Henry Saavedra

Henry Saavedra
New Mexico House of Representatives District 10
Incumbent
In office
1977-Present
Term ends
December 31, 2014
Years in position	36
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$0/year
Per diem	$153/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	1976
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	University of Albuquerque
Military service
Service/branch	Air National Guard
Personal
Profession	Businessman
Websites
Office website

Henry Saavedra (b. 1938) is a Democratic member of the New Mexico House of Representatives. He has represented the 10th District since 1977.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Saavedra served on the following committees:

New Mexico Committee Assignments, 2013
• Appropriations and Finance, Chair
• Transportation and Public Works

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Saavedra served on the following committees:

New Mexico Committee Assignments, 2011
• Appropriations and Finance, Chair
• Transportation and Public Works

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Saavedra served on the following committees:

New Mexico Committee Assignments, 2009
• Appropriations and Finance
• Transportation and Public Works

Issues

Lawsuit against Gov. Martinez

Mimi Stewart, Henry Saavedra, John Arthur Smith and “Lucky” Varela filed two lawsuits against Gov. Susana Martinez over her line item vetoes in an unemployment bill and a housing bill.

Raul Burciaga, the director of the Legislative Council Service, told committee members of the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) May 19, 2011 that in his opinion two line-item vetoes made by Gov. Martinez violate the state’s constitution.

“Some of the governor’s vetoes seem to impinge on the legislature’s appropriation powers and plow new ground in a governor’s exercise of the veto authority,” said Burciaga.

That day, Gov. Martinez firmly said she disagreed.

“I could protest any governor doing this … it’s not partisan,” Sen. Stuart Ingle. “She’s a good governor … but it’s a little bit of stretch to do this.”

Burciaga testified that the veto Martinez made in unemployment bill H.B. 59 is part of a revenue bill and “did not authorize the expenditure of state money because that authorization was already in statute and not amended in this bill.” Burciaga said the veto is “unconstitutional and, hence, unenforceable.”

The second veto came when Gov. Martinez reduced an appropriation the legislature made to budget bill H.B. 2 from $150,000 to $50,000. Burciaga said that while state courts have not addressed the issue specifically, reducing “an item of appropriation is a legislative function that the governor has no power to do.”

“I think we need to challenge this in the courts,” Rep. Luciano “Lucky” Varela (D-Santa Fe) said.

“The main difficulty I have is changing the figure [from $150,000 down to $50,000 in HB2],” Ingle said, expressing concern that if the current partisan makeup of the Roundhouse were reversed, a future Democratic governor could assume greater power at the expense of the legislative branch. ”We just can’t go there.”

Elections

2012

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2012

Saavedra ran for re-election in 2012. He ran unopposed in the June 5, 2012 Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

New Mexico House of Representatives, District 10, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Henry Saavedra Incumbent	100%	5,954
Total Votes				5,954

2010

See also: New Mexico House of Representatives elections, 2010

Saavedra won re-election to the 10th District Seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition and was unchallenged in the general election on November 2, 2010.

New Mexico House of Representatives General Election, District 10 (2010)
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Henry Saavedra (D)		4,084	100%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Saavedra won re-election to the 10th District Seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives. Saavedra had no challenger.

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, a year in which Saavedra won re-election, he collected $45,304 in donations. His top donors were:

Donor	Amount
New Mexico Realtors Association	$2,500
New Mexico Health Care Association	$1,500
Presbyterian Health Plan	$1,050
11 individual donations each of:	$1,000

2008

In 2008, Saavedra raised $39,950 in contributions.

His four largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
New Mexico Medical Society	$1,500
New Mexico Hospital Association	$1,500
Associated Contractors of New Mexico	$1,500
New Mexico Realtors Association	$1,500

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External links

Suggest a link

• New Mexico Legislature - Representative Henry Saavedra
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992
• New Mexico Votes profile

References

Political offices
Preceded by '	New Mexico House of Representatives - District 10 1976 – present	Succeeded by NA