Political party strength in New Mexico
Encyclopedia
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

:
  • Governor
  • Lieutenant Governor
    Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
    Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico is an official in the state of New Mexico that ranks just below the Governor of New Mexico. The current lieutenant governor is John Sanchez.- Partial list of Lieutenant Governors of New Mexico :...

  • Secretary of State
    Secretary of State of New Mexico
    The Secretary of State of New Mexico is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of New Mexico.The current Secretary of State is Dianna Duran.-Organization:The Secretary of State's Office is composed of four divisions:...

  • Attorney General
  • State Auditor
  • State Treasurer
  • Commissioner of Public Lands


The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (R), (W), and .
Year|Executive offices|State Legislature
New Mexico Legislature
The New Mexico Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of New Mexico. It is a bicameral body made up of the New Mexico House of Representatives and the New Mexico Senate....

|United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from New Mexico
These are tables of congressional delegations from New Mexico to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Passages:-Delegates from New Mexico Territory:-Members from The State of New Mexico:...

|Electoral College votes
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

GovernorLieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico is an official in the state of New Mexico that ranks just below the Governor of New Mexico. The current lieutenant governor is John Sanchez.- Partial list of Lieutenant Governors of New Mexico :...

Secretary of State
Secretary of State of New Mexico
The Secretary of State of New Mexico is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of New Mexico.The current Secretary of State is Dianna Duran.-Organization:The Secretary of State's Office is composed of four divisions:...

Attorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerComm. of Pub. LandsState Senate
New Mexico Senate
The New Mexico Senate is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal amount of single-member constituent districts across the state. All senatorial districts are divided to contain a population on average of 43,300...

State House
New Mexico House of Representatives
The New Mexico House of Representatives is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature.There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico.The Speaker of the House is Ben Luján .-Composition:...

U.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House
1846 Charles Bent
Charles Bent
Charles Bent was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846....

1847 none
1848
1849
1850
1851 James S. Calhoun
James S. Calhoun
James S. Calhoun was best known as the Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1851 to 1852. He had many careers, though, including time as a Georgian politician, military colonel, and bureaucrat in the United States government....

 (W)
1852 William Carr Lane
William Carr Lane
William Carr Lane was a doctor and the first Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving from 1823 to 1829 and 1837 to 1840...

 (W)
1853 David Meriwether
David Meriwether (senator)
David Meriwether was a United States Senator from Kentucky and Governor of New Mexico Territory.Born in Louisa County, Virginia, Meriwether moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1803. He attended the common schools and engaged in fur trading in 1818 near what is now Council...

 (D)
1854
1855
1856
1857 Abraham Rencher
Abraham Rencher
Abraham Rencher was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, North Carolina, August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro Academy; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1822; studied law; was admitted to...

 (D)
1858
1859
1860
1861 Henry Connelly
Henry Connelly
Henry Connelly was the Republican Governor of the New Mexico Territory during the American Civil War. He was appointed by President Lincoln and served from September 4, 1861 until July 6, 1866. During his term, the territory broke into two, and then three during Connelly's tenure due to the Civil...

 (R)
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866 Robert Byington Mitchell
Robert Byington Mitchell
Robert Byington Mitchell was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1866 to 1869.-Early life and career:...

 (D)
1867
1868
1869 William Anderson Pile (R)
1870
1871 Marsh Giddings
Marsh Giddings
Marsh Giddings was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who was appointed as U.S. consul-general to India and later served as the Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1871 to 1875.-Early life:...

 (R)
1872
1873
1874
1875 Samuel Beach Axtell
Samuel Beach Axtell
Samuel Beach Axtell . Notable for being the most controversial Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court; corrupted administration as Governor of New Mexico; brief tenure as Governor of Utah; and two term Congressman from California.-Early life:Axtell was born in Franklin County,...

 (R)
1876
1877
1878 Lew Wallace
Lew Wallace
Lewis "Lew" Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician and author...

