Petra Jimenez Maes

Petra Jimenez Maes (born October 5, 1947) is a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. She was appointed in 1998, and was the first female Hispanic person to serve on the high court. She has been elected Chief Justice for the court twice, once in 2003 and again in 2012.^[1] Maes received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Mexico and a Juris Doctor from University of New Mexico School of Law.

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Current statewide political officials of New Mexico

U.S. Senators	Tom Udall Martin Heinrich

State government	Susana Martinez, Governor John Sanchez, Lieutenant Governor & President of the Senate Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Secretary of State Hector Balderas, Attorney General Tim Eichenberg, Treasurer Tim Keller, Auditor Aubrey Dunn, Jr., Land Commissioner Karen Montoya, Patrick H. Lyons, Valerie Espinoza, Lynda Lovejoy, Sandy R. Jones, Public Regulation Commission

Senate	Mary Kay Papen, President pro tempore Michael S. Sanchez, Majority Leader Stuart Ingle, Minority Leader

House	Don L. Tripp, Speaker Nate Gentry, Majority Leader Brian F. Egolf, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Charles W. Daniels, Chief Justice Edward L. Chávez Petra Jimenez Maes Judith Nakamura Barbara J. Vigil Chief Justice title is rotated

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