Political party strength in New Mexico
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Political party strength in New Mexico has been diveded between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Since the 2008 presidential election the state has been considered a safe blue state.[1]
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[edit]The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
- governor
- Secretary of state
- Attorney general
- State auditor
- State treasurer
- Commissioner of public lands
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Pre-statehood (1846–1911)
[edit]Statehood (1911–present)
[edit]Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
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Governor | Lieutenant Governor |
Secretary of State |
Attorney General |
Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Pub. Lands |
Senate | House | Senator (Class I) |
Senator (Class II) |
House | ||
1912 | William C. McDonald (D) | Ezequiel C. De Baca (D) | Antonio J. Lucero (D) | Frank C. Clancy (R) | William G. Sargent (R) | Owen N. Marron (D) | Robert P. Ervien (R)[h] | 16R, 7D, 1Prog | 30R, 16D, 3Prog | Thomas B. Catron (R) | Albert B. Fall (R)[i] | 1R, 1D | Wilson/ Marshall (D) |
1913 | Harvey Butler Fergusson (D) | ||||||||||||
1914 | |||||||||||||
1915 | 33R, 14D, 2Prog | Benigno C. Hernández (R) | |||||||||||
1916 | |||||||||||||
1917 | Ezequiel C. De Baca (D)[h] | Washington E. Lindsey (R) | Manuel Martínez (R) | Harry L. Patton (D) | H. L. Hall (D) | 14R, 10D | 30R, 19D | William B. Walton (D) | |||||
Washington E. Lindsey (R)[j] | vacant | Fred Muller (R)[k] | Andrieus A. Jones (D)[h] | ||||||||||
1918 | |||||||||||||
1919 | Octavio Larrazolo (R) | Benjamin F. Pankey (R) | Oscar O. Askren (D) | Edward G. Sargent (R) | Charles U. Strong (R)[l] | Nelson A. Field (R) | 14R, 10D | 30R, 19D | Benigno C. Hernández (R) | ||||
1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | ||||||||||||
1921 | Merritt C. Mechem (R) | William H. Duckworth (R) | Harry S. Bowman (D) | Edward L. Safford (R) | Holm O. Bursum (R)[k] | Néstor Montoya (R) | |||||||
1922 | O. A. Matson (R)[k] | ||||||||||||
1923 | James F. Hinkle (D) | José A. Baca (D) | Soledad Chacón (D) | Milton J. Helmick (D) | Juan N. Vigil (D) | John W. Corbin (D) | Justiniano Baca (D)[h] | 33D, 16R | John Morrow (D) | ||||
Warren R. Graham Sr. (D)[k] | |||||||||||||
1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | ||||||||||||
1925 | Arthur T. Hannett (D) | Edward G. Sargent (R) | John W. Armstrong (D)[h] | Edwin B. Swope (D)[k] | 13R, 11D | 28D, 21R | Sam G. Bratton (D)[m] | ||||||
1926 | Fred E. Wilson (D)[k] | ||||||||||||
1927 | Richard C. Dillon (R) | Jennie Fortune (D) | Robert C. Dow (D) | Miguel A. Otero III (R) | Benjamin F. Pankey (R)[h] | 28D, 21R | |||||||
Bronson M. Cutting (R)[k] | |||||||||||||
1928 | |||||||||||||
Octavio Larrazolo (R) | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | ||||||||||||
1929 | Hugh B. Woodward (R) | E. A. Perrault (R) | Miguel A. Otero III (R) | Victoriano Ulibarrí (R) | Emerson Watts (R) | 18R, 6D | 37R, 12D | Albert G. Simms (R) | |||||
vacant | Austin D. Crile (R)[k] | Bronson M. Cutting (R)[h] | |||||||||||
1930 | |||||||||||||
1931 | Arthur Seligman (D)[h] | Andrew W. Hockenhull (D) | Marguerite P. Baca (D) | Ernest K. Neumann (D) | Arsenio Velarde (D) | Warren R. Graham Sr. (D)[h] | James F. Hinkle (D) | 16R, 8D | 28D, 21R | Dennis Chávez (D) | |||
1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
1933 | Clinton Anderson (D)[k] | Frank Vesely (D) | 20D, 4R | 41D, 8R | |||||||||
