Alan Martinez

Martinez worked as the manager of Rio Grand Sales from 1988 to 1990. He then served in the New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services for 25 years, including as file clerk, benefits director, policy director, and legislative director. He retired in 2018 as deputy director of the department.^[2][3]

Martinez was elected as the House Minority Whip in April 2024 during his first term.

Martinez, who sits on the House Health & Human Services Committee, has been critical of medical malpractice laws in New Mexico. During the 2026 session, Martinez criticized amendments proposed by Democrats on H.B. 99.^[4][5] The amendment to the bill made it so that doctors, but not for corporately owned hospitals, would have set caps of punitive damages in malpractice cases.^[6]