---
type: Person
title: "Jim Townsend"
description: "NM Senate District 34 — NM State Senate District 34"
role: "NM Senate District 34"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NM"
district: "NM State Senate District 34"
represents: "us/states/nm/districts/senate/34"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "9cd91539-1def-4ca5-a392-95508318d7b9"
  office: "b1c23afe-9c83-4d15-96f7-090b6e22607a"
  tenure: "0df6209f-92c1-4338-910b-dcab80873f78"
  jurisdiction: "a8cb62a0-46a4-4bb2-9ba2-f3bc3b0a6cdb"
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"
---

# Jim Townsend

Current NM Senate District 34 (NM State Senate District 34).

Represents [NM State Senate District 34](/us/states/nm/districts/senate/34.md).

## Sources

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

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