 (R)
1879
1880
1881 Lionel Allen Sheldon
Lionel Allen Sheldon
Lionel Allen Sheldon was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana. He was Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1881 to 1885.-Early life:Born in Worcester, New York, Sheldon moved with his parents to Lagrange, Ohio...

 (R)
1882
1883
1884
1885 Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund Gibson Ross was a politician who represented the state of Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory. His vote against convicting of President Andrew Johnson of "high crimes and misdemeanors" allowed Johnson to stay in office by the margin of one...

 (D)
1886
1887
1888
1889 L. Bradford Prince
L. Bradford Prince
LeBaron Bradford Prince was Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893.-Biography:Prince was born on July 3, 1840 in Flushing, Queens, New York. He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from New York in 1868. From 1870 to 1874, he was a member of New York State Assembly...

 (R)
1890
1891
1892
1893 William Taylor Thornton
William Taylor Thornton
William Taylor Thornton was Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1893 to 1897.-Biography:Thornton was born on February 9, 1843 in Calhoun, Missouri. He served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was member of Missouri state house of representatives in 1876 and member...

 (D)
1894
1895
1896
1897 Miguel Antonio Otero
Miguel Antonio Otero (II)
Miguel Antonio Otero , nicknamed "Gillie," was governor of New Mexico Territory from 1897 to 1906 and in later life the author of several books on Western lore...

 (R)
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906 Herbert James Hagerman
Herbert James Hagerman
Herbert James Hagerman was an American attorney, was the Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1906 to 1907....

 (R)
1907 George Curry
George Curry (Governor of New Mexico Territory)
George Curry was a U.S. military officer and politician. He was born in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. During the Spanish American War he served in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders...

 (R)
1908
1909
1910 William J. Mills
William J. Mills
William Joseph Mills was an American jurist who served three terms as the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court and as the nineteenth and final Governor of New Mexico Territory.-Background:...

 (R)
1911
1912 William C. McDonald
William C. McDonald (governor)
William Calhoun McDonald was the first Governor of the State of New Mexico.McDonald moved to New Mexico Territory in 1880 and settled in Lincoln County, where he managed cattle ranches and became active in Democratic politics....

 (D)
Thomas B. Catron
Thomas B. Catron
Thomas Benton Catron was an American politician and lawyer who was influential in the establishment of the U.S. state of New Mexico. He later represented the state in the United States Senate.-Early life:...

 (R)
Albert B. Fall
Albert B. Fall
Albert Bacon Fall was a United States Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.-Early life and family:...

 (R)
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

 and Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson...

 (D)
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917 Ezequiel C. de Baca (D)
Washington E. Lindsey (R) Andrieus A. Jones
Andrieus A. Jones
Andrieus Aristieus Jones was a Democratic Party politician from New Mexico who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1917 until his death.-Biography:...

 (D)
1918
1919 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo
Octavio Ambrosio Larrazolo served as the fourth Governor of New Mexico and a United States Senator. He was the first United States Senator of Mexican-American heritage....

 (R)
1920 Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...

 and Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

 (R)
1921 Merritt C. Mechem
Merritt C. Mechem
Merritt Cramer Mechem was a territorial Supreme Court justice and fifth Governor of New Mexico.Mechem was born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas to Homer C. Mechem and Martha Mechem. He graduated from public school in Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and Ottawa University in Ottawa,...

 (R)
Holm O. Bursum
Holm O. Bursum
Holm Olaf Bursum was a politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico, whose activities were instrumental for gaining statehood under the Taft Administration and later served as United States Senator from New Mexico....

 (R)
1922
1923 James F. Hinkle
James F. Hinkle
James Fielding Hinkle was an American politician and the sixth Governor of New Mexico.- Early life :Hinkle was born in Franklin County, Missouri on October 20, 1864. He studied at the University of Missouri...

 (D)
1924 Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States . For his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served in the First World War, was U.S...

 (R)
1925 Arthur T. Hannett
Arthur T. Hannett
Arthur Thomas Hannett was an American politician who rose to become the seventh Governor of New Mexico....

 (D)
Sam G. Bratton
Sam G. Bratton
Sam Gilbert Bratton was a Democratic Party politician from the state of New Mexico who served in the United States Senate from 1925 until 1933....

