State:New Mexico
Current Office:State Senator
Party:Republican Party
Senator Mark Boitano serves as the Ranking Member on the Senate Corporations and Transportation and Public Affairs Committees, as well as the Tax Policy and Revenue Stabilization and Mortgage Finance Authority Interim Committees.
He was a key organizer of the Governor’s Summits on Marriage, Parenting and Family Strengthening in 2000 and 2002. In 2003, Mark recieved the Distinguished Contribution to N.M. Families Award by the N.M. Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Mark helped craft and was the primary sponsor of the 1999 Charter School Act. He introduced legislation in 2000 which created the New Mexico Virtual School. Boitano has also introduced legislation to create Student Compacts between parents, teachers and students, to increase high school graduation requirements and give more authority to school principals.
Sen. Boitano is a graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, CA. He has a B.S. in Political Science, with a minor in Sociology, from Regents College.
He owns a small real estate business affiliated with a national company. He and his wife Cory have 4 beautiful children, aged 15-21.
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Supporting Discussion
Mark has the pulse of working small businessmen that are not owned by union interests or other special interest groups.
Dissenting Discussion