About Rex

Senator Rex Wilson is a lifelong New Mexican whose roots in District 33 run as deep as the land he has worked for nearly forty years. Born and raised in Lincoln County, Rex graduated as valedictorian of Carrizozo High School and earned his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from New Mexico State University, where he was named Outstanding Senior of the College of Agriculture.

Rex has run Wilson Ranch in Carrizozo since 1986, building a family ranching operation that earned recognition as Ranch Family of the Year by the New Mexico State Fair. In 2016, his peers in New Mexico's agricultural community named him Cattleman of the Year, the highest honor bestowed by the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, where he previously served as President.

For nearly two decades, Rex served as Southern Region Director for Presbyterian Medical Services, working on the front lines of rural healthcare delivery across southern New Mexico. That experience shapes his fight in Santa Fe today. He has served on the boards of Christus Southern New Mexico, Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, the Lincoln County Medical Center Foundation, and the Carrizozo Health Center, giving him a depth of healthcare governance experience few legislators can match.

Rex's record of public service began long before the State Senate. He served seven years as Lincoln County Commissioner, including five as Commission Chairman, where he led on public land use, county finances, and rural advocacy. He has chaired the Public Land Use Advisory Council of Lincoln County and served on the New Mexico Association of Counties Insurance Authority Board, the Arizona/New Mexico Coalition of Counties, and the NMSU Linebery Policy Center Advisory Board.

A man of faith, Rex serves on the Board of Trustees at First Baptist Church and brings the same steady, plainspoken conservative principles to the State Senate that have guided his life: faith, family, hard work, and honest service.

In Santa Fe, Senator Wilson stands firm against progressive overreach and fights for the values that built rural New Mexico: safer communities, stronger law enforcement, accessible rural healthcare, lower taxes, and the constitutional freedoms that belong to every New Mexican. For Rex, representing District 33 is not a political career. It is a continuation of a lifetime spent serving the people, the land, and the values of Chaves, Lincoln, and Otero counties.