Benny Shendo Explained

Benny Shendo
Office:	Member of the New Mexico Senate from the 22nd district
Term Start:	January 15, 2013
Predecessor:	Lynda Lovejoy
Office1:	Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs
Term Start1:	April 2004
Term End1:	2007
Appointer1:	Bill Richardson
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Education:	University of Colorado (BS)

Benny J. Shendo Jr.^[1] ^[2] is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing District 22 since January 15, 2013. Shendo's district covers Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico.

Education

Shendo earned his BS in business from the University of Colorado Boulder.^[3]

Elections

2012 Shendo challenged District 22 incumbent Democratic Senator Lynda Lovejoy in the four-way June 5, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,989 votes (40.9%)^[4] and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 12,051 votes.^[5]
2008 When incumbent Democratic United States Representative Tom Udall ran for United States Senate and left New Mexico's 3rd congressional district seat open, Shendo ran in the six-way June 8, 2008 Democratic Primary but lost to New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner Ben R. Luján.^[6] The latter won the three-way November 4, 2008 General election.^[7]

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Benny Shendo's Biography . . February 20, 2014.
http://blog.nmai.si.edu/main/2015/08/meet-native-america-georgene-louis.html "Georgene Louis, State Representative, House District 26, New Mexico House of Representatives"
https://web.archive.org/web/20140302022654/http://www.bennyshendo.com/about ABOUT - bennyshendo
Web site: Canvass of Returns of Primary Election Held on June 5, 2012 – State of New Mexico . . Santa Fe, New Mexico . 2 . February 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104091728/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/files/StatewidePrimary12(1).pdf . November 4, 2013 . dead .
Web site: Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 6, 2012 – State of New Mexico . Secretary of State of New Mexico . Santa Fe, New Mexico . 3 . February 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104072541/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/files/Pages%20from%20ALLNMG12%20CAN%20STATEWIDE.pdf . November 4, 2013 . dead .
Web site: Canvass of Returns of Primary Election Held on June 8, 2008 – State of New Mexico . Secretary of State of New Mexico . Santa Fe, New Mexico . 1 . February 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221135639/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/files/StatewidePrim08.pdf . February 21, 2014 . dead .
Web site: Canvass of Returns of General Election Held on November 4, 2008 – State of New Mexico . Secretary of State of New Mexico . Santa Fe, New Mexico . 1 . February 20, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221135641/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/files/Election%20Results/StatewideGen08.pdf . February 21, 2014 . dead .