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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
John Sanchez
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
State Capitol Building, Room 417
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
(505) 476-2250 FAX: (505) 476-2257
Toll Free: 1-800-432-4406
www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S DUTIES AND MISSIONS
• The Lt. Governor serves as the President of the New Mexico Senate, ombudsman for
constituent concerns, Acting Governor when the Governor is absent from the state, and
member of the Executive Cabinet. Keeps a record of their activities and submits an
annual report to the Governor.
• The Lieutenant Governor serves on the following boards and commissions: the Border
Authority, the Community Development Council, the Workforce DevelopmentBoard,
the Mortgage Finance Authority, the Space Commercialization Commission, the
Military Base Planning Commission and the State Board of Finance.
• Additionally, Lieutenant Governor Sanchez is the Chairperson of the newly formed
Children’s Cabinet - a body composed of department secretaries and agency heads who
deal with childrens’ issues. The Cabinet was created to streamline services to children
and create better communication among the agencies charged with their lives.
• As a former small-business owner, this Lieutenant Governor has focused his efforts on
job creation and economic growth. He believes healthy networks of small businesses
are the backbone of our economy and are vital to the state’s economic fortunes.
John Sanchez (R) – Born in 1963, Sanchez grew up as the youngest of eight children in
Albuquerque. After graduation from high school he held various jobs including flight
attendant, real estate agent and then created his own business, a roofing company. Living
in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque with his wife, Debra, he was elected as one of the Trustees
of the village in 1997 and then in 2000 was elected to the NM House of Representatives.
He followed in the footsteps of his great-great grandfather who served as a Territorial
legislator in 1860 and his grandfather as a State Representative in 1930. More recently,
Sanchez ran and was elected as the state’s Lt. Governor in 2010. In 2011 he initially chose
to run for the soon to be vacant U.S. Senate seat but later withdrew his candidacy. Sanchez
and his wife have two daughters.
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