 (D)
1926
1927 Richard C. Dillon
Richard C. Dillon
Richard Charles Dillon was an American politician and the eighth Governor of New Mexico. He held governor's office from January 1, 1927 to January 1, 1931.- Early life :...

 (R)
Bronson M. Cutting
Bronson M. Cutting
Bronson Murray Cutting was a United States Senator from New Mexico, publisher, and military attaché.-Biography:Bronson Cutting was born in Great River, Long Island, New York, on June 23, 1888 at his family's country seat of Westbrook. He was the third of four children born to William Bayard...

 (R)
1928
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo
Octavio Ambrosio Larrazolo served as the fourth Governor of New Mexico and a United States Senator. He was the first United States Senator of Mexican-American heritage....

 (R)
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...

 and Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...

 (R)
1929
Bronson M. Cutting (R)
1930
1931 Arthur Seligman
Arthur Seligman
Arthur Seligman was an American businessman and politician.Seligman was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, the son of Bernard and Frances Seligman. In 1887, Seligman graduated from the Southmore College Preparatory School in Pennsylvania, and from Pierce's College of Business in Philadelphia...

 (D)
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

 and John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner
John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...

 (D)
1933 Andrew W. Hockenhull
Andrew W. Hockenhull
Andrew W. Hockenhull was the tenth Governor of New Mexico.Hockenhull was born in rural Missouri. He attended Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar, Missouri, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri in 1897, and studied law at the University of Texas at Austin...

 (D)
Carl Hatch
Carl Hatch
Carl Atwood Hatch was a Democratic Party politician from New Mexico who represented the Land of Enchantment in the United States Senate from 1933 until 1949....

 (D)
1934
1935 Clyde Tingley
Clyde Tingley
Clyde K. Tingley was a U.S. politician who served as the 11th Governor of the State of New Mexico. He was a children's healthcare advocate.-Biography:...

 (D)
Dennis Chavez
Dennis Chavez
Dionisio "Dennis" Chavez was a Democratic politician from the U.S. State of New Mexico who served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962.-Early life:...

 (D)
1936
1937
1938
1939 John E. Miles
John E. Miles
John Easten Miles was a U.S. politician who served as the 12th Governor of the state of New Mexico.-Biography:...

 (D)
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A...

 (D)
1941
1942
1943 John J. Dempsey
John J. Dempsey
John Joseph Dempsey was a United States Representative from New Mexico who also served as the 13th Governor of New Mexico. He was born in White Haven, Pennsylvania where he attended grade school. Employed as a telegrapher, he held various positions with the Brooklyn Union Elevator Company...

 (D)
Cecilia T. Cleveland (D)
1944 Clyde P. McCulloh (D) Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

 (D)
1945
1946
1947 Thomas J. Mabry
Thomas J. Mabry
Thomas Jewett Mabry was a New Mexico politician and judge, who was Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and the 14th Governor of New Mexico ....

 (D)
Joseph Montoya
Joseph Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya was a Democratic U.S. Senator for the State of New Mexico from 1964 until 1977.-Education:...

 (D)
Alicia Valdéz Romero (D)
1948 Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....

 (D)
1949 Joe L. Martinez (D) Guy Shepard (D) Clinton P. Anderson
Clinton Presba Anderson
Clinton Presba Anderson was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from New Mexico , as the United States Secretary of Agriculture , and as a U.S. Senator from New Mexico .-Early life and career:Anderson was born in Centerville, South Dakota, on October 23, 1895...

 (D)
1950
1951 Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin Leard Mechem was a prominent Republican politician from New Mexico. He served as the 15th, 17th and 19th Governor of New Mexico and represented the state in the United States Senate...

 (R)
Tibo J. Chavéz (D) Beatrice Roach Gottlieb (D) Robert D. Castner (D)
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

 and Richard M. Nixon (R)
1953 Richard H. Robinson (D) E.S. Johnny Walker (D)
1954
1955 John F. Simms
John F. Simms
John Field Simms, Jr. was a U.S. politician and judge from the state of New Mexico. He was born in Albuquerque. He was appointed to serve on the New Mexico Supreme Court from 1929 to 1930. He was a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949...

