Political party strength in New Mexico

{{Short description|Politics in the US state of 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.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-23 |title=Urbanization, Latinos and a far-right GOP. How New Mexico went from battleground to blue |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-23/how-democrats-won-the-west-and-reshaped-presidential-politics-new-mexico |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

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)

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!rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Year!! colspan=5 |Executive offices!!colspan=2|Territorial Legislature

!United States Congress

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! class=unsortable |Governor!! class=unsortable |Secretary of Terr.!! class=unsortable |Auditor!! class=unsortable |Treasurer!! class=unsortable |Comm. of Pub. Lands!! class=unsortable |Senate!! class=unsortable |House!! class=unsortable |Delegate

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!1846

|Charles Bent{{efn|name=terrgov|Governor of New Mexico Territory.}}

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!1847

| rowspan=3 |none{{efn|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.}}

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!...

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!1850

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!1851

|{{Party shading/Whig}}|James Calhoun (W){{efn|name=terrgov}}{{efn|Resigned in 1852 to return to his native state of Georgia}}

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Richard Hanson Weightman (D){{efn|name=delegate|Delegate from New Mexico Territory.}}

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!1852

|{{Party shading/Whig}}|William Carr Lane (W){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1853

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|David Meriwether (D){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|José Manuel Gallegos (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1854

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!1855

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!1856

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| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Miguel Antonio Otero (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1857

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Abraham Rencher (D){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!...

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!1860

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!1861

|rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Henry Connelly (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}{{efn|The territory broke into two and then three during Connelly's tenure due to the American Civil War and administrative problems.}}

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John Sebrie Watts (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1862

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!1863

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Francisco Perea (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1864

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!1865

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|José Francisco Chaves (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1866

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Robert Byington Mitchell (D){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1867

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Charles P. Clever (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1868

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!1869

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|William A. Pile (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|José Francisco Chaves (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1870

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!1871

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Marsh Giddings (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|José Manuel Gallegos (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1872

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!1873

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|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Stephen B. Elkins (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1874

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!1875

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Samuel Beach Axtell (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}{{efn|Suspended by the United States Secretary of the Interior for misconduct in 1878.}}

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!1876

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!1877

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Trinidad Romero (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1878

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Lew Wallace (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1879

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Mariano S. Otero (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1880

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!1881

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Lionel Allen Sheldon (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Tranquilino Luna (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1882

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!1883

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Francisco Antonio Manzanares (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1884

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!1885

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edmund G. Ross (D){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Antonio Joseph (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1888

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!1889

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |L. Bradford Prince (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1892

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!1893

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Taylor Thornton (D){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1894

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!1895

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| rowspan=4 |Marcelino Garcia

| rowspan=6 |Samuel Eldodt

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Thomas B. Catron (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1896

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!1897

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Miguel Antonio Otero (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

| rowspan=4 |George H. Wallace

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Harvey Butler Fergusson (D){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1898

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!1899

| rowspan=2 |Luis M. Ortiz

| rowspan=8 |Alpheus Keen

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|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Pedro Perea (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1900

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!1901

| rowspan=5 |James W. Raynolds

|William G. Sargent

| rowspan=5 |John H. Vaughan

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| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bernard Shandon Rodey (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!...

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!1904

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!1905

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|rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}}|William Henry Andrews (R){{efn|name=delegate}}

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!1906

|{{Party shading/Republican}}|Herbert James Hagerman (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1907

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}}|George Curry (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}{{efn|Resigned in 1910 to become a framer in the New Mexico Constitutional Convention.}}

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!1908

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!1909

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!1910

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|William J. Mills (R){{efn|name=terrgov}}

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!1911

Statehood (1911–present)

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! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Year!! colspan=7 |Executive offices!! colspan=2 |State Legislature!! colspan=3 |United States Congress!! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Electoral votes

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! class=unsortable |Governor!! class=unsortable |Lieutenant
Governor
!! class=unsortable |Secretary
of State
!! class=unsortable |Attorney
General
!! class=unsortable |Auditor!! class=unsortable |Treasurer!! class=unsortable |Comm. of
Pub. Lands
!! class=unsortable |Senate!! class=unsortable |House!! class=unsortable |Senator
(Class I)
!! class=unsortable |Senator
(Class II)
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!1912

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William C. McDonald (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ezequiel C. De Baca (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Antonio J. Lucero (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank C. Clancy (R)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William G. Sargent (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Owen N. Marron (D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert P. Ervien (R){{efn|name=died|Died in office.}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |16R, 7D, 1Prog

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |30R, 16D, 3Prog

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas B. Catron (R)

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Albert B. Fall (R){{efn|Resigned on March 4, 1921 to take office as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.}}

| {{Party shading/Tie}} |1R, 1D

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Wilson/
Marshall (D) {{aye}}

