1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico

none March 2026 September 2023 1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 1976 United States Senate election in New Mexico 1976 1988 United States Senate election in New Mexico 1988 November 2, 1982 150x150px Senator Jeff Bingaman in 1985.png Jeff Bingaman Democratic Party (United States) 217,682 53.77% File:Sen Harrison Schmitt.jpg Harrison Schmitt Republican Party (United States) 187,128 46.23% 1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 230px County resultsBingaman: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Schmitt: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Harrison Schmitt Republican Party (United States) Jeff Bingaman Democratic Party (United States) The 1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Harrison Schmitt was running for re-election to a second term, but lost to Democratic state attorney general Jeff Bingaman. As of 2026, this is the last time an incumbent senator lost re-election in New Mexico. Democratic primary Candidates Jeff Bingaman, Attorney General of New Mexico Jerry Apodaca, former Governor of New Mexico Virginia Keehan Results Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=210033 NM US Senate - D Primary 12 Feb 2018 5 May 2022 OurCampaigns.com Jeff Bingaman Democratic Party (United States) 91,780 54.36 Jerry Apodaca Democratic Party (United States) 66,598 39.44 Virginia Keehan Democratic Party (United States) 10,466 6.20 168,844 100.00 General election Candidates Jeff Bingaman, Attorney General of New Mexico (Democratic) Harrison Schmitt, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976 and former astronaut (Republican) Campaign Bingaman ran advertisements that criticized Schmitt's views on a minimum Social Security and mining on federally protected land. Schmitt countered these ads by criticizing Bingaman's work as attorney general, citing the handling of the 1980 state prison riot and asking the governor to pardon an inmate that was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. Another ad that Bingaman ran asked, "What on Earth has he done for you lately?"http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1910599_1910769_1910767-3,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090719082143/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1910599_1910769_1910767-3,00.html dead July 19, 2009 The Astronauts Who Went to the Moon - The 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing - TIME July 16, 2009 Time The two negative ads that Schmitt ran were received poorly and later pulled. Results The turnout was approximately 70%.https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/03/us/schmitt-loses-new-mexico-senate-seat.html Schmitt Loses New Mexico Senate Seat Reinhold Robert New York Times June 7, 2018 November 3, 1982 A23 United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1982Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 26 Democratic Party (United States) Jeff Bingaman 217,682 53.77% +11.07% Republican Party (United States) Harrison Schmitt (incumbent) 187,128 46.23% -10.59% 30,554 7.55% -6.57% 404,810 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Aftermath Schmitt thought the media was biased against him during the campaign.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20691004/manitowoc_heraldtimes/ Schmitt prepares to leave office Manitowoc Herald-Times Manitowoc, Wisconsin November 29, 1982 7 Newspapers.com Associated Press See also 1982 United States Senate elections References New Mexico 1982 Category:1982 New Mexico elections Category:Harrison Schmitt