---
type: Person
title: "Kathleen Cates"
description: "NM House District 44 — NM State House of Representatives District 44"
role: "NM House District 44"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "NM"
district: "NM State House of Representatives District 44"
represents: "us/states/nm/districts/house/44"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "ec750ed1-51f6-4e16-9bfb-a81b295e1e04"
  office: "12491342-11b2-44a4-beba-b5bf4d7acc66"
  tenure: "ddfb9b20-8a14-4253-a1c9-0e432fcf4a9f"
  jurisdiction: "d5085ff7-da24-4b7c-82c6-e08efda97566"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, nm]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Kathleen Cates

Current NM House District 44 (NM State House of Representatives District 44).

Represents [NM State House of Representatives District 44](/us/states/nm/districts/house/44.md).

## Sources

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

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