Andrew W. Hockenhull (D)[j] | vacant | Carl Hatch (D)[k] | |||||||||||
1934 | 42D, 7R | ||||||||||||
1935 | Clyde Tingley (D) | Louis Cabeza de Baca (D) | Elizabeth F. Gonzales (D) | Frank H. Patton (D) | José O. García (D) | James J. Connelly (D) | 18D, 6R | 37D, 12R | John J. Dempsey (D) | ||||
Dennis Chávez (D)[k][h] | |||||||||||||
1936 | |||||||||||||
1937 | Hiram M. Dow (D) | Frank Worden (D) | 23D, 1R | 47D, 2R | |||||||||
1938 | |||||||||||||
1939 | John E. Miles (D) | James Murray Sr. (D) | Jessie M. Gonzales (D) | Filo Sedillo (D) | E. D. Trujillo (D) | Rex French (D) | 42D, 7R | ||||||
1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | ||||||||||||
1941 | Ceferino Quintana (D) | Edward P. Chase (D)[l] | H. R. Rodgers (D) | 21D, 3R | 40D, 9R | Clinton Anderson (D) | |||||||
1942 | |||||||||||||
1943 | John J. Dempsey (D) | James B. Jones (D) | Cecilia T. Cleveland (D) | J. D. Hannah (D) | Guy Shepard (D) | 33D, 16R | 2D | ||||||
1944 | Clyde P. McCulloh (D)[k] | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | |||||||||||
1945 | John E. Miles (D) | 18D, 6R | 30D, 19R | ||||||||||
1946 | |||||||||||||
1947 | Thomas J. Mabry (D) | Joseph Montoya (D) | Alicia Valdéz Romero (D) | E. D. Trujillo (D) | H. R. Rodgers (D) | ||||||||
1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D) | ||||||||||||
1949 | Joe L. Martinez (D) | Guy Shepard (D) | 19D, 5R | 36D, 13R | Clinton Anderson (D) | ||||||||
1950 | |||||||||||||
1951 | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | Tibo J. Chávez (D) | Beatrice Roach Gottlieb (D) | Robert D. Castner (D) | R. H. Grissom (D) | 18D, 6R | 46D, 9R | ||||||
1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
1953 | Richard H. Robinson (D) | E. S. Johnny Walker (D) | 22D, 9R | 28R, 27D | |||||||||
1954 | |||||||||||||
1955 | John F. Simms (D) | Joseph Montoya (D)[n] | Natalie Smith Buck (D) | J. D. Hannah (D)[h] | Joseph B. Grant (D) | 23D, 9R | 51D, 4R | ||||||
1956 | |||||||||||||
1957 | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | Fred M. Standley (D) | Ben Chavez (R)[k] | Murray E. Morgan (D) | 24D, 8R | 43D, 23R | |||||||
1958 | vacant | ||||||||||||
1959 | John Burroughs (D) | Ed V. Mead (D) | Betty Fiorina (D) | Frank B. Zinn (D)[l] | Robert D. Castner (D) | Joe Callaway (D) | 60D, 6R | ||||||
1960 | Hilton A. Dickson Jr. (D)[k] | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
1961 | Edwin L. Mechem (R)[o] | Tom Bolack (R) | Earl E. Hartley (D) | E. S. Johnny Walker (D) | 28D, 4R | 59D, 7R | |||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||
Tom Bolack (R)[j] | vacant | Edwin L. Mechem (R)[k] | |||||||||||
1963 | Jack M. Campbell (D) | Mack Easley (D)[p] | Alberta Miller (D) | Alex J. Armijo (D) | Joseph B. Grant (D) | 55D, 11R | |||||||
1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||||
1965 | Boston E. Witt (D) | Guyton B. Hays (D) | 59D, 18R | Joseph Montoya (D) | |||||||||
1966 | |||||||||||||
1967 | David Cargo (R) | Lee Francis (R) | Ernestine D. Evans (D) | Harold G. Thompson (R) | H. E. Thomas Jr. (R)[l] | 25D, 17R | 45D, 25R | ||||||
1968 | Merrill B. Johns (R)[k] | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | |||||||||||
1969 | James A. Maloney (D) | Jesse D. Kornegay (D) | Alex J. Armijo (D) | 44D, 26R | 2R | ||||||||
1970 | |||||||||||||
1971 | Bruce King (D) | Roberto Mondragón (D) | Betty Fiorina (D) | David L. Norvell (D) | Frank Olmstead (D) | 28D, 14R | 48D, 22R | 1R, 1D | |||||
1972 | |||||||||||||
1973 | 30D, 12R | 51D, 19R | Pete Domenici (R) | ||||||||||
