district party state_house term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
9th democratic new mexico 2009 john sapien
 present john sapien university of new mexico
john sapien

john sapien is a democratic member of the new mexico senate , serving since 2009 .
in addition to working in the new mexico senate , sapien is also a state farm agent .
sapien interned for senator jeff bingaman .
he is also the former head of the bernalillo public schools foundation .
sapien 's father , bill , served as a sandoval county commissioner .
