Clemente Sanchez[1] (born June 24, 1958) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the New Mexico Senate for the 30th district from January 15, 2013 to 2021.
Clemente is the CEO and president of the Bank of New Mexico, a subsidiary of Triumph Bancorp.
[3] In 1991, Sanchez became director of the New Mexico State University Grants Small Business Development Center.
[4] As part of taking the position, he announced that he would be retiring as director of the New Mexico State University-Grants Small Business Development Center.
Sanchez ran in the three-way June 8, 2008 Democratic Primary but lost by 5 votes to David Ulibarri,[5][6] who went on to win the seat in the November 4, 2008 General election.