. Committee hearings are open to the public.
If a bill passes its committee hearings, it will be considered
by the Senate or House of Representatives where it was
introduced. The bill is placed on their calendar, which means
it is formally scheduled for its third reading, and a final vote.
The Final Vote
If it passes, the bill moves to either the Senate or House of
Representatives and repeats the entire process. If approved
in the same form, it goes to the governor to be signed or
vetoed. If the Senate or House of Representatives passes a
different bill, they form a conference committee to work on
a compromise. If the committee agrees on a compromise,
the bill goes back to the Senate or House of Representatives
for a final vote.
Legislative Session on the Web
You can track and read bills, follow committee activities and keep abreast of the daily calendar at the legislature’s website, www.nmlegis.gov.
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2015 Legislative Almanac • 52nd Legislature • First Session
2015 Legislative Almanac
52nd Legislature, First Session
Circulation: 20,000
The Legislative Almanac
The Legislative Almanac is published by the New Mexico Rural Electric
Cooperative Association. The almanac is provided for free as a service of
New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives. It is our hope it will help and
encourage citizens to participate in the legislative process.
New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association
The New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association provides legislative
and educational services for the cooperatives that deliver electric power
to New Mexico’s rural areas and small communities. It also publishes
enchantment Magazine, one of New Mexico’s largest periodicals, and its
only publication devoted exclusively to the people and events of rural New
Mexico. Each cooperative has a representative on the association’s board
of directors, which controls the editorial content and advertising policy of
enchantment through its Publications Committee.
Board of Directors
Charles T. Pinson, Jr., President.... Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Artesia
George Biel, Vice President...........Sierra Electric Cooperative, Elephant Butte
Jerry Smith, Secretary-Treasurer............Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos
Leandro Abeyta, Director....Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Mountainair
William C. Miller, Director.................Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming
Arsenio Salazar, Director....... Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants
Lance R. Adkins, Director........................Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis
Harold Trujillo, Director.......Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española
Robert Caudle, Director................Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington
Robert Baca, Director................Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora
Tomas G. Rivas, Director......Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative, Chama
Preston Stone, Director........... Otero County Electric Cooperative, Cloudcroft
Jerry W. Partin, Director....... Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, Portales
Joseph Herrera, Director ....................... Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro
Gary Rinker, Director ...................Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton
Tim Morrow, Director..........................Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer
Wayne Connell, Director ......... Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Westminster, Colorado
Charles G. Wagner, Director..................Western Farmers Electric Cooperative,
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Publications Committee
William C. Miller, Chairman.............................Columbus Electric Cooperative
Lance R. Adkins.................................................. Farmers’ Electric Cooperative
Harold Trujillo...................................... Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative
Robert Baca..........................................Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative
Joseph Herrera......................................................Socorro Electric Cooperative
New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association
614 Don Gaspar Avenue Phone: 505-982-4671
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Fax: 505-982-0153
www.nmelectric.coopwww.enchantment.coop
Keven J. Groenewold.................................................. Executive Vice President
Tom Condit................................................................................Assistant Editor
Susan M. Espinoza.....................................................................................Editor
Charlene D. Ortiz.............................................................................Receptionist
Patricia Lee Mort Padilla...............................................Grassroots Coordinator
Ed Rougemont............................................. Self-Insurer’s Fund Administrator
Evelyn C. Vigil............................................................................Office Manager
Legislative Almanac Copies
Single copies of the Legislative Almanac are available upon request. Send
a 9x12 self-addressed envelope with $1.41 in postage to the New Mexico
Rural Electric Cooperative Association. For multiple copies, call Charlene
Ortiz at 505-982-4671. Available for download at www.nmelectric.coop.
New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
O
ver 200,000 New Mexico families and businesses own their
rural electric cooperatives. They control its bylaws, vote on
any significant changes in its operations and elect trustees
to direct its activities. Their cooperatives serve 80 percent of the land
mass in New Mexico, from Chama in the north to the oil fields of the
Permian Basin in the southeast; from the northeastern grasslands to the
bootheel desert.