 (D)
Joseph Montoya (D) Natalie Smith Buck (D) J.D. Hannah (D)
1956
1957 Edwin L. Mechem (R) Fred M. Standley (D) Ben Chavez (R) Murray E. Morgan (D)
1958 Vacant
1959 John Burroughs
John Burroughs (governor)
John Burroughs was a New Mexican businessman and the 18th Governor of New Mexico. Burroughs is remembered for honest government and introduction of the concept of a state Personnel Act to improve the quality of state workers and limit somewhat the effect of political patronage.Burroughs attended...

 (D)
Ed V. Mead (D) Betty Fiorina (D) Frank B. Zinn (D) Robert D. Castner (D) Joe Callaway (D)
1960 Hilton A. Dickson Jr. John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

 and Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

 (D)
1961 Edwin L. Mechem (R) Tom Bolack
Tom Bolack
Thomas Felix "Tom" Bolack was a New Mexico businessman and politician, who served as the 20th Governor of New Mexico for 32 days in 1962-63.Bolack was a self-educated oilman who learned geology from correspondence courses...

 (R)
Earl E. Hartley (D) E.S. Johnny Walker (D)
1962 Tom Bolack (R) Vacant
1963 Jack M. Campbell
Jack M. Campbell
John "Jack" M. Campbell was the 21st Governor of New Mexico, from January 1, 1963 until January 1, 1967.Campbell was born in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, and educated at Washburn University, where he received an undergraduate degree in 1938 and an LL.B degree in 1940.During World War II,...

 (D)
Mack Easley
Mack Easley
Mack Easley was an American politician and judge in New MexicoBorn in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, he moved to Hobbs, New Mexico in 1947, after graduating from the University of Oklahoma Law School...

 (D)
Alberta Miller (D) Alex J. Armijo (D) Joseph B. Grant (D) Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin L. Mechem
Edwin Leard Mechem was a prominent Republican politician from New Mexico. He served as the 15th, 17th and 19th Governor of New Mexico and represented the state in the United States Senate...

 (R)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...

 (D)
1965 Boston E. Witt (D) Guyton B. Hays (D) Joseph Montoya
Joseph Montoya
Joseph Manuel Montoya was a Democratic U.S. Senator for the State of New Mexico from 1964 until 1977.-Education:...

 (D)
1966
1967 David F. Cargo
David F. Cargo
David Francis Cargo the 22nd Governor of New Mexico, having served between 1967 and 1971.Cargo was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, the eldest of three children born to Francis and Mary Cargo...

 (R)
E. Lee Francis (R) Ernestine Duràn Evans (D) Harold G. Thompson (R) H.E. Thomas Jr. (R)
1968 Merrill B. Johns (R) Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...

 (R)
1969 James A. Maloney (D) Jesse D. Kornegay (D) Alex J. Armijo (D)
1970
1971 Bruce King
Bruce King
Bruce King was an American politician who served three terms as the governor of the state of New Mexico. He was a Democrat.King was born in 1924 in Stanley, New Mexico. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

 (D)
Roberto Mondragon
Roberto Mondragon
Roberto A. Mondragon is a New Mexico politician and activist. He was the Green Party candidate for Governor of New Mexico in 1994, receiving 10.4% of the vote , and coming third, behind winner Gary Johnson and incumbent Democrat Bruce King...

 (D)
Betty Fiorina (D) David L. Norvell
David L. Norvell
David Lee Norvell is a U.S. Democratic politician who served as Attorney General of New Mexico from 1971 to 1975. Norvell was born in Kansas City, Missouri and was raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 1955, he received a B.S. degree from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and a...

 (D)
Frank M. Olmstead (D)
1972
1973 Pete Domenici
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici is an American Republican politician, who served six terms as a United States Senator from New Mexico, from 1973 to 2009, the longest tenure in the state's history....

