| Elias Barela | |
| State House: | New Mexico |
| District: | 8th |
| Predecessor: | Alonzo Baldonado |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Term Start: | 2007 |
| Term End: | 2010 |
| Education: | University of New Mexico (JD) |
Elias Barela is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives for the 8th district from 2009 to 2011.
Barela earned a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law. He has worked as a lawyer at several law firms, before founding his own law firm. He was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives in January 2009 and assumed office in 2010.[1] He was defeated for re-election in the 2010 Democratic primary.[2] Barela later served on the 13th Judicial District Court Nominating Commission.[3]