Clinton Harden

{{Short description|American politician (born 1947)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Clinton Harden

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| state_senate = New Mexico

| district = 7th

| term_start = 2003

| term_end = 2012

| predecessor = Patrick Lyons

| successor = Pat Woods

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| birth_name = Clinton Dewey Harden, Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 12, 1947}}

| birth_place = Belen, New Mexico, U.S.

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| party = Republican

| spouse = {{marriage|Kathrine Hope Rexroat|1968}}

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| residence = Clovis, New Mexico, U.S.

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| occupation = business administrator

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Clinton Dewey Harden, Jr. (born April 12, 1947){{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/sessions/03%20Special/other/LegislatorsCommaDelimitedforMerging.TXT |title=Legislators |publisher=New Mexico Legislature |year=2003}} is an American former politician. He was a Republican member of the New Mexico Senate from 2002 to 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislator_details_archive.aspx?SponsorCode=SHARD |title=Senator Clinton D. Harden, Jr. - (R) |publisher=New Mexico Legislature}} An alumnus of the United States Naval Academy and the University of Utah, he is a business administrator.{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/43538 |title=Clinton Harden, Jr. - Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2839258/|title = Clovis News-Journal from Clovis, New Mexico on September 15, 1968 · Page 21| date=September 15, 1968 }}

Harden played college football for the Utah Utes and Navy Midshipmen.{{cite news |last1=Simonich |first1=Milan |title=Why I'm giving up football after a lifetime as a Steelers fan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-times-why-im-giving-up-football-a/135883757/ |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Farmington Daily Times |date=25 August 2013 |page=T3}}

Prior to serving in the New Mexico Senate, Harden served as the state's Secretary of Labor under Governor Gary Johnson. He chose not to run for reelection to the state senate following the end of his term in 2012.{{cite news |title=State Senator Harden Intends to Step Down |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-state-senator-harden/135884234/ |access-date=27 November 2023 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=19 February 2012 |page=13}}