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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Raymond G. Sanchez
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| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1941|09|22}}
| birth_place         = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S.
| death_date          = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) -->
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| nationality         = American
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| alma_mater          = [[University of New Mexico]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| occupation          = Lawyer, politician
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| office              = Member of the<br>[[New Mexico House of Representatives]]<br>from the 15th district
| termstart           = 1972
| termend             = 2000
| successor           = [[John Sanchez]]
| relations           = [[Michael S. Sanchez]] (brother)
}}
'''Raymond G. Sanchez''' (born September 22, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and former politician who served as a member of the [[New Mexico House of Representatives]].
==Early life and education==
Raymond G. Sanchez was born in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], on September 22, 1941.{{sfn|Raymond Sanchez's Biography, votesmart}}
He attended the [[University of New Mexico]], where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Government in 1964 and [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of New Mexico School of Law]] in 1967.{{sfn|Raymond Sanchez's Biography, votesmart}}{{sfn|Raymond G. Sanchez, Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio}} His younger brother is [[Michael S. Sanchez]], an attorney who served in the [[New Mexico Senate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://898bell.com/|title=Personal Injury Lawyer|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>
==Career==
Sanchez was elected to the New Mexico House of Representatives for district 15 in 1971. He held office until 2000.{{sfn|Representative Raymond Sanchez – (D), NM Legislature}}
Sanchez and [[Walter K. Martinez]] were leaders of the liberal "[[Mama Lucy Gang]]".{{sfn|Sharp|Sharp|1997|p=15}}{{efn|The Mama Lucies were named after Mama Lucy, a lady who ran a coffee shop and helped out poor students at [[New Mexico Highlands University]] in Las Vegas, Nevada. A group of future state legislators were at the university at the time, and learned from Mama Lucy's compassionate example.{{sfn|Martinez|2009|p=126}} }} This group controlled the house and prevented conservative "Cowboy Democrats" from the ranching areas in the south of the state from controlling the main committees.{{sfn|Kousser|2005|p=62}} In the 1982 election, the liberal Democrats formed a solid majority of the forty seven Democrat members, and Sanchez was elected speaker without opposition from the Cowboys.{{sfn|Kousser|2005|p=63}}
Sanchez was speaker of the house for sixteen years.{{sfn|Raymond G. Sanchez, Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio}} In 2000, Raymond Sanchez failed to be reelected to the house, losing to newcomer [[John Sanchez]], a Republican.{{sfn|Little|Ogle|2006|p=355}}
After leaving office, Sanchez returned to practicing the law, mainly working on government relations and personal injury.{{sfn|Raymond G. Sanchez, Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio}} Sanchez became a president of the regents of the [[University of New Mexico]].
In the 2010s, Sanchez was working as a lobbyist at the New Mexico legislature for clients such as [[Virgin Galactic]].{{sfn|Robertson|2013}} Sanchez also worked as a lobbyist for Albuquerque cab companies.{{sfn|Fluharty|2013}}
==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Citations'''
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'''Sources'''
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite journal|url=http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/blog-4265-new-mexico-might-see-more-taxis.html
|last=Fluharty|first=Sterling|title=New Mexico Might See More Taxis – Support Builds for Motor Carrier Reform|date=2013-02-17
|journal=Santa Fe Reporter|access-date=2014-07-29}}
* {{cite book|last=Kousser|first=Thad|title=Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BWvxZJg4WAoC&pg=PA62|access-date=2014-07-29
|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-54873-1}}
* {{cite book|last1=Little|first1=Thomas H.|last2=Ogle|first2=David B.|title=The Legislative Branch of State Government: People, Process, and Politics
|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativebranc0000litt|url-access=registration
|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativebranc0000litt/page/355 355]
|access-date=2014-07-29
|date=2006-01-01|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-761-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Martinez|first=Ken|title=Moving Beyond Borders: Julian Samora and the Establishment of Latino Studies
|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhjiFLzM25sC&pg=PA126|access-date=2014-07-29
|year=2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-07656-5|chapter=Common Geographies}}
* {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Raymond Sanchez's Biography, votesmart}}|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5868/raymond-sanchez#.U9g1jONdXh4
|title=Raymond Sanchez's Biography|work=votesmart|access-date=2014-07-29}}
* {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Representative Raymond Sanchez – (D), NM Legislature}}|url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislator_details_archive.aspx?SponsorCode=HSCHR
|title=Representative Raymond Sanchez – (D)|work=New Mexico Legislature|access-date=2014-07-29}}
* {{cite journal|url=http://www.abqjournal.com/161188/politics/breaking-raymond-g-sanchez-recovering-after-heart-treatment.html
|last=Robertson|first=John|journal=Albuquerque Journal|date=2013-01-17
|title=Updated: Raymond G. Sanchez Recovering After Heart Treatment|access-date=2014-07-29}}
* {{cite web|ref={{harvid|Raymond G. Sanchez, Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio}}
|title=Raymond G. Sanchez|publisher=Sanchez, Mowrer & Desiderio P.C.
|url=http://www.smdlegal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=1%3Aattorneys&id=9%3Araymond-sanchez&Itemid=2 |access-date=2014-07-29}}
* {{cite book|last1=Sharp|first1=Nancy Weatherly|last2=Sharp|first2=James Roger|title=American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA15
|date=1997-01-01|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30212-1}}
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