Walter Kenneth Martinez Jr. (born February 12, 1959) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016.
[2] His father was a member of a group of Hispanic and liberal Anglo legislators called the Mama Lucy Gang, who controlled the New Mexico House of Representatives in the early-1970s.
[3] Martinez earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the Notre Dame Law School in 1984.
His older sister, Camille Olguin, became a state district judge, and his younger brother, Kevin Martinez, became a lawyer.
[8] He was a member of legislative committees on Labor and Human Resources, Rules and Order of Business, and Voters and Elections.