 (R)
1974
1975 Jerry Apodaca
Jerry Apodaca
Raymond S. "Jerry" Apodaca was the 24th Governor of New Mexico.Apodaca graduated from the University of New Mexico, and went into the insurance business. In 1965, he was elected to the New Mexico Senate, serving four terms from 1966 to 1974. Apodaca was elected governor of New Mexico as a Democrat...

 (D)
Robert Ferguson (D) Ernestine Durán Evans Toney Anaya
Toney Anaya
Toney Anaya is a U.S. Democratic politician who was born in Moriarty, New Mexico. He went to undergraduate school at Georgetown University and graduated with a law degree from American University's Washington College of Law in 1967...

 (D)
Max R. Sanchez (D) Edward M. Murphy (D) Phil R. Lucero (D)
1976 Gerald R. Ford and Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...

 (R)
1977 Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Schmitt
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt is an American geologist, a retired NASA astronaut, university professor, and a former U.S. senator from New Mexico....

 (R)
1978 Alvino E. Castillo (D)
1979 Bruce King (D) Roberto Mondragon (D) Shirley Hooper (D) Jeff Bingaman
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman, Jr. , is the senior U.S. Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party...

 (D)
Jan Alan Hartkey (D) Alex J. Armijo (D)
1980 Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 and George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...

 (R)
1981
1982
1983 Toney Anaya (D) Mike Runnels (D) Clara Padilla Jones (D) Paul Bardacke
Paul Bardacke
Paul Gregory Bardacke is the former Attorney General of New Mexico, having served from 1983-1986.Mr. Bardacke attended the University of California at Santa Barbara and University of California at Berkeley Paul Gregory Bardacke (born December 16, 1944) is the former Attorney General of...

 (D)
Albert Romero (D) Earl E. Hartley (D) Jim Baca
Jim Baca
Jim Baca is the current Natural Resource Trustee for the state of New Mexico. He has served twice as New Mexico State Land Commissioner , and Director at the Bureau of Land Management in the United States Department of the Interior . He also served one term as the Mayor of Albuquerque , losing his...

 (D)
Jeff Bingaman (D) 2R, 1D
1984
1985
1986 James B. Lewis (D)
1987 Garrey Carruthers
Garrey Carruthers
Garrey Edward Carruthers currently serves as Dean of the College of Business at New Mexico State University. Previously Carruthers served as Special Assistant to the U.S...

 (R)
Jack L. Stahl (R) Rebecca Vigil-Giron
Rebecca Vigil-Giron
Rebecca Vigil-Giron is an American politician, who served as a Democratic Secretary of State in New Mexico from 1987 to 1990, and from 1999 to 2006. She is the longest serving Secretary of State in New Mexico History.-Background:...

 (D)
Hal Stratton
Hal Stratton
Harold D. “Hal” Stratton, Jr. is an American lawyer currently practicing law with the Albuquerque office of the Denver based western regional law firm, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP...

 (R)
Harroll H. Adams (D) W.R. Humphries (R)
1988 George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle
Dan Quayle
James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....

 (R)
1989
1990
1991 Bruce King (D) Casey Luna (D) Stephanie Gonzales (D) Tom Udall
Tom Udall
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall is the junior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. He had represented as a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999. Udall was elected as the junior United States senator from New Mexico on November 4, 2008,...

 (D)
Robert Vigil
Robert Vigil
Robert Vigil is the former treasurer of the State of New Mexico indicted on 28 counts of extortion, money laundering and racketeering. He was found not guilty of all but one of these charges...

 (D)
David W. King (D) Jim Baca
Jim Baca
Jim Baca is the current Natural Resource Trustee for the state of New Mexico. He has served twice as New Mexico State Land Commissioner , and Director at the Bureau of Land Management in the United States Department of the Interior . He also served one term as the Mayor of Albuquerque , losing his...

 (D)
1992 Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 and Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 (D)
1993 Ray Powell (D)
1994
1995 Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson may refer to:*Gary Johnson , former Governor of New Mexico and candidate for President in 2012*Gary Johnson , American politician, Wisconsin State Assembly...

