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New Mexico: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from New Mexico, 1912-2018 (May be incomplete!)
Thomas B. Catron 1912-17 Albert B. Fall 1912-21 Andrieus A. Jones 1917-27 Holm O. Bursum 1921-25 Sam G. Bratton 1925-33 Bronson M. Cutting 1927-28 Octaviano A. Larrazolo 1928-29 Bronson M. Cutting 1929-35 Carl A. Hatch 1933-49 Dennis Chavez 1936-62 Clinton P. Anderson 1949-73 Edwin L. Mechem 1962-64 Joseph M. Montoya 1964-77 Pete V. Domenici 1973- Harrison Schmitt 1977-83 Jeff Bingaman 1983- Tom Udall 2009- Martin Heinrich 2013-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1916 Nov 7: Andrieus A. Jones (Dem), elected; Frank A. Hubbell (Rep), defeated; W. P. Metcalf (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1918 Nov 5: Albert B. Fall (Rep), elected; William Bell Walton (Dem), defeated; W. P. Metcalf (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1921 Sep 20: Holm O. Bursum (Rep), elected; R. H. Hanna (Dem), defeated; A. A. Sena (Ind), defeated; T. S. Smith (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1922 Nov 7: Andrieus A. Jones (Dem), elected; Stephen B. Davis, Jr. (Rep), defeated; T. C. Rivera (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Sam G. Bratton (Dem), elected; Holm O. Bursum (Rep), defeated; A. C. Voorhees (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1927 Dec 20: Andrieus A. Jones, died in office.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Bronson M. Cutting (Rep), elected; Jethro S. Vaught (Dem), defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Octaviano A. Larrazolo (Rep), elected; Juan N. Vigil (Dem), defeated.
  • 1930 Nov 4: Sam G. Bratton (Dem), elected; Herbert B. Holt (Rep), defeated; R. B. Cochran (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Bronson M. Cutting (Rep), elected; Dennis Chavez (Dem), defeated; W. C. Thorp (Socialist), defeated; Alphonso Ray (Communist), defeated.
  • 1934 Nov 6: Carl A. Hatch (Dem), elected; Richard C. Dillon (Rep), defeated; T. N. Hotchinson (Socialist), defeated; C. G. Plaster (Communist), defeated.
  • 1935 May 6: Bronson M. Cutting, died in office.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Carl A. Hatch (Dem), elected; Ernest W. Everly (Rep), defeated; W. C. Thorp (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Dennis Chavez (Dem), elected; M. A. Otero, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Santiago E. Matta (Farmer-Labor), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Dennis Chavez (Dem), elected; Albert K. Mitchell (Rep), defeated.
  • 1942 Nov 3: Carl A. Hatch (Dem), elected; J. Benson Newell (Rep), defeated.
  • 1946: Patrick J. Hurley (Rep), defeated.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Clinton P. Anderson (Dem), elected; Patrick J. Hurley (Rep), defeated.
  • 1962 Nov 18: Dennis Chavez, died in office.
  • 1964 Nov 3: Joseph M. Montoya (Dem), elected; Edwin L. Mechem (Rep), defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Clinton P. Anderson (Dem), elected; Anderson Carter (Rep), defeated.
  • 1970: David F. Cargo (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1970 Nov 3: Joseph M. Montoya (Dem), elected; Anderson Carter (Rep), defeated.
  • 1972: Robert A. Mondragon (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1972: David F. Cargo (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1972 Jun 6: David L. Norvell (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1972 Nov 7: Pete V. Domenici (Rep), elected; Jack Daniels (Dem), defeated.
  • 1976 Nov 2: Harrison Schmitt (Rep), elected; Joseph M. Montoya (Dem), defeated; Ernesto B. Borunda (La Raza Unida), defeated; Malcolm Dillon (American), defeated.
  • 1978 Nov 7: Pete V. Domenici (Rep), elected; Toney Anaya (Dem), defeated.
  • 1982 Nov 2: Jeff Bingaman (Dem), elected; Harrison Schmitt (Rep), defeated.
  • 1984 Nov 6: Pete V. Domenici (Rep), elected; Judith A. Pratt (Dem), defeated.
  • 1988 Nov 8: Jeff Bingaman (Dem), elected; William Valentine (Rep), defeated.
  • 1990 Nov 6: Pete V. Domenici (Rep), elected; Tom R. Benavides (Dem), defeated; Orlin G. Cole, defeated; Gerald P. Chapman, defeated.
  • 1994 Nov 8: Jeff Bingaman (Dem), elected; Colin R. McMillan (Rep), defeated.
  • 1996 Nov 5: Pete V. Domenici (Rep), elected; Art Trujillo (Dem), defeated; Abraham J. Gutmann (Green), defeated; Bruce M. Bush (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2000: Steve Pearce (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2000 Nov 7: Jeff Bingaman (Dem), elected; William Thomas Redmond (Rep), defeated; Orlin G. Cole, defeated.
  • 2002 Nov 5: Pete V. Domenici (Rep), elected; Gloria Tristani (Dem), defeated.
  • 2008: Heather Wilson (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2008: Steve Pearce (Rep), defeated.
  • 2018 Nov 6: Gary E. Johnson (Libertarian), defeated.
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