Jim Baca

Jim Baca (born 1945) is the current Natural Resource Trustee for the state of New Mexico. He has served twice as New Mexico State Land Commissioner (1983–1986, 1991–1993), and Director at the Bureau of Land Management in the United States Department of the Interior (1993–1994). He also served one term as the Mayor of Albuquerque (1997–2001), losing his re-election bid to Martin Chávez. Baca was an award winning broadcast journalist at KOAT TV in Albuquerque. He became a well-known politician when he was appointed New Mexico's Liquor Department director by Governor Bruce King. He succeeded in reforming the state's corrupt liquor laws and licensing system.

See also

• Baca Family of New Mexico

References

• Fray Angélico Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, rev. ed. (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1992)