House of representatives

We went to house of representatives because of a field trip.

There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico.

Contents

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• 1Composition
• 2Party control
• 3Leadership
• 4Current members
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7External links

Composition[edit]

	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End 2010	42	0	28	70	0
Begin 2011	37	0	33	70	0
End 2012	36	1		70	0
2013-2014	37	0	33	70	0
2015-2016	33	0	37	70	0
Begin 2017	38	0	32	70	0

Party control[edit]

(The party control table shows the balance of power after each recent general election. The preceding Makeup table includes results of special elections since the last general election.)

Years	Democrats	Republicans	Independents
2001–2002	42	28	0
2003–2004	43	27	0
2005–2006	42	28	0
2007–2008	42	28	0
2009–2010	45	25	0
2011–2012	36	33	1
2013–2014	38	32	0
2014–2015	37	33	0
2015–2016	33	37	0
2017–2018	38	32	0

Leadership[edit]

Position	Representative [1]	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Brian F. Egolf	Dem	47
Leader of the House	Sheryl Williams Stapleton	Dem	19
Majority Whip	Doreen Y. Gallegos	Dem	52
Minority Leader	Nate Gentry	Rep	47
Minority Whip	Rod Montoya	Rep	1

Current members[edit]

District	Representative [2]	Party	Residence	First elected
1	Rod Montoya	Rep	Farmington	2014
2	James R.J. Strickler	Rep	Farmington	2006
3	Paul C. Bandy	Rep	Aztec	2006
4	Sharon Clahchischilliage	Rep	Shiprock	2012
5	D. Wonda Johnson	Dem	Church Rock	2014
6	Eliseo Lee Alcon	Dem	Milan	2009
7	Kelly K. Fajardo	Rep	Tome-Adelino	2012
8	Alonzo Baldonado	Rep	Belen	2010
9	Patricia A. Lundstrom	Dem	Gallup	2000
10	G. Andrés Romero	Dem	Albuquerque	2014
11	Javier Martínez	Dem	Albuquerque	2014
12	Patricio Ruiloba	Dem	Albuquerque	2014
13	Patricia Roybal Caballero	Dem	Albuquerque	2004
14	Miguel P. Garcia	Dem	Albuquerque	1996
15	Sarah Maestas Barnes	Rep	Albuquerque	2014
16	Antonio "Moe" Maestas	Dem	Albuquerque	2006
17	Deborah A. Armstrong	Dem	Albuquerque	2015
18	Gail Chasey	Dem	Albuquerque	1996
19	Sheryl Williams Stapleton	Dem	Albuquerque	1994
20	Jim Dines	Rep	Albuquerque	2014
21	Stephanie Maez	Dem	Albuquerque	2014
22	James E. Smith	Rep	Sandia Park	2010
23	Paul A. Pacheco	Rep	Albuquerque	2012
24	Conrad James	Rep	Albuquerque	2014 (2011–2013)
25	Christine Trujillo	Dem	Albuquerque	2012
26	Georgene Louis	Dem	Albuquerque	2012
27	Larry A. Larrañaga	Rep	Albuquerque	1994
28	Jimmie C. Hall	Rep	Albuquerque	2004
29	David E. Adkins	Rep	Albuquerque	2014
30	Nate Gentry	Rep	Albuquerque	2010
31	William "Bill" R. Rehm	Rep	Albuquerque	2006
32	Dona G. Irwin	Dem	Deming	1998
33	Bill McCamley	Dem	Mesilla	2012
34	Bealquin Bill Gomez	Dem	La Mesa	2014
35	Jeff Steinborn	Dem	Las Cruces	2012
36	Andy Nuñez	Rep[3]	Hatch	2014 (2001–2013)
37	Joanne Ferrary	Dem	Las Cruces	2017
38	Dianne Miller Hamilton	Rep	Silver City	1999
39	John L. Zimmerman	Rep	Las Cruces	2014
40	Nick L. Salazar	Dem	Espanola	1973
41	Debbie A. Rodella	Dem	Espanola	1993
42	Roberto "Bobby" J. Gonzales	Dem	Taos	1994
43	Stephanie Garcia Richard	Dem	Los Alamos	2012
44	Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert	Rep	Corrales	2002
45	Jim R. Trujillo	Dem	Santa Fe	2003
46	Carl Trujillo	Dem	Pojoaque	2012
47	Brian Egolf	Dem	Santa Fe	2008
48	Luciano "Lucky" Varela	Dem	Santa Fe	1986
49	Don L. Tripp	Rep	Socorro	1999
50	Matthew McQueen	Dem	El Dorado	2014
51	Yvette Herrell	Rep	Alamogordo	2010
52	Doreen Y. Gallegos	Dem	Las Cruces	2012
53	Rick Little	Rep	Chaparral	2014 (2011–2013)
54	James G. Townsend	Rep	Artesia	2014
55	Cathrynn N. Brown	Rep	Carlsbad	2010
56	Zachary J. 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	Tim D. Lewis	Rep	Rio Rancho	2010
61	David M. Gallegos	Rep	Lovington	2012
62	Larry R. Scott	Rep	Hobbs	2014
63	George Dodge	Dem	Santa Rosa	2010
64	Randal S. Crowder	Rep	Clovis	1994
65	James Roger Madalena	Dem	Jemez Pueblo	1985
66	Bob Wooley	Rep	Roswell	2005
67	Dennis J. Roch	Rep	Tucumcari	2009
68	Monica Youngblood	Rep	Albuquerque	2012
69	Harry Garcia	Dem	Grants	2016
70	Tomás E. Salazar	Dem	Ribera	2012

