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).
Class 1 |
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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. |
Elected in 1912. | Mar 27, 1912 – Mar 3, 1921 |
Republican | ![]() Albert B. Fall |
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63rd | 2 | Elected in 1912 to next term, but Legislature invalided that election. | ||||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() Andrieus A. Jones |
Democratic | Mar 4, 1917 – Dec 20, 1927 |
Elected in 1916. | 2 | 65th | ||||||
66th | 3 | Re-elected in 1918. | ||||||||||
67th | Mar 4, 1921 – Mar 11, 1921 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Appointed to continue Fall's term. |
Mar 11, 1921 – Mar 3, 1925 |
Republican | ![]() Holm O. Bursum |
2 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. |
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. | ||||||||
4 | ![]() Octaviano Larrazolo |
Republican | Dec 7, 1928 – Mar 3, 1929 |
Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term. | ||||||||
5 | ![]() Bronson M. Cutting |
Republican | Mar 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935 |
Elected in 1928. | 4 | 71st | ||||||
72nd | 5 | Re-elected in 1930. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
Jun 24, 1933 – Oct 10, 1933 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Bratton's term |
Oct 10, 1933 – Jan 3, 1949 |
Democratic | ![]() Carl Hatch |
4 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1934. |
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. | ||||||||
75th | 6 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 6 | 77th | ||||||||||
78th | 7 | Re-elected in 1942. | ||||||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 7 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 8 | Elected in 1948. | Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 3, 1973 |
Democratic | ![]() Clinton Anderson |
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82nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 8 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | 9 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. |
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. | ||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. |
11 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 12 | Elected in 1972. | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 2009 |
Republican | ![]() Pete Domenici |
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94th | ||||||||||||
9 | ![]() Harrison Schmitt |
Republican | Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1976. |
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. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. |
17 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 18 | Elected in 2008. | Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2021 |
Democratic | ![]() Tom Udall |
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112th | ||||||||||||
11 | ![]() Martin Heinrich |
Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 – present |
Elected in 2012. | 18 | 113th | ||||||
114th | 19 | Re-elected in 2014. | ||||||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 19 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 20 | Elected in 2020. | Jan 3, 2021 – present |
Democratic | ![]() Ben Ray Luján |
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118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 20 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | 21 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
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Representatives (ordered by district) |
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