Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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    JOE R. SKEEN, Republican, of Picacho, NM; born in Roswell, NM, June 
30, 1927; B.S., engineering, Texas A&M University, 1950; served in the 
U.S. Navy, 1945-46; U.S. Air Force Reserves, 1949-52; soil and water 
engineer, Zuni and Ramah Navajo Indians, 1951, returning to the family 
sheep ranching operation in Lincoln County, NM, which was purchased from 
his grandmother; operated a flying service, Ruidoso, NM; member, New 
Mexico State Senate, 1960-70, serving as minority leader for six years; 
served three years as State Republican chairman; Republican nominee for 
lieutenant governor, 1970, and GOP nominee for governor, 1974 and 1978; 
elected to Congress from New Mexico's Second District as a write-in 
candidate, 1980, after the incumbent died in office and the Republican 
Party was denied a place on the ballot by the courts; member: New Mexico 
Woolgrowers Association; New Mexico Cattle Growers Association; New 
Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau; Conquistadore Council, Boy Scouts of 
America; Elks; Eagles; married to the former Mary Helen Jones, two 
children: Lisa and Mike; Catholic; elected to the 97th Congress, 
November 4, 1980; reelected to each succeeding Congress.


                  Office Listings                                       
                                                                        
2367 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC                      
 20515-3102............................................         225-2365
  Administrative Assistant.--Suzanne Eisold.               FAX: 225-9599
  Executive Assistant/Office Manager.--Lin Rhode.                       
  Press Secretary.--Sherry Kiesling.                                    
Federal Building, Room 257, Roswell, NM 88201..........   (505) 622-0055
1065-B, South Main, Suite A, Las Cruces, NM 88005......   (505) 527-1771
                                                                        

Counties: Bernalillo (part), Catron, Chaves, Cibola (part), DeBaca, Dona 
        Ana, Eddy; Grant, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, 
        Sierra, Socorro, and Valencia (part). Population (1990), 
        504,659.
ZIP Codes: 87002 (part), 87006-07, 87011, 87014, 87020 (part), 87022-23, 
        87026, 87028, 87031 (part), 87034, 87038, 87040, 87042, 87049-
        51, 87055, 87062, 87068, 87105, 87185, 87711, 87724, 87801, 
        87815, 87820-21, 87823-25, 87827-32, 87901, 87930-33, 87935-37, 
        87939-43, 88001-06, 88008-09, 88011-12, 88020-34, 88036, 88038-
        49, 88052-56, 88058, 88061-63, 88065, 88072, 88114, 88119, 
        88134, 88136, 88201-02, 88210-11, 88213 88220-21, 88230-32, 
        88240-41, 88250, 88252-56, 88260, 88262-68, 88301, 88310-12, 
        88314, 88316-18, 88323-25, 88330, 88336-54, 88417, 88431-32, 
        88435