Timothy Jennings

	Timothy Jennings
	New Mexico Senate District 32
	Former member
	In office
	1978 - 2013
	Term ends
	December 31, 2012
Party	Democratic
	Compensation
Base salary	$0/year
Per diem	$153/day
	Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
Appointed	July 1978
Term limits	N/A
	Education
Bachelor's	Creighton University
	Personal
Birthday	September 4, 1950
Place of birth	Roswell, NM
Profession	Ranch Manager/Businessman
Religion	Catholic
Websites
	Office website

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Timothy Jennings (b. September 4, 1950) is a former Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate, representing District 32 from his appointment in July 1978 to January 2013. He served as Majority Whip from 1992 to 1996. He was also a Minority Whip and, in his final term, President Pro Tempore. Jennings was Commissioner for Chaves County from 1975 to 1978.

On April 30, 2013, Jennings was appointed to serve on New Mexico's State Investment Council.^[1]

Jennings is a businessman. He has been a ranch manager since 1974.

Jennings earned his BSBA from Creighton University in 1972.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Jennings served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Jennings served on these committees:

Issues

Controversies

Jennings was the target of a lawsuit filed with the 5th Judicial District Court in Chaves County by Cliff R. Pirtle alleging Timothy Z. Jennings did not meet state petition requirements that say each petition must have the district number of the office they are seeking written on them. Jennings could have been taken off the ballot if his petitions were found to be in violation of the law. The ruling was in favor of Jennings and said there was no evidence of fraud..^[2]

Elections

2012

See also: New Mexico State Senate elections, 2012

Jennings ran for re-election in 2012. He ran unopposed in the June 5, 2012 Democratic primary. He was defeated by Cliff R. Pirtle in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.^[3]^[4]

New Mexico State Senate, District 32, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff R. Pirtle	52.3%	5,930
	Democratic	Timothy Jennings	47.7%	5,418
Total Votes				11,348

2008

On November 4, 2008, Jennings was re-elected to the 32nd district in the New Mexico Senate. Jennings had no challenger. ^[5]

Jennings raised $80,426 for his campaign.^[6]

Campaign donors

2008

Listed below are the five largest contributors to Timothy Jennings' 2008 campaign.

Donor	Amount
New Mexico Medical Society	$7,000
CONOCOPHILLIPS	$6,500
Presbyterian Health Plan	$3,000
New Mexico Realtors Association	$2,500
Bank of America	$2,000

Personal

Jennings and his wife, Patty, have five children.

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