There are 16 rural electric distribution cooperatives in New Mexico
(see back page for listing). They have invested over $1.2 billion to
provide reliable electric service to their members. They employ over 800
New Mexicans as linemen, customer service representatives, engineers,
warehouse operators, and other positions. Because their members live
in sparsely populated areas, that investment includes over 45,000 miles
of power lines. New Mexico’s co-ops serve an average of 4.6 consumers
per mile of power line.
There are also three distribution cooperatives that are associate
members of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association. They
are Duncan Valley Electric, Duncan, Arizona; Navopache Electric, Lakeside,
Arizona; and Rio Grande Electric, Brackettville, Texas. Twelve of the 16
New Mexico distribution cooperatives receive wholesale power from
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, headquartered in
Westminster, Colorado. The remaining four receive power from Western
Farmers Electric Cooperative, headquartered in Anadarko, Oklahoma.
New Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives protect the interests of
their consumer-members through their statewide association, the New
Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, headquartered in Santa Fe.
Cooperative Annual Meetings
Energy Efficiency Programs
• Members conduct the business of the
cooperative at their meeting, electing
trustees and voting on bylaws and other
major changes to their co-op’s governance
• Co-ops are governed by seven principles,
including requirements for voluntary and
open membership and for democratic
control by their members.
• Voting is central to their governance. As
consumer-owned businesses, rural electric
cooperatives are accountable to the people
they serve, who exercise that control
through the ballot box.
To meet up to 5 percent of their co-op
requirements for the renewable portfolio
standard, rural electric cooperatives provide
financial rebates to encourage consumermembers to be more energy efficient.
• Rebates are provided to eligible consumermembers who purchase energy efficient
appliances, such as electric water heaters,
refrigerators and geothermal ground source
heat pumps.
• Rural electric cooperatives also provide
financial rebates toward new construction,
and to consumer-members who retrofit
their existing homes or businesses with
energy efficient items, such as geothermal
ground source heat pumps, high R-value
insulation, and heating and cooling systems.
• The cooperatives consistently encourage
consumer-members to practice energy
efficiency and conservation: from weather
stripping doors and windows, to turning off
the lights when leaving a room.
• The cooperatives offer free energy audits
to consumer-members to identify ways
to make their homes or businesses more
energy efficient.
• Rural electric cooperatives also offer a green
power program to consumer-members
who have the opportunity to purchase wind
power. Though wind power costs slightly
more, it provides clean, renewable energy.
Cooperatives and Communities
The rural electric cooperatives strongly support
their communities. For example:
• Scholarships: They collectively operate one
of the largest non-governmental scholarship
programs in New Mexico. Over 470 New
Mexico scholars receive over $817,000 per year
from non-profit foundations founded and
funded by the state’s electric cooperatives.
• Government-in-Action Youth Tour: New
Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives
participate in the annual Governmentin-Action Youth Tour, joining 1,500 high
school students from across America in
Washington, D.C., to learn about our federal
government and rural electric cooperatives.
The students compete for this honor at their
cooperatives, which sponsor the winners.
enchantment Magazine
enchantment Magazine is the voice of New
Mexico’s rural electric cooperatives.
• Since 1960, our readers, primarily memberowners of their local electric cooperative,
have grown up with enchantment Magazine.
• Circulation: Nearly 125,000 New Mexicans
receive enchantment monthly.
• The fifth cooperative principle, “Education,
Training and Information,” calls on
cooperatives to inform their members and
the general public about the nature and
benefits of cooperation.
• Visit www.enchantment.coop to view
articles in the enchantment Magazine.
