New Mexico Senate

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2002 Senate District Map

The New Mexico Senate is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature.

There are 42 members of the Senate. Each member represents roughly 43,300 residents of New Mexico. All 42 seats are up for election every four years, and the next election will be in 2008.

The New Senate Pro Tempore is Timothy Jennings as of January, 2008 after Ben D. Altamirano passed away 1 month before the session.

Leaders in the Senate are:

	Senator	District
President/Lieutenant Governor	Diane Denish
President pro tempore	Timothy Jennings	32
Majority Leader	Michael Sanchez	29
Minority Leader	Stuart Ingle	27

The current makeup of the Senate for the 2005-2006 and 2007-2008 sessions is:

Affiliation (Senate)		Members
	Democratic Party	24
	Republican Party	18
Total		42
Majority		6

Current New Mexico Senators
District 1: William Sharer (R) District 2: Steven Neville (R) District 3: John Pinto (D) District 4: Lidio Rainaldi (D) District 5: Richard Martinez (D) District 6: Carlos Cisneros (D) District 7: Clinton Harden, Jr. (R) District 8: Pete Campos (D) District 9: Steve Komadina (R) District 10: John Ryan (R) District 11: Linda Lopez (D) District 12: Jerry Ortiz y Pino (D) District 13: Dede Feldman (D) District 14: James Taylor (D) District 15: H. Diane Snyder (R) District 16: Cisco McSorley (D) District 17: Shannon Robinson (D) District 18: Mark Boitano (R) District 19: Sue Wilson Beffort (R) District 20: William H. Payne (R) District 21: Kent L. Cravens (R)	District 22: Lynda Lovejoy (D) District 23: Joseph J. Carraro (R) District 24: Nancy Rodriguez (D) District 25: John Grubesic (D) District 26: Bernadette Sanchez (D) District 27: Stuart Ingle (R) District 28: Howie Morales (D) District 29: Michael Sanchez (D) District 30: David Ulibarri (D) District 31: Cynthia Nava (D) District 32: Timothy Jennings (D) District 33: Rod Adair (R) District 34: Vernon Asbill (R) District 35: John Arthur Smith (D) District 36: Mary Jane Garcia (D) District 37: Leonard Lee Rawson (R) District 38: Mary Kay Papen (D) District 39: Phil Griego (D) District 40: Dianna J. Duran (R) District 41: Carroll H. Leavell (R) District 42: Gay Gottshall Kernan (R)
Republican \| Democrat

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Chaplain Rajan Zed delivered the first Hindu opening prayer in New Mexico Senate on January 28, 2008.

[edit] External links

New Mexico Legislature official government website
Project Vote Smart - State Senate of New Mexico

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