Upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature
The New Mexico Senate (Spanish: Senado de Nuevo México) is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state. All senatorial districts are divided to contain a population on average of 43,300 state residents. Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits.
The Senate convenes at the New Mexico State Capitol building in Santa Fe.
Composition
The makeup of the Senate for sessions from 2009–present is:
Leadership
Current members
† Senator was originally appointed.
Past composition of the Senate
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Lyman, Andy. "Sen. Jacob Candelaria leaves Dem party, registers as decline to state". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ Honeycutt, Jordan (October 19, 2022). "Senator resigns from New Mexico's legislature". KRQE.
- ^ Lohmann, Patrick; November 16, Source New Mexico (16 November 2022). "Maestas appointed to state Senate following bitter debate and dark accusations". Source New Mexico.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Segarra, Curtis (28 June 2023). "New Mexico Senator Gay Kernan retiring from legislature". KRQE News.
- ^ Segarra, Curtis (19 September 2023). "Governor appoints McCutcheon to New Mexico Senate". Roswell Daily Record.
- ^ Segarra, Curtis (25 October 2023). "New Mexico Senator Stuart Ingle announces retirement". Roswell Daily Record.
- ^ Segarra, Curtis (5 January 2024). "New Mexico politician appointed to state senate". KRQE News.
- ^ "Leadership". New Mexico Legislature. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ "Districts". New Mexico Legislature. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
External links
- Official government website
- Project Vote Smart – State Senate of New Mexico
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