Political party strength in New Mexico
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico:
- Governor
- Lieutenant 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.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Republican (R), Whig (W), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Pub. Lands | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1846 | Charles Bent[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1847 | none[2] | ||||||||||||
| 1848 | |||||||||||||
| 1849 | |||||||||||||
| 1850 | |||||||||||||
| 1851 | James S. Calhoun (W)[1][3] | ||||||||||||
| 1852 | William Carr Lane (W)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1853 | David Meriwether (D)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1854 | |||||||||||||
| 1855 | |||||||||||||
| 1856 | |||||||||||||
| 1857 | Abraham Rencher (D)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1858 | |||||||||||||
| 1859 | |||||||||||||
| 1860 | |||||||||||||
| 1861 | Henry Connelly (R)[1][4] | ||||||||||||
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| 1866 | Robert Byington Mitchell (D)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1869 | William Anderson Pile (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1870 | |||||||||||||
| 1871 | Marsh Giddings (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1875 | Samuel Beach Axtell (R)[1][5] | ||||||||||||
| 1876 | |||||||||||||
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| 1878 | Lew Wallace (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1879 | |||||||||||||
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| 1881 | Lionel Allen Sheldon (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1885 | Edmund G. Ross (D)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1889 | L. Bradford Prince (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1893 | William Taylor Thornton (D)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1897 | Miguel Antonio Otero (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| 1906 | Herbert James Hagerman (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | George Curry (R)[1][6] | ||||||||||||
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| 1910 | William J. Mills (R)[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | |||||||||||||
| 1912 | William C. McDonald (D) | Thomas B. Catron (R) | Albert B. Fall (R) [7] | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||||||
| 1913 | |||||||||||||
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| 1917 | Ezequiel C. de Baca (D)[8] | ||||||||||||
| Washington E. Lindsey (R)[9] | Andrieus A. Jones (D) [10] | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||||||
| 1919 | Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | Merritt C. Mechem (R) | Holm O. Bursum (R) [11] | |||||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||||
| 1923 | James F. Hinkle (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1925 | Arthur T. Hannett (D) | Sam G. Bratton (D) [12] | |||||||||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||||
| 1927 | Richard C. Dillon (R) | Bronson M. Cutting (R) | |||||||||||
| 1928 | |||||||||||||
| Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (R) | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | |||||||||||||
| Bronson M. Cutting (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1930 | |||||||||||||
| 1931 | Arthur Seligman (D)[8] | ||||||||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | Andrew W. Hockenhull (D)[9] | Carl Hatch (D) [13] | |||||||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||
| 1935 | Clyde Tingley (D) | Dennis Chavez (D) | |||||||||||
| 1936 | |||||||||||||
| 1937 | |||||||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||||
| 1939 | John E. Miles (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | |||||||||||||
| 1942 | |||||||||||||
| 1943 | John J. Dempsey (D) | Cecilia T. Cleveland (D) | 2D | ||||||||||
| 1944 | Clyde P. McCulloh (D) [14] | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | |||||||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Thomas J. Mabry (D) | Joseph Montoya (D) | Alicia Valdéz Romero (D) | ||||||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | Joe L. Martinez (D) | Guy Shepard (D) | Clinton P. Anderson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1950 | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | Tibo J. Chavéz (D) | Beatrice Roach Gottlieb (D) | Robert D. Castner (D) | 46 D, 9 R[15] | ||||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | Richard H. Robinson (D) | E.S. Johnny Walker (D) | 28 R, 27 D[16] | ||||||||||
| 1954 | |||||||||||||
| 1955 | John F. Simms (D) | Joseph Montoya (D)[17] | Natalie Smith Buck (D) | J.D. Hannah (D) [18] | 51 D, 4 R[19] | ||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||||
| 1957 | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | Fred M. Standley (D) | Ben Chavez (R) [20] | Murray E. Morgan (D) | D Majority[21] | ||||||||
| 1958 | Vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | John Burroughs (D) | Ed V. Mead (D) | Betty Fiorina (D) | Frank B. Zinn (D) [22] | Robert D. Castner (D) | Joe Callaway (D) | |||||||
| 1960 | Hilton A. Dickson Jr.[23] | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1961 | Edwin L. Mechem (R)[24] | Tom Bolack (R) | Earl E. Hartley (D) | E.S. Johnny Walker (D) | |||||||||
| 1962 | Tom Bolack (R)[9] | Vacant | |||||||||||
| 1963 | Jack M. Campbell (D) | Mack Easley (D) [25] | Alberta Miller (D) | Alex J. Armijo (D) | Joseph B. Grant (D) | Edwin L. Mechem (R) | |||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | Boston E. Witt (D) | Guyton B. Hays (D) | Joseph Montoya (D) | ||||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | David F. Cargo (R) | E. Lee Francis (R) | Ernestine Duràn Evans (D) | Harold G. Thompson (R) | H.E. Thomas Jr. (R) [26] | ||||||||