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!1913

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harvey Butler
Fergusson
(D)

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!1914

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!1915

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |33R, 14D, 2Prog

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Benigno C.
Hernández
(R)

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!1916

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! rowspan=2 |1917

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ezequiel C. De Baca (D){{efn|name=died}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Washington E. Lindsey (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Manuel Martínez (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harry L. Patton (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |H. L. Hall (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |14R, 10D

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |30R, 19D

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William B. Walton (D)

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| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Washington E. Lindsey (R){{efn|name=ltfilled|As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.}}

| rowspan=2 | vacant

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Fred Muller (R){{efn|name=appointed|Initially appointed to fill vacancy.}}

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Andrieus A. Jones (D){{efn|name=died}}

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!1918

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!1919

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Octavio Larrazolo (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Benjamin F. Pankey (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Oscar O. Askren (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward G. Sargent (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles U. Strong (R){{efn|name=resign|Resigned.}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Nelson A. Field (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |14R, 10D

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |30R, 19D

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Benigno C.
Hernández
(R)

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!1920

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harding/
Coolidge (R) {{aye}}

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!1921

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Merritt C. Mechem (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William H. Duckworth (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harry S. Bowman (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward L. Safford (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Holm O. Bursum (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Néstor Montoya (R)

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!1922

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |O. A. Matson (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

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! rowspan=2 |1923

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James F. Hinkle (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |José A. Baca (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Soledad Chacón (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Milton J. Helmick (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Juan N. Vigil (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John W. Corbin (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Justiniano Baca (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |33D, 16R

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John Morrow (D)

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| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Warren R. Graham Sr. (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

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!1924

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Coolidge/
Dawes (R) {{aye}}

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!1925

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Arthur T. Hannett (D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward G. Sargent (R)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John W. Armstrong (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edwin B. Swope (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |13R, 11D

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28D, 21R

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Sam G. Bratton (D){{efn|Resigned on June 24, 1933 to take seat as judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.}}

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!1926

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Fred E. Wilson (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

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! rowspan=2 |1927

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Richard C. Dillon (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jennie Fortune (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert C. Dow (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Miguel A. Otero III (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Benjamin F. Pankey (R){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |28D, 21R

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| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bronson M. Cutting (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

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! rowspan=2 |1928

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| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Octavio Larrazolo (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hoover/
Curtis (R) {{aye}}

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! rowspan=2 |1929

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hugh B. Woodward (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |E. A. Perrault (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Miguel A. Otero III (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Victoriano Ulibarrí (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Emerson Watts (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |18R, 6D

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |37R, 12D

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Albert G. Simms (R)

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| rowspan=2 | vacant

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Austin D. Crile (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bronson M. Cutting (R){{efn|name=died}}

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!1930

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!1931

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Arthur Seligman (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Andrew W. Hockenhull (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Marguerite P. Baca (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ernest K. Neumann (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Arsenio Velarde (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Warren R. Graham Sr. (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James F. Hinkle (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |16R, 8D

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28D, 21R

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dennis Chávez (D)

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!1932

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roosevelt/
Garner (D) {{aye}}

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! rowspan=2 |1933

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clinton Anderson (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Frank Vesely (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |20D, 4R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |41D, 8R

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| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Andrew W. Hockenhull (D){{efn|name=ltfilled}}

| rowspan=2 | vacant

| rowspan=17 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Carl Hatch (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

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!1934

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42D, 7R

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! rowspan=2 |1935

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clyde Tingley (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Louis Cabeza de Baca (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Elizabeth F. Gonzales (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Frank H. Patton (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |José O. García (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James J. Connelly (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |18D, 6R

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |37D, 12R

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John J. Dempsey (D)

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| rowspan=28 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dennis Chávez (D){{efn|name=appointed}}{{efn|name=died}}

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!1936

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!1937

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Hiram M. Dow (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Frank Worden (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |23D, 1R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |47D, 2R

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!1938

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!1939

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John E. Miles (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James Murray Sr. (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jessie M. Gonzales (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Filo Sedillo (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |E. D. Trujillo (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rex French (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42D, 7R

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!1940

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roosevelt/
Wallace (D) {{aye}}

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!1941

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ceferino Quintana (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edward P. Chase (D){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |H. R. Rodgers (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |21D, 3R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40D, 9R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clinton Anderson (D)

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!1942

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!1943

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John J. Dempsey (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James B. Jones (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Cecilia T. Cleveland (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |J. D. Hannah (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Guy Shepard (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |33D, 16R

| rowspan=27 {{party shading/Democratic}} |2D

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!1944

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clyde P. McCulloh (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roosevelt/
Truman (D) {{aye}}

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!1945

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John E. Miles (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |18D, 6R

