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2012 US Senate election in New Mexico

Martin Heinrich (Democrat) beat Heather A. Wilson (Republican) in New Mexico in 2012, 51.0% to 45.3%, a margin of 5.7 points and 44,457 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2006, when Jeff Bingaman won.

Republicans led in 19 of the 33 counties and Democrats in 14. The largest, Bernalillo, cast 268,978 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.8 points. The closest was Colfax, where 5 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
Martin Heinrich won Democratic 395,717 51.0%
Heather A. Wilson Republican 351,260 45.3%
All other candidates 28,816 3.7%
Total775,793

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bernalillo 144,659 53.8% 115,514 42.9% 8,805 268,978 D+10.8
Santa Fe 49,291 71.9% 17,456 25.5% 1,828 68,575 D+46.4
Dona Ana 36,579 56.2% 25,145 38.6% 3,391 65,115 D+17.6
Sandoval 25,727 47.9% 26,079 48.5% 1,929 53,735 R+0.7
San Juan 14,450 31.6% 29,270 64.0% 2,036 45,756 R+32.4
Valencia 13,120 47.5% 13,381 48.5% 1,098 27,599 R+0.9
McKinley 13,004 60.5% 7,647 35.6% 853 21,504 D+24.9
Chaves 6,566 32.6% 12,791 63.5% 786 20,143 R+30.9
Otero 6,638 33.6% 12,084 61.2% 1,039 19,761 R+27.6
Eddy 6,077 32.0% 12,255 64.5% 678 19,010 R+32.5
Lea 4,006 23.9% 12,200 72.8% 561 16,767 R+48.9
Rio Arriba 10,071 66.3% 4,654 30.6% 466 15,191 D+35.7
Taos 11,373 75.0% 3,326 21.9% 457 15,156 D+53.1
Curry 3,818 28.6% 9,055 67.9% 463 13,336 R+39.3
Grant 7,049 54.9% 5,255 41.0% 525 12,829 D+14.0
San Miguel 8,308 72.8% 2,758 24.2% 342 11,408 D+48.7
Los Alamos 4,540 43.0% 5,743 54.4% 273 10,556 R+11.4
Lincoln 2,950 32.2% 5,797 63.2% 424 9,171 R+31.0
Cibola 4,493 55.1% 3,256 39.9% 408 8,157 D+15.2
Luna 3,494 47.3% 3,471 47.0% 418 7,383 D+0.3
Socorro 3,745 52.6% 3,052 42.8% 329 7,126 D+9.7
Torrance 2,318 36.3% 3,782 59.2% 288 6,388 R+22.9
Roosevelt 1,671 28.5% 3,917 66.8% 273 5,861 R+38.3
Colfax 2,737 47.9% 2,732 47.8% 248 5,717 D+0.1
Sierra 1,984 39.3% 2,790 55.3% 273 5,047 R+16.0
Quay 1,385 38.1% 2,104 57.8% 150 3,639 R+19.8
Mora 1,803 69.9% 705 27.3% 72 2,580 D+42.6
Guadalupe 1,396 65.7% 656 30.9% 73 2,125 D+34.8
Catron 591 28.1% 1,376 65.4% 137 2,104 R+37.3
Hidalgo 892 47.2% 909 48.1% 89 1,890 R+0.9
Union 442 26.0% 1,193 70.2% 65 1,700 R+44.2
De Baca 291 32.6% 584 65.4% 18 893 R+32.8
Harding 249 42.1% 322 54.4% 21 592 R+12.3

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