New Mexico Senate

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2002 Senate District Map
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.

Leaders in the Senate are President Pro Tempore Ben D. Altamirano (D-Silver City), Majority Leader Michael S. Sanchez (D-Belen), Majority Whip Mary Jane Garcia (D-Dona Ana), Minority Leader Stuart Ingle (R-Portales), and Minority Whip Leonard Lee Rawson (R-Las Cruces).

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
 Government Majority
6
Current New Mexico Senators

District 1: William Sharer (R)
District 2: Alan Hurt (R)
District 3: John Pinto (D)
District 4: Lidio Rainaldi (D)
District 5: Richard C. 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: Ramsay L. Gorham (R)
District 11: Linda M. Lopez (D)
District 12: Jerry Ortiz Y Pino (D)
District 13: Dede Feldman (D)
District 14: Manny M. Aragon (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 F. Wilson (R)
District 20: William H. Payne (R)
District 21: Kent L. Cravens (R)

District 22: Leonard Tsosie (D)
District 23: Joseph J. Carraro (R)
District 24: Nancy Rodriguez (D)
District 25: Roman M. Maes (D)
District 26: Bernadette M. Sanchez (D)
District 27: Stuart Ingle (R)
District 28: Ben D. Altamirano (D)
District 29: Michael S. Sanchez (D)
District 30: Joseph A. Fidel (D)
District 31: Cynthia Nava (D)
District 32: Timothy Z. Jennings (D)
District 33: Rod Adair (R)
District 34: Don Kidd (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 A. Griego (D)
District 40: Dianna J. Duran (R)
District 41: Carroll H. Leavell (R)
District 42: Gay Gottshall Kernan (R)

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