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |30D, 19R

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!1946

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!1947

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Thomas J. Mabry (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joseph Montoya (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alicia Valdéz Romero (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |E. D. Trujillo (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |H. R. Rodgers (D)

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!1948

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Truman/
Barkley (D) {{aye}}

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!1949

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joe L. Martinez (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Guy Shepard (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |19D, 5R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36D, 13R

| rowspan=25 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clinton Anderson (D)

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!1950

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!1951

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edwin L. Mechem (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Tibo J. Chávez (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Beatrice Roach Gottlieb (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert D. Castner (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |R. H. Grissom (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |18D, 6R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46D, 9R

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!1952

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) {{aye}}

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!1953

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Richard H. Robinson (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |E. S. Johnny Walker (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22D, 9R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |28R, 27D

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!1954

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!1955

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John F. Simms (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joseph Montoya (D){{efn|Resigned in April 1957, after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Natalie Smith Buck (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |J. D. Hannah (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joseph B. Grant (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |23D, 9R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |51D, 4R

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!1956

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!1957

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edwin L. Mechem (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Fred M. Standley (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ben Chavez (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Murray E. Morgan (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |24D, 8R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |43D, 23R

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!1958

|vacant

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!1959

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John Burroughs (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ed V. Mead (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Betty Fiorina (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Frank B. Zinn (D){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert D. Castner (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joe Callaway (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |60D, 6R

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!1960

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Hilton A. Dickson Jr. (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Kennedy/
Johnson (D) {{aye}}

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!1961

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edwin L. Mechem (R){{efn|Resigned in order to be appointed to the United States Senate by his successor.}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Tom Bolack (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Earl E. Hartley (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |E. S. Johnny Walker (D)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28D, 4R

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |59D, 7R

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! rowspan=2 |1962

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| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Tom Bolack (R){{efn|name=ltfilled}}

|vacant

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edwin L. Mechem (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

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!1963

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jack M. Campbell (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Mack Easley (D){{efn|The Governor and Lt. Governor of a given political party have been elected on the same ticket since November 1964.}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alberta Miller (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alex J. Armijo (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joseph B. Grant (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |55D, 11R

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!1964

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Johnson/
Humphrey (D) {{aye}}

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!1965

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Boston E. Witt (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Guyton B. Hays (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |59D, 18R

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Joseph Montoya (D)

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!1966

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!1967

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |David Cargo (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Lee Francis (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ernestine D. Evans (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harold G. Thompson (R)

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |H. E. Thomas Jr. (R){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |25D, 17R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45D, 25R

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!1968

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Merrill B. Johns (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Nixon/
Agnew (R) {{aye}}

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!1969

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James A. Maloney (D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jesse D. Kornegay (D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alex J. Armijo (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |44D, 26R

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} |2R

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!1970

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!1971

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bruce King (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roberto Mondragón (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Betty Fiorina (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |David L. Norvell (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Frank Olmstead (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |28D, 14R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |48D, 22R

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Tie}} |1R, 1D

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!1972

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!1973

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |30D, 12R

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |51D, 19R

| rowspan=38 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Pete Domenici (R)

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!1974

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |50D, 20R

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!1975

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jerry Apodaca (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert E. Ferguson (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ernestine D. Evans (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Toney Anaya (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Max R. Sanchez (D){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edward M. Murphy (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Phil R. Lucero (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |29D, 13R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |51D, 19R

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!1976

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |30D, 12R

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ford/
Dole (R) {{nay}}

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!1977

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |33D, 9R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |48D, 22R

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harrison Schmitt (R)

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!1978

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alvino E. Castillo (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

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!1979

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bruce King (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roberto Mondragón (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Shirley Hooper (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jeff Bingaman (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jan Alan Hartkey (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Alex J. Armijo (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition}} |41D, 29R{{efn|A coalition of 11 Democrats and 26 Republicans controlled the House Majority and elected a Democratic Speaker.}}

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!1980

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |32D, 10R

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Reagan/
Bush (R) {{aye}}

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!1981

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |22D, 20R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition}} |41D, 29R{{efn|A coalition of 10 Democrats and 27 Republicans controlled the House Majority and elected a Democratic Speaker.}}

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} |2R

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!1982

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |23D, 19R

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!1983

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Toney Anaya (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Mike Runnels (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clara Padilla Jones (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Paul Bardacke (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Albert Romero (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Earl E. Hartley (D){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jim Baca (D)

