Current delegation
New Mexico was admitted to the Union on January 6, 1912 and elects members of the United States Senate who belong to class 1 and class 2. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Martin Heinrich (since 2013) and Ben Ray Luján (since 2021). Pete Domenici was New Mexico's longest-serving senator (1973–2009).
List of senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Vacant | Jan 6, 1912 – Mar 27, 1912 |
New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912 but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. | 1 | 62nd | 1 | New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912 but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. | Jan 6, 1912 – Mar 27, 1912 |
Vacant | ||||
1 | Thomas B. Catron |
Republican | Mar 27, 1912 – Mar 3, 1917 |
Elected in 1912.Retired. | Elected in 1912. | Mar 27, 1912 – Mar 3, 1921 |
Republican | Albert B. Fall |
1 | |||
63rd | 2 | Elected in 1912 to next term, but Legislature invalided that election.Elected in 1913 to next term. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
2 | Andrieus A. Jones |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1917 – Dec 20, 1927 |
Elected in 1916. | 2 | 65th | ||||||
66th | 3 | Re-elected in 1918.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. | ||||||||||
67th | Mar 4, 1921 – Mar 11, 1921 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fall's term.Elected in 1921 to finish Fall's term.[1]Lost re-election. | Mar 11, 1921 – Mar 3, 1925 |
Republican | Holm O. Bursum |
2 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1922.Died. | 3 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | 4 | Elected in 1924. | Mar 4, 1925 – Jun 24, 1933 |
Democratic | Sam G. Bratton |
3 | ||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Dec 20, 1927 – Dec 29, 1927 |
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3 | Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | Dec 29, 1927 – Dec 6, 1928 |
Appointed to continue Jones's term.Retired when elected successor qualified. | ||||||||
4 | Octaviano Larrazolo |
Republican | Dec 7, 1928 – Mar 3, 1929 |
Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term.Retired due to illness. | ||||||||
5 | Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | Mar 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935 |
Elected in 1928. | 4 | 71st | ||||||
72nd | 5 | Re-elected in 1930.Resigned to become a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
Jun 24, 1933 – Oct 10, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Bratton's termElected in 1934 to finish Bratton's term. | Oct 10, 1933 – Jan 3, 1949 |
Democratic | Carl Hatch |
4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934.Died. | 5 | 74th | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 6, 1935 – May 11, 1935 |
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6 | Dennis Chávez |
Democratic | May 11, 1935 – Nov 18, 1962 |
Appointed to continue Cutting's term.Elected in 1936 to finish Cutting's term. | ||||||||
75th | 6 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 6 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | 7 | Re-elected in 1942.Retired. | ||||||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 7 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 8 | Elected in 1948. | Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 3, 1973 |
Democratic | Clinton Anderson |
5 | ||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 8 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | 9 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958.Died. | 9 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | 10 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
Vacant | Nov 18, 1962 – Nov 30, 1962 |
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7 | Edwin L. Mechem |
Republican | Nov 30, 1962 – Nov 3, 1964 |
Self-appointed to continue Chávez's term.Lost election to finish Chávez's term. | ||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
8 | Joseph Montoya |
Democratic | Nov 4, 1964 – Jan 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1964 to finish Chávez's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 10 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | 11 | Re-elected in 1966.Retired. | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970.Lost re-election. | 11 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 12 | Elected in 1972. | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 2009 |
Republican | Pete Domenici |
6 | ||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
9 | Harrison Schmitt |
Republican | Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1976.Lost re-election. | 12 | 95th | ||||||
96th | 13 | Re-elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
10 | Jeff Bingaman |
Democratic | Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1982. | 13 | 98th | ||||||
99th | 14 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. | 14 | 101st | ||||||||||
102nd | 15 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 15 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | 16 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 16 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | 17 | Re-elected in 2002.Retired. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006.Retired. | 17 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 18 | Elected in 2008. | Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2021 |
Democratic | Tom Udall |
7 | ||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
11 | Martin Heinrich |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 – present |
Elected in 2012. | 18 | 113th | ||||||
114th | 19 | Re-elected in 2014.Retired. | ||||||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 19 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 20 | Elected in 2020. | Jan 3, 2021 – present |
Democratic | Ben Ray Luján |
8 | ||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 20 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | 21 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
See also
Notes
References
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563 – via Google Books.
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