---
type: Person
title: "Teresa Leger Fernandez"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - NM-3 — Congressional District 3"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - NM-3"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NM"
district: "Congressional District 3"
represents: "us/states/nm/districts/03"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Natural Resources"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/natural-resources"
  - name: "House Committee on Natural Resources - Federal Lands"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/natural-resources/subcommittees/federal-lands"
  - name: "House Committee on Natural Resources - Indian and Insular Affairs"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/natural-resources/subcommittees/indian-and-insular-affairs"
  - name: "House Committee on Rules"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/rules"
  - name: "House Committee on Rules - Legislative and Budget Process"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/rules/subcommittees/legislative-and-budget-process"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "966e9716-38c9-4e1e-8114-1a4d046df45b"
  office: "a0a5da74-4898-42e3-b583-fe330ef8fac5"
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  bioguide: "L000273"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, nm]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Teresa Leger Fernandez

Current U.S. House of Representatives - NM-3 (Congressional District 3).

Represents [Congressional District 3](/us/states/nm/districts/03.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Natural Resources](/us/bodies/house/committees/natural-resources.md)
- [House Committee on Natural Resources - Federal Lands](/us/bodies/house/committees/natural-resources/subcommittees/federal-lands.md)
- [House Committee on Natural Resources - Indian and Insular Affairs](/us/bodies/house/committees/natural-resources/subcommittees/indian-and-insular-affairs.md) — **ranking-member**
- [House Committee on Rules](/us/bodies/house/committees/rules.md)
- [House Committee on Rules - Legislative and Budget Process](/us/bodies/house/committees/rules/subcommittees/legislative-and-budget-process.md) — **ranking-member**

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).