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Dossier · Who's Who
Manuel A. Sanchez
Doña Ana County District 5 commissioner, elected commission chair in January 2026, who voted yes on the Project Jupiter industrial revenue bonds.
At a glance
- Current roles
- County Commissioner, District 5, Doña Ana County Commission[1]
- Commission Chair, Doña Ana County Commission2026-01-13–present[2]
- Category
- Elected official
- Jurisdiction
- Doña Ana County
- Also known as
- Manny Sanchez
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 2 sources · 1 connections · 6 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP55
Key facts
- 2025-09-19Voted yes on the industrial revenue bonds on September 19, 2025.
- 2026-01-13Elected commission chair unanimously on January 13, 2026.
- 2026-08-11Chaired the commission when it created the Community Monitoring Committee by Resolution 2026-101 on August 11, 2026.
- 2026-08-14On the SENMEDD contract the commission approved 4–0 on August 14, 2026, said it was "truly the best option based off of the cost."
- 2026-08-25Pointed to Oracle's August 11 water breakdown, which puts the fifteen-year total at about 13.5 million gallons of non-potable water.
- 2026-09-08On September 8, 2026, said the bond agreements were built around on-site generation, so a move to the grid would return to the commission and could require amending them.
The record
District 5 Commissioner; elected 2026 Commission Chair (unanimous, Jan 13 2026); YES vote on the IRBs — the previously-missing D5 seat
Relationships · 1
In the timeline · 6
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Claims involving them · 1
Sources · 2
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