1974 | 50D, 20R | ||||||||||||
1975 | Jerry Apodaca (D) | Robert E. Ferguson (D) | Ernestine D. Evans (D) | Toney Anaya (D) | Max R. Sanchez (D)[l] | Edward M. Murphy (D) | Phil R. Lucero (D) | 29D, 13R | 51D, 19R | ||||
1976 | 30D, 12R | Ford/ Dole (R) | |||||||||||
1977 | 33D, 9R | 48D, 22R | Harrison Schmitt (R) | ||||||||||
1978 | Alvino E. Castillo (D)[k] | ||||||||||||
1979 | Bruce King (D) | Roberto Mondragón (D) | Shirley Hooper (D) | Jeff Bingaman (D) | Jan Alan Hartkey (D) | Alex J. Armijo (D) | 41D, 29R[q] | ||||||
1980 | 32D, 10R | Reagan/ Bush (R) | |||||||||||
1981 | 22D, 20R | 41D, 29R[r] | 2R | ||||||||||
1982 | 23D, 19R | ||||||||||||
1983 | Toney Anaya (D) | Mike Runnels (D) | Clara Padilla Jones (D) | Paul Bardacke (D) | Albert Romero (D) | Earl E. Hartley (D)[l] | Jim Baca (D) | 46D, 24R | Jeff Bingaman (D) | 2R, 1D | |||
1984 | 47D, 23R | ||||||||||||
1985 | 21D, 21R[s] | 43D, 27R[t] | |||||||||||
1986 | James B. Lewis (D)[k] | 22R, 20D[u] | |||||||||||
22R, 20D[v] | |||||||||||||
1987 | Garrey Carruthers (R) | Jack L. Stahl (R) | Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) | Hal Stratton (R) | Harroll H. Adams (D) | W. R. Humphries (R) | 21D, 21R[w] | 47D, 23R | |||||
1988 | 21D, 21R[x] | 46D, 24R | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||
1989 | 26D, 16R | 45D, 25R | |||||||||||
1990 | 25D, 17R | ||||||||||||
1991 | Bruce King (D) | Casey Luna (D) | Stephanie Gonzales (D) | Tom Udall (D) | Robert E. Vigil (D) | David W. King (D) | Jim Baca (D)[y] | 26D, 16R | 49D, 21R | ||||
1992 | Clinton/ Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
1993 | Ray Powell (D)[k] | 27D, 15R | 53D, 17R | ||||||||||
1994 | |||||||||||||
1995 | Gary Johnson (R) | Walter Dwight Bradley (R) | Michael A. Montoya (D) | 46D, 24R | |||||||||
1996 | |||||||||||||
1997 | 25D, 17R | 42D, 28R | |||||||||||
3R[z] | |||||||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||||
1999 | Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) | Patricia A. Madrid (D) | Domingo Martinez (D) | 40D, 30R | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
2000 | Gore/ Lieberman (D) | ||||||||||||
2001 | 24D, 18R[aa] | 42D, 28R | |||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||||
2003 | Bill Richardson (D) | Diane Denish (D) | Robert E. Vigil (D)[l] | Patrick H. Lyons (R) | 24D, 18R | 43D, 27R | |||||||
2004 | Bush/ Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
2005 | Douglas M. Brown (R)[k] | 42D, 28R | |||||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||||
2007 | Mary Herrera (D) | Gary King (D) | Hector Balderas (D) | James B. Lewis (D) | |||||||||
2008 | Obama/ Biden (D) | ||||||||||||
2009 | 27D, 15R | 45D, 25R | Tom Udall (D) | 3D | |||||||||
2010 | |||||||||||||
2011 | Susana Martinez (R) | John Sanchez (R) | Dianna Duran (R)[l] | Ray Powell (D) | 36D, 34R | 2D, 1R | |||||||
2012 | |||||||||||||
2013 | 25D, 17R | 38D, 32R | Martin Heinrich (D) | ||||||||||
2014 | 37D, 33R | ||||||||||||
2015 | Hector Balderas (D) | Tim Keller (D)[l] | Tim Eichenberg (D) | Aubrey Dunn Jr. (R) | 24D, 18R[ab] | 37R, 33D | |||||||
2016 | Brad Winter (R)[k] | Clinton/ Kaine (D) | |||||||||||
2017 | Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) | 26D, 16R | 38D, 32R | ||||||||||
2018 | Wayne Johnson (R)[k] | Aubrey Dunn Jr. (L) | |||||||||||
2019 | Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) | Howie Morales (D) | Brian Colón (D) | Stephanie Garcia Richard (D) |
46D, 24R | 3D | |||||||
2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) | ||||||||||||