Renewable Energy
The rural electric cooperatives are active in
promoting and providing renewable energy
resources to their co-op members. In an
effort to meet renewable energy initiatives,
the rural electric cooperatives are complying
with the renewable portfolio standard (RPS)
requirement of 5 percent effective this year;
and are continuously working to comply with
the requirement of 10 percent by 2020. Some
examples include:
• Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in Taos has a
solar photovoltaic project at the University
of New Mexico-Taos campus which deploys
1 megawatt (MW) of distributed solar
photovoltaic power to the area. The co-op has
partnered with entities in sustainable energy
production. It has achieved the cooperation of
schools such as Peñasco Elementary School,
Taos High School, and Taos Charter School;
government entities such as the Town of Taos
with the Town Hall and Taos EcoPark; and
private businesses such as Chevron Mining
Corporation (1 MW concentrated solar array),
Blue Sky Energy, Washington Gas and Energy,
KTAO Radio, and Standard Solar.
• The Cimarron Solar Facility, located within the
service area of Springer Electric Cooperative,
one of Tri-State Generation and Transmission’s
member cooperatives, a 30-MW, 500,000
solar-panel solar photovoltaic power plant on
a 250-acre site. It provides enough energy to
serve the equivalent of 9,000 homes.
• In early 2012, the LCEC Generation, LLC plant
became fully operational near Lea County
Electric Cooperative, headquartered in
Lovington. The plant utilizes five Wärtsilä
engines, each with 9.3 MW output capabilities.
When all engines operate at full capacity,
the plant can produce just over 46 MW of
electricity. The cooperative also gets about
27.3 MW of clean wind generated energy from
a nearby wind farm that was constructed
in 2012. LCEC Generation is the first plant
to pair a generation plant utilizing Wärtsilä
generation sets with wind energy.
• Otero County Electric Cooperative,
headquartered in Cloudcroft, recently in 2014,
completed a small solar array of 76 kilowatts
for renewable self-generation.
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Central New Mexico Electric
Consumers served: 17,330
Total plant investment: $111,108,248
Total miles of line: 4,443
Consumers/Mile: 3.9
Counties served: Bernalillo, Chaves,
DeBaca, Guadalupe, Lincoln,
San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe,
Socorro, Torrance, Valencia
PO Box 157
Mountainair, NM 87036
505-832-4483
505-847-2900 Fax
www.cnmec.coop
Central Valley Electric
Consumers served: 14,802
Total plant investment: $142,606,704
Total miles of line: 4,077
Consumers/Mile: 3.6
Counties served: Chaves,
Eddy, Lea, Otero
PO Box 230
Artesia, NM 88211
575-746-3571
575-746-4219 Fax
www.cvecoop.org
Columbus Electric
Consumers served: 5,075
Total plant investment: $40,362,234
Total miles of line: 2,106
Consumers/Mile: 2.4
Counties served: Grant,
Hidalgo, Luna, NM; Cochise, AZ
PO Box 631
Deming, NM 88031
575-546-8838
575-546-3128 Fax
www.columbusco-op.org
Continental Divide Electric
Consumers served: 23,721
Total plant investment: $66,027,056
Total miles of line: 3,996
Consumers/Mile: 5.9
Counties served: Bernalillo, Cibola,
McKinley, Sandoval, Valencia
PO Box 1087
Grants, NM 87020
505-285-6656
505-287-2234 Fax
www.cdec.coop
Farmers’ Electric
Consumers served: 12,976
Total plant investment: $108,360,579
Total miles of line: 4,272
Consumers/Mile: 3.0
Counties served: Curry, DeBaca,
Guadalupe, Harding, Quay,
Roosevelt, San Miguel
PO Box 550
Clovis, NM 88102
575-769-2116
575-769-2118 Fax
www.fecnm.org
New Mexico’s Rural Electric Cooperatives
Kit Carson Electric
