id: ocd-person/145aba4a-89ba-4c17-b1ec-2f4b568f5048
name: Benny Shendo
given_name: Benny
family_name: Shendo
gender: Male
email: benny.shendo@nmlegis.gov
image: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Images/Legislators/Senate/SSHEN.jpg
party:
- name: Democratic
roles:
- start_date: 2013-01-15
  type: upper
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:nm/government
  district: '22'
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: State Capitol Room 325A, New Mexico  490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe,
    NM 87501
  voice: 505-986-4264
- classification: district-mail
  address: P.O. Box 634, Jemez Pueblo, NM 87024
links:
- url: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=SSHEN
  note: homepage
other_names:
- name: B. Shendo
- name: B.J. Shendo
- name: Benny J. Shendo
- name: Benny Shendo, Jr.
- name: Shendo, B.
- name: Shendo, Benny
- name: Shendo, Benny, Jr.
ids:
  facebook: BennyShendoforNMSenate
other_identifiers:
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: NML000136
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: NML000191
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: NML000355
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Benny_Shendo
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Shendo
- url: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/102414/benny-shendo-jr
- url: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator?SponCode=SSHEN
- url: https://www.nmlegis.gov/Members/Legislator_List?T=S
extras:
  counties represented: Bernalillo, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan & Sandoval
  service: Senator since 2013
  occupation: Community Development