---
type: Person
title: "Benny Shendo"
description: "NM Senate District 22 — NM State Senate District 22"
role: "NM Senate District 22"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NM"
district: "NM State Senate District 22"
represents: "us/states/nm/districts/senate/22"
tenure:
  start: "2013-01-15"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "98447201-4e92-44c6-af26-cba26e673d4e"
  office: "15330dc9-766c-4de3-a826-ac176b11b88a"
  tenure: "1803b570-9612-4425-a869-3b0569701d0e"
  jurisdiction: "e3071298-c21e-475a-ae2a-a78db6e85ff0"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, nm]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Benny Shendo

Current NM Senate District 22 (NM State Senate District 22).

Represents [NM State Senate District 22](/us/states/nm/districts/senate/22.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

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