Consumers served: 28,291
Total plant investment:
$136,679,829
Total miles of line: 2,819
Consumers/Mile: 10.0
Counties served: Colfax,
Río Arriba, Taos
New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives
Northern Río Arriba Kit Carson
SouthSpringer western
Jemez Mountains
PO Box 578
Taos, NM 87571
575-758-2258
575-758-4890 Fax
www.kitcarson.com
Continental Divide
Lea County Electric
Consumers served: 15,689
Total plant investment:
$138,822,687
Total miles of line: 4,233
Consumers/Mile: 3.7
Counties served: Chaves,
Eddy, Lea, NM;
Cochran, Gaines,
Yoakum, TX
Central
New Mexico
Consumers served: 10,821
Total plant investment:
$32,040,820
Total miles of line: 1,927
Consumers/Mile: 5.6
Counties served: Guadalupe,
Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe
Navopache
Duncan
PO Box 240
Mora, NM 87732
575-387-2205
575-387-5975 Fax
www.moraelectric.org
Roosevelt
County
Otero
Sierra
Columbus
Lea
Central County
Valley
Rio
Grande
Sierra Electric
Springer Electric
Consumers served: 2,991
Total plant investment: $18,140,167
Total miles of line: 444
Consumers/Mile: 8.1
Counties served: Río Arriba
Consumers served: 3,812
Total plant investment: $18,929,681
Total miles of line: 897
Consumers/Mile: 4.3
Counties served: Catron, Luna,
Sierra, Socorro
PO Box 217
Chama, NM 87520
575-756-2181
575-756-2200 Fax
www.noraelectric.org
PO Box 290
Elephant Butte, NM 87935
575-744-5231
575-744-5819 Fax
www.sierraelectric.org
PO Box 698
Springer, NM 87747
575-483-2421
575-483-2692 Fax
www.springercoop.com
Otero County Electric
Socorro Electric
Tri-State Generation and
Transmission Association
Northern Río Arriba Electric
Consumers served: 18,805
Total plant investment: $85,147,137
Total miles of line: 2,661
Consumers/Mile: 7.1
Counties served: Chaves, Lincoln,
Otero, Socorro
Consumers served: 12,855
Total plant investment: $78,894,237
Total miles of line: 2,914
Consumers/Mile: 4.4
Counties served: Catron, Cibola,
Sierra, Socorro, Valencia
PO Box 227
Cloudcroft, NM 88317
575-682-2521
575-682-3109 Fax
www.ocec-inc.com
PO Box H
Socorro, NM 87801
575-835-0560
575-835-4449 Fax
www.socorroelectric.com
Consumers served: 30,936
Total plant investment: $112,560,902
Total miles of line: 4,119
Consumers/Mile: 7.5
Counties served: McKinley,
Río Arriba, San Juan,
Sandoval, Santa Fe
Roosevelt County Electric
Southwestern Electric
PO Box 128
Española, NM 87532
505-753-2105
505-753-6958 Fax
www.jemezcoop.org
PO Box 389
Portales, NM 88130
575-356-4491
575-359-1651 Fax
www.rcec.coop
Jemez Mountains Electric
Farmers’
Socorro
PO Drawer 1447
Lovington, NM 88260
575-396-3631
575-396-3634 Fax
www.lcecnet.com
Mora-San Miguel Electric
Mora-San
Miguel
Consumers served: 6,232
Total plant investment: $55,485,257
Total miles of line: 2,795
Consumers/Mile: 2.2
Counties served: Chaves,
Curry, DeBaca, Roosevelt
Consumers served: 2,981
Total plant investment: $16,373,246
Total miles of line: 1,726
Consumers/Mile: 1.7
Counties served: Colfax, Harding,
Mora, San Miguel, Union
PO Box 33695
Denver, CO 80233
303-452-6111
303-254-6007 Fax
www.tristategt.coop
Western Farmers
Electric Cooperative
PO Box 429
Anadarko, OK 73005
405-247-4225
405-247-4451
www.wfec.com
Consumers served: 2,317
Total plant investment: $35,340,985
New Mexico Rural Electric
Total miles of line: 1,936
Cooperative Association
Consumers/Mile: 1.2
614 Don Gaspar Avenue
Counties served: Harding, Quay, Union, NM; Las Santa Fe, NM 87505
Animas, CO; Cimarron, OK; Dallam, Hartley, TX
505-982-4671
505-982-0153 Fax
PO Box 369
www.nmelectric.coop
Clayton, NM 88415
www.enchantment.coop
575-374-2451
575-374-2030 Fax
Statistical Data Source: RUS 2013Annual
www.swec-coop.org
Statistical Report.