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46D, 24R

| rowspan=32 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jeff Bingaman (D)

| rowspan=16 {{Party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

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!1984

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |47D, 23R

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!1985

| {{Party shading/Coalition}} |21D, 21R{{efn|A coalition of 3 Democrats and 21 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority.{{cite news |last1=Hillinger |first1=Charles |title=1st Latino Governor of New Mexico on the Go Controversial Policies Have Created Friends, Enemies Among Electorate |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-09-vw-6957-story.html |access-date=23 February 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=9 May 1985}}}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Coalition}} |43D, 27R{{efn|A coalition of 10 Democrats and 26 Republicans controlled the House Majority and elected a Democratic Speaker.}}

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! rowspan=2 |1986

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James B. Lewis (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |22R, 20D{{efn|A Democrat switched parties to become a Republican.}}

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| {{Party shading/Coalition}} |22R, 20D{{efn|A coalition of 19 Democrats and 4 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority during a special session in September 1986.}}

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!1987

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Garrey Carruthers (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Jack L. Stahl (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hal Stratton (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harroll H. Adams (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |W. R. Humphries (R)

| {{Party shading/Coalition}} |21D, 21R{{efn|A coalition of 21 Democrats and 3 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority.}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |47D, 23R

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!1988

| {{Party shading/Coalition}} |21D, 21R{{efn|A coalition of 5 Democrats and 18 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority.}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46D, 24R

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bush/
Quayle (R) {{aye}}

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!1989

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |26D, 16R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45D, 25R

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!1990

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |25D, 17R

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!1991

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bruce King (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Casey Luna (D)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Stephanie Gonzales (D)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Tom Udall (D)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert E. Vigil (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |David W. King (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jim Baca (D){{efn|Resigned May 19, 1993 to become director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |26D, 16R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |49D, 21R

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!1992

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clinton/
Gore (D) {{aye}}

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!1993

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ray Powell (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |27D, 15R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |53D, 17R

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!1994

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!1995

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Gary Johnson (R)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Walter Dwight Bradley (R)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Michael A. Montoya (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46D, 24R

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!1996

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! rowspan=2 |1997

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |25D, 17R

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42D, 28R

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| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R{{efn|Democrat Bill Richardson resigned on February 13, 1997. Republican Bill Redmond elected to replace him on May 13, 1997.}}

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!1998

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!1999

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Patricia A. Madrid (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Domingo Martinez (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |40D, 30R

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

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!2000

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Gore/
Lieberman (D) {{nay}}

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!2001

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Coalition}} |24D, 18R{{efn|A coalition of 3 Democrats and 18 Republicans controlled the Senate Majority. The Lieutenant Governor broke the tie.}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42D, 28R

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!2002

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!2003

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bill Richardson (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Diane Denish (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert E. Vigil (D){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Patrick H. Lyons (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |24D, 18R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |43D, 27R

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!2004

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bush/
Cheney (R) {{aye}}

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!2005

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Douglas M. Brown (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |42D, 28R

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!2006

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!2007

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Mary Herrera (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Gary King (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Hector Balderas (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James B. Lewis (D)

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!2008

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Obama/
Biden (D) {{aye}}

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!2009

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |27D, 15R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45D, 25R

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Tom Udall (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |3D

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!2010

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!2011

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Susana Martinez (R)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Sanchez (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dianna Duran (R){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ray Powell (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |36D, 34R

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |2D, 1R

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!2012

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!2013

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}} |25D, 17R

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |38D, 32R

| rowspan=13 {{party shading/Democratic/current}} |Martin Heinrich (D)

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!2014

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |37D, 33R

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!2015

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Hector Balderas (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Tim Keller (D){{efn|name=resign}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Tim Eichenberg (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Aubrey Dunn Jr. (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}} |24D, 18R{{efn|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.{{Cite web|last=Boyd|first=Dan|title=Governor picks Republican Barela for Griego's senate seat|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/564651/gov-picks-republican-barela-for-griegos-senate-seat.html|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.abqjournal.com|language=en-US}}}}

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} |37R, 33D

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!2016

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Brad Winter (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Clinton/
Kaine (D) {{nay}}

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!2017

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |26D, 16R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |38D, 32R

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!2018

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Wayne Johnson (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| {{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Aubrey Dunn Jr. (L)

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!2019

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Howie Morales (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Brian Colón (D)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Stephanie Garcia
Richard
(D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46D, 24R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |3D

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!2020

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Biden/
Harris (D) {{aye}}

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!2021

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |27D, 15R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45D, 24R, 1I{{efn|Elected independent Brittney Barreras switched to the Democratic party before the legislative session began. Republican Phelps Anderson became an independent in February 2021.}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Ben Ray Luján (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |2D, 1R

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!2022

2023

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Raúl Torrez (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Joseph Maestas (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |Laura Montoya (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |45D, 25R

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |3D

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!2024

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harris/
Walz (D) {{nay}}

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!2025

| rowspan=1 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |26D, 16R

| rowspan=1 {{Party shading/Democratic/current}} |44D, 26R

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