New Mexico House of Representatives

New Mexico House of Representatives
New Mexico State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower House
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 15, 2013
Leadership
Speaker	W. Ken Martinez, (D) Since January 1, 2013
Majority Leader	Rick Miera, (D) Since January 1, 2013
Minority Leader	Thomas C. Taylor, (R) Since January 18, 2005
Structure
Seats	70
Political groups	Democratic Party (37) Republican Party (33)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article IV, New Mexico Constitution
Salary	None + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (70 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2012 (70 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber New Mexico State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico
Website
New Mexico State Legislature

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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.

Composition

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

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	42	0	28	70	0
Begin	37	0	33	70	0
January 26, 2011	36	1
December 18, 2012	35			69	1
Latest voting share	52.2%		47.8%

Leadership

Position	Representative	Party	District
Speaker of the House	W. Ken Martinez	Dem	69
Majority Leader	Rick Miera	Dem	11
Majority Whip	Sheryl Williams Stapleton	Dem	19
Minority Leader	Thomas C. Taylor	Rep	1
Minority Whip		Rep

Current members

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
1	Thomas C. Taylor	Rep	Farmington	2002
2	James R.J. Strickler	Rep	Farmington	2006
3	Paul Bandy	Rep	Aztec	2006
4	Sharon E. Clahchischilliage	Rep	Shiprock	2012
5	Sandra Jeff	Dem	Crownpoint	2009
6	Eliseo Alcon	Dem	Milan	2009
7	Kelly K. Fajardo	Rep	Tome-Adelino	2012
8	Alonzo Baldonado	Rep	Belen	2010
9	Patricia Lundstrom	Dem	Gallup	2000
10	Henry Saavedra	Dem	Albuquerque	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	Emily A. Kane	Dem	Albuquerque	2012
16	Antonio Maestas	Dem	Albuquerque	2006
17	Edward Sandoval	Dem	Albuquerque	1982
18	Gail Chasey	Dem	Albuquerque	1996
19	Sheryl Williams Stapleton	Dem	Albuquerque	1994
20	James White	Rep	Albuquerque	2008
21	Mimi Stewart	Dem	Albuquerque	1994
22	James Smith	Rep	Cedar Crest	2010
23	Paul A. Pacheco	Rep	Corrales	2012
24	Elizabeth L. Thomson	Dem	Albuquerque	2012
25	Christine Trujillo	Dem	Albuquerque	2012
26	Georgene Louis	Dem	Albuquerque	2012
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	1998
33	Bill McCamely	Dem	Mesilla	2012
34	Mary Helen Garcia	Dem	Las Cruces	2004
35	Jeff Steinborn	Dem	Las Cruces	2012
36	Phillip M. Archuleta	Dem	Las Cruces	2012
37	Terry McMillan	Rep	Las Cruces	2010
38	Dianne Hamilton	Rep	Silver City	1999
39	Rodolpho Martinez	Dem	Bayard	2009
40	Nick Salazar	Dem	Espanola	1973
41	Debbie Rodella	Dem	Espanola	1993
42	Roberto Gonzales	Dem	Taos	1994
43	Jeannette Wallace	Rep	Los Alamos	1991
44	Jane Powdrell-Culbert	Rep	Corrales	2002
45	Jim Trujillo	Dem	Santa Fe	2003
46	Carl P. Trujillo	Dem	Pojoaque	2012
47	Brian Egolf, Jr.	Dem	Santa Fe	2008
48	Luciano Varela	Dem	Santa Fe	1986
49	Don Tripp	Rep	Socorro	1999
50	Stephen P. Easley	Dem	Stanley	2012
51	Yvette Herrell	Rep	Alamogordo	2010
52	Doreen Y. Gallegos	Dem	Las Cruces	2012
53	Nate Cote	Dem	Las Cruces	2012
54	William Gray	Rep	Artesia	2007
55	Cathrynn Brown	Rep	Carlsbad	2010
56	Zachary Cook	Rep	Ruidoso	2009
57	Jason C. Harper	Rep	Rio Rancho	2012
58	Candy Spence Ezzell	Rep	Roswell	2004
59	Nora Espinoza	Rep	Roswell	2007
60	Timothy Lewis	Rep	Rio Rancho	2010
61	David M. Gallegos	Rep	Lovington	2012
62	Donald Bratton	Rep	Hobbs	2010
63	George Dodge, Jr.	Dem	Santa Rosa	2010
64	Anna Crook	Rep	Clovis	1994
65	James Roger Madalena, Jr.	Dem	Jemez Pueblo	1985
66	Bob Wooley	Rep	Roswell	2005
67	Dennis Roch	Rep	Tucumcari	2009
68	Monica C. Youngblood	Rep	Albuquerque	2012
69	W. Ken Martinez	Dem	Grants	1999
70	Tomas E. Salazar	Dem	Ribera	2012

See also

• New Mexico Legislature
• New Mexico Senate

External links

• New Mexico Legislature Official Government Website