New Mexico was admitted to theUnion on January 6, 1912 and elects members of theUnited States Senate who belong toclass 1 andclass 2. The state's current U.S. senators are DemocratsMartin Heinrich (since 2013) andBen Ray Luján (since 2021).Pete Domenici was New Mexico's longest-serving senator (1973–2009).[1]
| Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in2006,2012,2018, and2024. The next election will be in2030. | C | Class 2Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in2002,2008,2014, and2020. The next election will be in2026. | ||||||||||
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| # | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
| Vacant | Jan 6, 1912 – Mar 27, 1912 | New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. | 1 | 62nd | 1 | New Mexico became a state January 6, 1912, but didn't elect its U.S. senators until March 27. | Jan 6, 1912 – Mar 27, 1912 | Vacant | ||||
| 1 | Thomas B. Catron | Republican | Mar 27, 1912 – Mar 3, 1917 | Elected in 1912.Retired. | Elected in 1912. | Mar 27, 1912 – Mar 3, 1921 | Republican | Albert B. Fall | 1 | |||
| 63rd | 2 | Elected in 1912 to next term, but Legislature invalided that election.Re-elected in 1913 to next term. | ||||||||||
| 64th | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Andrieus A. Jones | Democratic | Mar 4, 1917 – Dec 20, 1927 | Elected in 1916. | 2 | 65th | ||||||
| 66th | 3 | Re-elected in 1918.Resigned to becomeU.S. Secretary of the Interior. | ||||||||||
| 67th | Mar 4, 1921 – Mar 11, 1921 | Vacant | ||||||||||
| Appointed to continue Fall's term.Elected in 1921 to finish Fall's term.[2]Lost re-election. | Mar 11, 1921 – Mar 3, 1925 | Republican | Holm O. Bursum | 2 | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1922.Died. | 3 | 68th | ||||||||||
| 69th | 4 | Elected in 1924. | Mar 4, 1925 – Jun 24, 1933 | Democratic | Sam G. Bratton | 3 | ||||||
| 70th | ||||||||||||
| Vacant | Dec 20, 1927 – Dec 29, 1927 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bronson M. Cutting | Republican | Dec 29, 1927 – Dec 6, 1928 | Appointed to continue Jones's term.Retired when elected successor qualified. | ||||||||
| 4 | Octaviano Larrazolo | Republican | Dec 7, 1928 – Mar 3, 1929 | Elected in 1928 to finish Jones's term.Retired due to illness. | ||||||||
| 5 | Bronson M. Cutting | Republican | Mar 4, 1929 – May 6, 1935 | Elected in 1928. | 4 | 71st | ||||||
| 72nd | 5 | Re-elected in 1930.Resigned to become a judge of theU.S. Court of Appeals. | ||||||||||
| 73rd | ||||||||||||
| Jun 24, 1933 – Oct 10, 1933 | Vacant | |||||||||||
| Appointed to continue Bratton's termElected in 1934 to finish Bratton's term. | Oct 10, 1933 – Jan 3, 1949 | Democratic | Carl Hatch | 4 | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1934.Died. | 5 | 74th | ||||||||||
| Vacant | May 6, 1935 – May 11, 1935 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Dennis Chávez | Democratic | May 11, 1935 – Nov 18, 1962 | Appointed to continue Cutting's term.Elected in 1936 to finish Cutting's term. | ||||||||
| 75th | 6 | Re-elected in 1936. | ||||||||||
| 76th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1940. | 6 | 77th | ||||||||||
| 78th | 7 | Re-elected in 1942.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 79th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1946. | 7 | 80th | ||||||||||
| 81st | 8 | Elected in 1948. | Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 3, 1973 | Democratic | Clinton Anderson | 5 | ||||||
| 82nd | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1952. | 8 | 83rd | ||||||||||
| 84th | 9 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
| 85th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1958.Died. | 9 | 86th | ||||||||||
| 87th | 10 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
| Vacant | Nov 18, 1962 – Nov 30, 1962 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Edwin L. Mechem | Republican | Nov 30, 1962 – Nov 3, 1964 | Self-appointed to continue Chávez's term.Lost election to finish Chávez's term. | ||||||||
| 88th | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Joseph Montoya | Democratic | Nov 4, 1964 – Jan 3, 1977 | Elected in 1964 to finish Chávez's term. | ||||||||
| Re-elected in 1964. | 10 | 89th | ||||||||||
| 90th | 11 | Re-elected in 1966.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 91st | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1970.Lost re-election. | 11 | 92nd | ||||||||||
| 93rd | 12 | Elected in 1972. | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 2009 | Republican | Pete Domenici | 6 | ||||||
| 94th | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Harrison Schmitt | Republican | Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1983 | Elected in 1976.Lost re-election. | 12 | 95th | ||||||
| 96th | 13 | Re-elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
| 97th | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Jeff Bingaman | Democratic | Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 2013 | Elected in 1982. | 13 | 98th | ||||||
| 99th | 14 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
| 100th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1988. | 14 | 101st | ||||||||||
| 102nd | 15 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
| 103rd | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 1994. | 15 | 104th | ||||||||||
| 105th | 16 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
| 106th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2000. | 16 | 107th | ||||||||||
| 108th | 17 | Re-elected in 2002.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 109th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2006.Retired. | 17 | 110th | ||||||||||
| 111th | 18 | Elected in 2008. | Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2021 | Democratic | Tom Udall | 7 | ||||||
| 112th | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | Jan 3, 2013 – present | Elected in 2012. | 18 | 113th | ||||||
| 114th | 19 | Re-elected in 2014.Retired. | ||||||||||
| 115th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2018. | 19 | 116th | ||||||||||
| 117th | 20 | Elected in 2020. | Jan 3, 2021 – present | Democratic | Ben Ray Luján | 8 | ||||||
| 118th | ||||||||||||
| Re-elected in 2024. | 20 | 119th | ||||||||||
| 120th | 21 | To be determined in the2026 election. | ||||||||||
| 121st | ||||||||||||
| # | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
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