Political party strength in New Mexico
Political party strength in New Mexico has been divided between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
Since the 2008 presidential election the state has been considered a safe blue state.[1]
Contents
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)
Statehood (1911–present)
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, 24R, 1I[ac] | Ben Ray Luján (D) | 2D, 1R | |||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||
2023 | Raúl Torrez (D) | Joseph Maestas (D) | Laura Montoya (D) | 45D, 25R | 3D | ||||||||
2024 | Harris/ Walz (D) | ||||||||||||
2025 | 26D, 16R | 44D, 26R |
- ^ 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]
- ^ Elected independent Brittney Barreras switched to the Democratic party before the legislative session began. Republican Phelps Anderson became an independent in February 2021.
See also
References
- ^ "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.