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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in New Mexico

Jeff Bingaman (Democrat) beat Harrison H. Schmitt (Republican) in New Mexico in 1982, 53.8% to 46.2%, a margin of 7.5 points and 30,554 votes.

New Mexico changed party: in 1976 it went Republican, for Harrison Schmitt.

Democrats led in 19 of the 33 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Bernalillo, cast 137,367 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.2 points. The closest was Harding, where 20 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jeff Bingaman won Democratic 217,682 53.8%
Harrison H. Schmitt Republican 187,128 46.2%
Total404,810

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bernalillo 74,322 54.1% 63,045 45.9% 137,367 D+8.2
Santa Fe 19,892 69.9% 8,578 30.1% 28,470 D+39.7
Doña Ana 11,211 44.7% 13,877 55.3% 25,088 R+10.6
San Juan 9,702 47.7% 10,647 52.3% 20,349 R+4.6
Chaves 6,008 36.5% 10,473 63.5% 16,481 R+27.1
Eddy 8,281 51.8% 7,698 48.2% 15,979 D+3.6
Lea 4,961 40.2% 7,388 59.8% 12,349 R+19.7
Sandoval 7,043 59.2% 4,846 40.8% 11,889 D+18.5
Valencia 6,706 57.7% 4,912 42.3% 11,618 D+15.4
McKinley 6,805 63.2% 3,961 36.8% 10,766 D+26.4
Otero 4,733 44.6% 5,870 55.4% 10,603 R+10.7
Rio Arriba 7,767 76.9% 2,338 23.1% 10,105 D+53.7
Curry 3,896 40.5% 5,714 59.5% 9,610 R+18.9
Grant 5,570 59.1% 3,860 40.9% 9,430 D+18.1
Los Alamos 3,507 42.7% 4,709 57.3% 8,216 R+14.6
Taos 5,680 72.5% 2,150 27.5% 7,830 D+45.1
San Miguel 5,139 70.8% 2,123 29.2% 7,262 D+41.5
Cibola 3,412 55.8% 2,699 44.2% 6,111 D+11.7
Luna 2,843 50.3% 2,808 49.7% 5,651 D+0.6
Socorro 2,731 53.8% 2,342 46.2% 5,073 D+7.7
Roosevelt 2,363 48.7% 2,490 51.3% 4,853 R+2.6
Colfax 2,627 57.8% 1,919 42.2% 4,546 D+15.6
Lincoln 1,358 34.5% 2,583 65.5% 3,941 R+31.1
Quay 1,828 51.6% 1,718 48.4% 3,546 D+3.1
Sierra 1,573 45.2% 1,905 54.8% 3,478 R+9.5
Torrance 1,726 53.0% 1,529 47.0% 3,255 D+6.1
Mora 1,388 62.2% 844 37.8% 2,232 D+24.4
Guadalupe 1,421 66.8% 706 33.2% 2,127 D+33.6
Union 821 43.1% 1,086 56.9% 1,907 R+13.9
Hidalgo 1,018 56.8% 775 43.2% 1,793 D+13.6
Catron 556 44.5% 694 55.5% 1,250 R+11.0
De Baca 497 48.7% 524 51.3% 1,021 R+2.6
Harding 297 48.4% 317 51.6% 614 R+3.3

Counties as they stood in 1982; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Mexico Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Martin Heinrich (D) D+10.1
2020 Ben R Lujan (D) D+6.1
2018 Martin Heinrich (D) D+23.6
2014 Tom Udall (D) D+11.1
2012 Martin Heinrich (D) D+5.7
2008 Tom Udall (D) D+22.7
2006 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+41.3
2002 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+30.1
2000 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+23.4
1996 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+34.9
1994 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+8.0
1990 Pete Domenici (R) R+45.9
1988 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+26.6
1984 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+43.8
1982 Jeff Bingaman (D) D+7.5
1978 Pete V. Domenici (R) R+6.8
1976 Harrison Schmitt (R) R+14.1
1972 Pete Domenici (R) R+8.0
1970 Joseph Montoya (D) D+5.7
1966 Clinton Anderson (D) D+6.3
1964 Joseph Montoya (D) D+9.4
1960 Clinton Anderson (D) D+26.9
1958 Dennis Chavez (D) D+25.4
1954 Clinton Anderson (D) D+14.2
1952 Dennis Chavez (D) D+2.2
1948 Clinton Anderson (D) D+14.9
1946 Dennis Chavez (D) D+3.0
1942 Carl A. Hatch (D) D+18.3
1940 Dennis Chavez (D) D+11.9
1936 Carl A. Hatch (D) D+23.4
1934 Bronson Cutting (R) R+0.8
1930 Sam G. Bratton (D) D+17.5
1928 Bronson Cutting (R) R+15.4
1924 Sam G. Bratton (D) D+2.5
1922 Andrieus A. Jones (D) D+11.2
1918 Albert B. Fall (R) R+3.9
1916 Andrieus A. Jones (D) D+5.3