Political party strength in New Mexico
{{Short description|Politics in the US state of New Mexico}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2020}}
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.
- 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)
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!rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Year!! colspan=5 |Executive offices!!colspan=2|Territorial Legislature |
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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}} | | | | | | |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}} | | | | | | |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 | | | | | | | 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.}} | | | | | | |rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|John Sebrie Watts (R){{efn|name=delegate}} |
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!1862 |
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!1863 | | | | | | |rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Francisco Perea (R){{efn|name=delegate}} |
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!1864 |
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!1865 | | | | | | |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 | | | | | | |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}} | | | | | | |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}} | | | | | | |rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|José Manuel Gallegos (D){{efn|name=delegate}} |
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!1872 |
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!1873 | | | | | | |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 | | | | | | |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 | | | | | | |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}} | | | | | | |rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Tranquilino Luna (R){{efn|name=delegate}} |
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!1882 |
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!1883 | | | | | | |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}} | | | | | | | 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 | | rowspan=4 |Marcelino Garcia | rowspan=6 |Samuel Eldodt | | | |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 | | | |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 | | |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 | | | rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bernard Shandon Rodey (R){{efn|name=delegate}} |
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!1904 |
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!1905 | | | |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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!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/ |
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!1913 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harvey Butler |
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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. |
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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. |
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!1920 | rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harding/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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/ |
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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 | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |46D, 24R | rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |3D |
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!2020 | rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Biden/ |
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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/ |
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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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