The Political Graveyard: New Mexico: U.S. Representatives

New Mexico: U.S. Representatives

U.S. Representatives from New Mexico, 1872-2008 (May be incomplete!)

At-Large: George Curry 1911-13 Harvey Butler Fergusson 1912-15 Benigno C. Hernández 1915-17 William Bell Walton 1917-19 Benigno C. Hernández 1919-21 Nestor Montoya 1921-23 John Morrow 1923-29 Albert G. Simms 1929-31 Dennis Chavez 1931-35 John J. Dempsey 1935-41 Clinton P. Anderson 1941-45 Antonio M. Fernandez 1943-56 Georgia Lusk 1947-49 John E. Miles 1949-51 John J. Dempsey 1951-58 Joseph M. Montoya 1957-64 Thomas Gayle Morris 1959-69 E. S. Johnny Walker 1965-69
1st District: Manuel Lujan, Jr. 1969-89 Steven Schiff 1989-98 Heather Wilson 1998-
2nd District: Ed Foreman 1969-71 Harold Lowell Runnels 1971-80 Joe R. Skeen 1981-2003 Steven Pearce 2003-
3rd District: Bill Richardson 1983-97 William Thomas Redmond 1997-99 Tom Udall 1999-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1872: José Manuel Gallegos, defeated.

1912: Nathan Jaffa, defeated.

1920 Nov 2: Nestor Montoya (Rep), elected; Antonio Lucero (Dem), defeated; A. J. McDonald (Farmer-Labor), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: John Morrow (Dem), elected; Adelina Otero-Warren (Rep), defeated.

1923: Nestor Montoya, died in office.

1930: Dennis Chavez, elected.

1940 Nov 5: Clinton P. Anderson (Dem), elected; Herman R. Crile (Rep), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: Clinton P. Anderson (Dem), elected; Antonio M. Fernandez (Dem), elected; William A. Sutherland (Rep), defeated; Reese P. Fullerton (Rep), defeated.

1957: Tom Felix Bolack (Rep), defeated.

1956 Nov 7: Antonio M. Fernandez, died in office.

1958 Mar 11: John J. Dempsey, died in office.

1968: E. S. Johnny Walker (Dem), defeated. Sterling F. Black, defeated for nomination.

1970 Nov 3: Manuel Lujan, Jr. (Rep), elected; Fabian Chavez, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1974: Robert A. Mondragon, defeated.

1970 Nov 3: Harold Lowell Runnels (Dem), elected; Ed Foreman (Rep), defeated.

1984 Nov 6: Manuel Lujan, Jr. (Rep), elected; Charles Ted Asbury (Dem), defeated; Stephen P. Curtis (Libertarian), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Manuel Lujan, Jr. (Rep), elected; Manny Garcia (Dem), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Steven Schiff (Rep), elected; Tom Udall (Dem), defeated; Allen M. Parkman (Libertarian), defeated.

1980: Joe R. Skeen, elected.

1980 Aug 5: Harold Lowell Runnels, died in office.

1984 Nov 6: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; Peter R. York (Dem), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; Michael Runnels (Dem), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected unopposed.

1982: Robert A. Mondragon (Dem), defeated in primary.

1984 Nov 6: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; Louis H. Gallegos (Rep), defeated; Shirley Machocky Jones (Libertarian), defeated.

1986 Nov 4: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; David F. Cargo (Rep), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; Cecilia M. Salazar (Rep), defeated.

1990: James B. Lewis (Dem), defeated in primary.

1990 Nov 6: Steven Schiff (Rep), elected; Rebecca Vigil-Giron (Dem), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Steven Schiff (Rep), elected; Robert J. Aragon (Dem), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Steven Schiff (Rep), elected; Peter L. Zollinger (Dem), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Steven Schiff (Rep), elected; John Wertheim (Dem), defeated; John A. Uhrich (Green), defeated; Betty Turrietta-Koury (Ind), defeated.

1998 Mar 25: Steven Schiff, died in office.

1998 Nov 3: Heather Wilson (Rep), elected; Phillip J. Maloof (Dem), defeated; Robert L. Anderson (Green), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected unopposed.

1992 Nov 3: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; Dan Sosa, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; Benjamin Anthony Chavez (Dem), defeated; Rex R. Johnson (Green), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; E. Shirley Baca (Dem), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; E. Shirley Baca (Dem), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; Phil T. Archuletta (Rep), defeated.

1992 Nov 3: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; F. Gregg Bemis, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Ed D. Nagel (Libertarian), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; F. Gregg Bemis, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Ed D. Nagel (Libertarian), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Bill Richardson (Dem), elected; William Thomas Redmond (Rep), defeated; Ed D. Nagel (Libertarian), defeated.

1997 May 13: William Thomas Redmond (Rep), elected; Eric P. Serna (Dem), defeated; Carol A. Miller (Green), defeated; Ed D. Nagel (Libertarian), defeated; Daniel J. Pearlman (Reform), defeated.

1998 Nov 3: Tom Udall (Dem), elected; William Thomas Redmond (Rep), defeated; Carol A. Miller (Green), defeated.

2000 Nov 7: Heather Wilson (Rep), elected; John J. Kelly (Dem), defeated; Daniel Kerlinsky (Green), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Heather Wilson (Rep), elected.

2000 Nov 7: Joe R. Skeen (Rep), elected; Michael A. Montoya (Dem), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Steven Pearce (Rep), elected.

2000 Nov 7: Tom Udall (Dem), elected; Lisa L. Lutz (Rep), defeated.

2002 Nov 5: Tom Udall (Dem), elected unopposed.

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