2021 | 27D, 15R | 45D, 25R | Ben Ray Luján (D) | 2D, 1R | |||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||
2023 | Raúl Torrez (D) | Joseph Maestas (D) | Laura Montoya (D) | 3D | |||||||||
2024 | Harris/ Walz (D) |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Governor of New Mexico Territory.
- ^ Stephen W. Kearny declared New Mexico a territory in 1846 and installed Charles Bent as governor. Congress revoked Kearny's declaration in 1847, and thus New Mexico had no governor from 1847 until 1851.
- ^ Resigned in 1852 to return to his native state of Georgia
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Delegate from New Mexico Territory.
- ^ The territory broke into two and then three during Connelly's tenure due to the American Civil War and administrative problems.
- ^ Suspended by the United States Secretary of the Interior for misconduct in 1878.
- ^ Resigned in 1910 to become a framer in the New Mexico Constitutional Convention.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Died in office.
- ^ Resigned on March 4, 1921 to take office as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
- ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Initially appointed to fill vacancy.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Resigned.
- ^ Resigned on June 24, 1933 to take seat as judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
- ^ Resigned in April 1957, after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- ^ Resigned in order to be appointed to the United States Senate by his successor.
- ^ The Governor and Lt. Governor of a given political party have been elected on the same ticket since November 1964.
- ^ A coalition of 11 Democrats and 26 Republicans controlled the House Majority and elected a Democratic Speaker.
- ^ A coalition of 10 Democrats and 27 Republicans controlled the House Majority and elected a Democratic Speaker.
- ^ A coalition of 3 Democrats and 21 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority.[2]
- ^ A coalition of 10 Democrats and 26 Republicans controlled the House Majority and elected a Democratic Speaker.[2]
- ^ A Democrat switched parties to become a Republican.
- ^ A coalition of 19 Democrats and 4 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority during a special session in September 1986.
- ^ A coalition of 21 Democrats and 3 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority.
- ^ A coalition of 5 Democrats and 18 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority.
- ^ Resigned May 19, 1993 to become director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
- ^ Democrat Bill Richardson resigned on February 13, 1997. Republican Bill Redmond elected to replace him on May 13, 1997.
- ^ A coalition of 3 Democrats and 18 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority. The Lieutenant Governor broke the tie.
- ^ Sen. Phil Griego (D-39) resigned on March 14 over a scandal involving state building sale. A Republican, Ted Barela, was appointed to replace him on April 3.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Urbanization, Latinos and a far-right GOP. How New Mexico went from battleground to blue". Los Angeles Times. 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ a b Hillinger, Charles (9 May 1985). "1st Latino Governor of New Mexico on the Go Controversial Policies Have Created Friends, Enemies Among Electorate". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Boyd, Dan. "Governor picks Republican Barela for Griego's senate seat". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2021-06-17.