| 1968 | Merrill B. Johns (R) [27] | Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | James A. Maloney (D) | Jesse D. Kornegay (D) | Alex J. Armijo (D) | 2R | |||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||||||
| 1971 | Bruce King (D) | Roberto Mondragon (D) | Betty Fiorina (D) | David L. Norvell (D) | Frank M. Olmstead (D) | 1R, 1D | |||||||
| 1972 | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | Pete Domenici (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | Jerry Apodaca (D) | Robert Ferguson (D) | Ernestine Durán Evans | Toney Anaya (D) | Max R. Sanchez (D) [28] | Edward M. Murphy (D) | Phil R. Lucero (D) | ||||||
| 1976 | Gerald R. Ford and Bob Dole (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | Harrison Schmitt (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | Alvino E. Castillo (D)[29] | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Bruce King (D) | Roberto Mondragon (D) | Shirley Hooper (D) | Jeff Bingaman (D) | Jan Alan Hartkey (D) | Alex J. Armijo (D) | |||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | 2R | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||
| 1983 | Toney Anaya (D) | Mike Runnels (D) | Clara Padilla Jones (D) | Paul Bardacke (D) | Albert Romero (D) | Earl E. Hartley (D) [30] | Jim Baca (D) | Jeff Bingaman (D) | 2R, 1D | ||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | James B. Lewis (D) [31] | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Garrey Carruthers (R) | Jack L. Stahl (R) | Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) | Hal Stratton (R) | Harroll H. Adams (D) | W.R. Humphries (R) | |||||||
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | |||||||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | Bruce King (D) | Casey Luna (D) | Stephanie Gonzales (D) | Tom Udall (D) | Robert Vigil (D) | David W. King (D) | Jim Baca (D) [32] | ||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Ray Powell (D) [33] | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | Gary Johnson (R) | Walter Bradley (R) | Michael A. Montoya (D) | ||||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | 1R, 1D[34] | ||||||||||||
| 2R, 1D | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D) | Patricia A. Madrid (D) | Domingo Martinez (D) | ||||||||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | 21 Coalition, 21D[35] | 42D, 28R | |||||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | Bill Richardson (D) | Diane Denish (D) | Robert Vigil (D) [36] | Patrick H. Lyons (R) | 24D, 18R | 43D, 27R | |||||||
| 2004 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Douglas Brown (R)[37] | 42D, 28R | |||||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Mary Herrera (D) | Gary King (D) | Hector Balderas (D) | James B. Lewis (D) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 23 Coalition, 19D[38] | 45D, 25R | Tom Udall (D) | 3D | |||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 2011 | Susana Martinez (R) | John Sanchez (R) | Dianna Duran (R) | Ray Powell (D) | 36D, 33R, 1I | 2D, 1R | |||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | 25D, 17R | 38D, 32R | Martin Heinrich (D) | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 37D, 33R | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Hector Balderas (D) | Tim Keller (D) | Tim Eichenberg (D) | Aubrey Dunn (R) | 24 D, 18 R[39] | 37 R, 33 D | |||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Pub. Lands | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Resigned, 1921
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Died in office.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ↑ Died in office, 1927
- ↑ Bursum was appointed on March 11, 1921 after Fall resigned to become Secretary of the Interior
- ↑ Resigned in 1933 to become a Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- ↑ Appointed to the Bratton vacancy in 1933 who had resigned to accept a Judicial Post
- ↑ McCulloh was appointed to the Chase vacancy by Governor Dempsey in 1944
- ↑ Democrats controlled the New Mexico House of Representatives during the 1951-1952 Legislature
- ↑ Republicans controlled the New Mexico House of Representatives during 1953-1954 Legislature
- ↑ Resigned in April 1957, after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
- ↑ Hannah died in the month of July 1957
- ↑ Democrats have controlled the New Mexico House of Representatives since 1955
- ↑ Chavez was appointed to the Hannah vacancy by Governor Mechem on August 12, 1957
- ↑ Democrats have controlled the New Mexico House of Representatives since 1955
- ↑ Resigned in 1959
- ↑ Appointed to the Zinn vacancy by Governor Burroughs in 1959
- ↑ 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 as a team since November 1964
- ↑ Resigned, December 19, 1967
- ↑ Appointed by Governor Gargo in January 1978
- ↑ Resigned, April 11, 1978
- ↑ Appointed to the Sanchez vacancy by Governor Apodaca in April 1978
- ↑ Resigned, November 1985
- ↑ Lewis was appointed on December 12, 1985 by Governor Anaya
- ↑ Resigned, May 19, 1993 to become U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director
- ↑ Appointed to the Baca vacancy by Bruce King on May 13, 1993
- ↑ Republican Steven Schiff died March 25, 1998.
- ↑ Coalition of 3 Democrats and 18 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority. The Lieutenant Governor broke the tie.
- ↑ Resigned, October 26, 2005
- ↑ Appointed by Governor Richardson on November 7, 2005.
- ↑ Coalition of 8 Democrats and 15 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority
- ↑ 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.