 (R)
Walter Bradley (R) Michael A. Montoya (D)
1996
1997
1998 1R, 1D
2R, 1D
1999 Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) Patricia A. Madrid
Patricia A. Madrid
Patricia A. Madrid is an American politician and the former Attorney General for the U.S. state of New Mexico. She is a member of the Democratic Party.-Political career:...

 (D)
Domingo Martinez (D)
2000 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...

 (D)
2001
2002
2003 Bill Richardson (D) Diane Denish
Diane Denish
Diane Daniels Denish is an American politician, who was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico. She was elected in 2002, running on the same ticket as Governor Bill Richardson, and was re-elected in 2006...

 (D)
Robert Vigil
Robert Vigil
Robert Vigil is the former treasurer of the State of New Mexico indicted on 28 counts of extortion, money laundering and racketeering. He was found not guilty of all but one of these charges...

 (D)
Patrick H. Lyons (R)
2004 George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 and Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....

 (R)
2005 Douglas Brown (R)
2006
2007 Mary Herrera
Mary Herrera
Mary Herrera is an American politician, who is the former New Mexico Secretary of State, being first elected in 2006 and leaving office in 2011 after being defeated in her re-election bid....

 (D)
Gary King
Gary King (politician)
Gary King is the Attorney General of New Mexico, first elected in 2006. His current term will end January 2011. His father, Bruce King, was a three-time Governor of New Mexico. His mother, Alice King, was a three-time First Lady of New Mexico.King attended New Mexico State University and obtained...

 (D)
Hector Balderas
Hector Balderas
Hector H. Balderas Jr. is an American attorney and politician who is currently serving as the New Mexico State Auditor . Balderas became the youngest statewide Hispanic elected official in the nation in 2006 when he won his first race for State Auditor at the age of 33...

 (D)
James B. Lewis (D)
2008 24D, 18R 42D, 28R Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 and Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...

 (D)
2009 27D, 15R 45D, 25R Tom Udall (D) 3D
2010
2011 Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez
Susana Martinez is the 31st and current governor of New Mexico.A Republican, Martinez is the first female governor of New Mexico, as well as the first female Hispanic governor in the United States. She was formerly the district attorney for the 3rd Judicial District of the U.S. state of New Mexico...

(R)
John Sanchez
John Sanchez
John A. Sanchez is an American politician and, as of January 1, 2011, the 31st Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico by winning the primary election on June 1, 2010, and the general election on November 2, 2010.-Biography:...

(R)
Dianna Duran
Dianna Duran
Dianna Duran is the current and 24th Secretary of State of New Mexico. A Republican, she is the first member of her party in 80 years to serve in the position....

(R)
Ray Powell (D) 36D, 33R, 1I 2D, 1R
YearGovernorLieutenant Governor
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico is an official in the state of New Mexico that ranks just below the Governor of New Mexico. The current lieutenant governor is John Sanchez.- Partial list of Lieutenant Governors of New Mexico :...

Secretary of State
Secretary of State of New Mexico
The Secretary of State of New Mexico is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of New Mexico.The current Secretary of State is Dianna Duran.-Organization:The Secretary of State's Office is composed of four divisions:...

Attorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerComm. of Pub. LandsState Senate
New Mexico Senate
The New Mexico Senate is the upper house of the New Mexico State Legislature. The Senate consists of 42 members, with each senator representing an equal amount of single-member constituent districts across the state. All senatorial districts are divided to contain a population on average of 43,300...

State House
New Mexico House of Representatives
The New Mexico House of Representatives is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature.There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico.The Speaker of the House is Ben Luján .-Composition:...

U.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. House|Electoral College votes
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

Executive offices|State Legislature
New Mexico Legislature
The New Mexico Legislature is the legislative branch of the state government of New Mexico. It is a bicameral body made up of the New Mexico House of Representatives and the New Mexico Senate....

|United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from New Mexico
These are tables of congressional delegations from New Mexico to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Passages:-Delegates from New Mexico Territory:-Members from The State of New Mexico:...


See also

  • Politics in New Mexico
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