---
type: Person
title: "Howie C. Morales"
description: "NM Lt Governor — State of New Mexico"
role: "NM Lt Governor"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "executive"
state: "NM"
tenure:
  start: "2019-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 4
ids:
  person: "e67eafbd-d2cd-4621-b9d0-9244be6d4acf"
  office: "8cfcde06-b2bc-4fd4-9906-60d37f09c3a1"
  tenure: "d9e89448-578d-47a9-bb8a-c249982a2263"
  jurisdiction: "78986760-31b5-4553-b1c2-adba17cfbad0"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, executive, nm]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Howie C. Morales

Current NM Lt Governor (State of New Mexico).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction

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