justice in the government

JUSTICE IN THE GOVERNMENT

You don’t usually think of a political fundraiser as beautiful and inspiring, but I was deeply encouraged to experience something of this recently.  The featured candidate currently serves as a Democrat on the New York City Council and is running for New York State Senate.  Ministry and business leaders, men and women of all backgrounds, including Caucasian, Latino, and African-American, filled the home where the fundraiser was held.  These dynamic Christian leaders support this candidate not because he is Democrat, or Latino, or a man.  They were not supporting him because he would do a favor for them or for people like them, or because of his likability (even though he is very likable).  They support him because he demonstrates godly understanding of governmental responsibility.Over 150 years ago, heroic citizens of the United States supported a president who opposed slavery, even though they had reasons of self-interest to vote for other candidates, and even though there were other, though less significant, justice issues.  American citizens must once again seek the promotion of justice as the highest ideal in the selection of governmental leaders.  Hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, and we must do everything we can to see that our government promotes justice as its number one responsibility.

CENTRAL IDEA:
Societies take advantage of the benefits of laws and agreements to make colectivo decisiones and actions.

LINES OF INQUIRY:

• Cambios recientes en la estructura gubernamental de la CDMX.
• Democratic norma and agreements.
• Constitution and Democracy in different countries.

KEY CONCEPTS:

• form
• function
• conection
• perspective

RELATED CONCEPTS:

• rights 
• democracy
• law

Laws to Know

Hammurabi, the king of Babylon in the eighteenth century B.C., was the first to record the laws and their consequences.

The next time someone says it's the law, you could ask, “What kind?”

Blue Laws

These are also known as Sabbath laws. They were passed to restrict or forbid business and recreation on the Sabbath, which is the Christian day of rest. One blue law in some states forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages before noon on Sundays.

Common Laws

Rules based on custom or long usage that are usually not recorded as laws. They began in England.

Law of the Land

A phrase from the Magna Carta, the basic document of English law. Today the term refers to laws that are fundamental to democracy.

Martial Law

Temporary rule by the military that is imposed on citizens during a war, an emergency (like a natural disaster), or a political or economic crisis. Under martial law, military laws are followed instead of civil laws.

Moral Law

The law of one's conscience.

Murphy's Laws

No one is sure who Murphy was, but these laws are well known. They are:

1. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
2. Everything will take longer than you think.
3. If anything can go wrong, it will.

In times of frustration, people will often remark that things are going according to Murphy's laws.

Parkinson's Law

C. Northcote Parkinson, a British writer, formulated this rule: “Work expands to fill the time allotted to it; or, conversely, the amount of work completed is in inverse proportion to the number of people employed.” Simply said: If you have an hour to do a 5-minute job, it will take an hour to do it. A large number of people accomplish less work than a smaller number of people.