{
 "topic": "senate",
 "site": "electiondata.dev",
 "place": {
  "id": "us-nm",
  "name": "New Mexico",
  "level": "us-state",
  "parent": "usa",
  "path": "us/nm",
  "slug": "nm",
  "state": "nm",
  "state_name": "New Mexico",
  "state_id": "us-nm"
 },
 "question": "How did New Mexico vote for the Senate?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "Martin Heinrich (Democrat) won by 10.1 points",
  "value": 10.1,
  "unit": " pts",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Senate, 2024: winner's margin",
  "lines": [
   "Martin Heinrich (Democrat) 55.1%, Nella Louise Domenici (Republican) 44.9%",
   "903,311 votes for Senate candidates"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2024",
 "as_of_label": "2024",
 "charts": [
  {
   "id": "senate-margin",
   "title": "Every regular Senate election in New Mexico since 1976",
   "description": "17 regular elections; Democrats were ahead in 11 and Republicans in 6.",
   "indicator": "Democratic candidate's share of Senate votes minus the Republican's, points (regular elections; special elections are in the table)",
   "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share, in points. Above the line: the Democrat got more votes.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 1,
    "unit": " pts",
    "format": "party-margin"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Margin",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       1976,
       -14.114,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1978,
       -6.812,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1982,
       7.548,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1984,
       -43.792,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1988,
       26.623,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1990,
       -45.874,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1994,
       7.98,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1996,
       -34.942,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2000,
       23.447,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2002,
       -30.086,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2006,
       41.274,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2008,
       22.656,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2012,
       5.73,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2014,
       11.118,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2018,
       23.556,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2020,
       6.106,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2024,
       10.114,
       "dem"
      ]
     ],
     "legend": [
      {
       "label": "Democrat ahead",
       "cls": "dem"
      },
      {
       "label": "Republican ahead",
       "cls": "rep"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "Statewide totals say nothing about who voted or why.",
  "Candidates with a party's support under another name (Minnesota's DFL, New York's fusion lines) are counted with that party, as the MIT data's simplified party does; independents stay independents."
 ],
 "method": "Each candidate's votes are summed over every ballot line; blank, over- and under-votes are left out. The margin is the winner's share of the votes minus the runner-up's. A runoff, where held, is the result.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "electiondata.dev senate-results, version 2026-10-25.247421eda6",
   "url": "https://electiondata.dev/",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PEJ5QU",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ],
 "check": {
  "races": [
   {
    "year": 1976,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 413056,
    "votes": {
     "Harrison \"jack\" Schmitt": 234681,
     "Joseph M. Montoya": 176382,
     "Ernesto B. Borunda": 1087,
     "Malcolm \"matt\" Dillon": 906
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1978,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 343487,
    "votes": {
     "Pete V. Domenici": 183442,
     "Toney Anaya": 160045
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1982,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 404810,
    "votes": {
     "Jeff Bingaman": 217682,
     "Harrison H. Schmitt": 187128
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1984,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 502634,
    "votes": {
     "Pete V. Domenici": 361371,
     "Judith A. Pratt": 141253
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1988,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 508598,
    "votes": {
     "Jeff Bingaman": 321983,
     "Bill Valentine": 186579
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1990,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 406938,
    "votes": {
     "Pete V. Domenici": 296712,
     "Tom R. Benavides": 110033
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1994,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 463196,
    "votes": {
     "Jeff Bingaman": 249989,
     "Colin R. Mcmillan": 213025
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1996,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 551821,
    "votes": {
     "Pete V. Domenici": 357171,
     "Art Trujillo": 164356,
     "Abraham J. Gutmann": 24230,
     "Bruce M. Bush": 6064
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2000,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 589526,
    "votes": {
     "Jeff Bingaman": 363744,
     "Bill Redmond": 225517
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2002,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 483056,
    "votes": {
     "Pete V. Domenici": 314193,
     "Gloria Tristani": 168863
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2006,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 558550,
    "votes": {
     "Jeff Bingaman": 394365,
     "Allen W. Mcculloch": 163826
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2008,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 823650,
    "votes": {
     "Tom Udall": 505128,
     "Steve Pearce": 318522
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2012,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 775793,
    "votes": {
     "Martin Heinrich": 395717,
     "Heather A. Wilson": 351260,
     "Jon R. Barrie": 28199
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2014,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 515506,
    "votes": {
     "Tom Udall": 286409,
     "Allen E. Weh": 229097
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2018,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 697012,
    "votes": {
     "Martin T. Heinrich": 376998,
     "Mick Rich": 212813,
     "Gary E. Johnson": 107201
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2020,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 917237,
    "votes": {
     "Ben R. Lujan": 474483,
     "Mark V. Ronchetti": 418483,
     "Bob Walsh": 24271
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2024,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 903311,
    "votes": {
     "Martin Heinrich": 497333,
     "Nella Louise Domenici": 405978
    }
   }
  ],
  "dataset": "senate-results",
  "version": "2026-10-25.247421eda6"
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every Senate race since 1976",
  "columns": [
   "Race",
   "Winner",
   "Runner-up",
   "Margin",
   "Votes"
  ],
  "num": [
   3,
   4
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "2024",
    "Martin Heinrich (D) 55.1%",
    "Nella Louise Domenici (R) 44.9%",
    "10.1 pts",
    "903,311"
   ],
   [
    "2020",
    "Ben R. Lujan (D) 51.7%",
    "Mark V. Ronchetti (R) 45.6%",
    "6.1 pts",
    "917,237"
   ],
   [
    "2018",
    "Martin T. Heinrich (D) 54.1%",
    "Mick Rich (R) 30.5%",
    "23.6 pts",
    "697,012"
   ],
   [
    "2014",
    "Tom Udall (D) 55.6%",
    "Allen E. Weh (R) 44.4%",
    "11.1 pts",
    "515,506"
   ],
   [
    "2012",
    "Martin Heinrich (D) 51.0%",
    "Heather A. Wilson (R) 45.3%",
    "5.7 pts",
    "775,793"
   ],
   [
    "2008",
    "Tom Udall (D) 61.3%",
    "Steve Pearce (R) 38.7%",
    "22.7 pts",
    "823,650"
   ],
   [
    "2006",
    "Jeff Bingaman (D) 70.6%",
    "Allen W. Mcculloch (R) 29.3%",
    "41.3 pts",
    "558,550"
   ],
   [
    "2002",
    "Pete V. Domenici (R) 65.0%",
    "Gloria Tristani (D) 35.0%",
    "30.1 pts",
    "483,056"
   ],
   [
    "2000",
    "Jeff Bingaman (D) 61.7%",
    "Bill Redmond (R) 38.3%",
    "23.4 pts",
    "589,526"
   ],
   [
    "1996",
    "Pete V. Domenici (R) 64.7%",
    "Art Trujillo (D) 29.8%",
    "34.9 pts",
    "551,821"
   ],
   [
    "1994",
    "Jeff Bingaman (D) 54.0%",
    "Colin R. Mcmillan (R) 46.0%",
    "8.0 pts",
    "463,196"
   ],
   [
    "1990",
    "Pete V. Domenici (R) 72.9%",
    "Tom R. Benavides (D) 27.0%",
    "45.9 pts",
    "406,938"
   ],
   [
    "1988",
    "Jeff Bingaman (D) 63.3%",
    "Bill Valentine (R) 36.7%",
    "26.6 pts",
    "508,598"
   ],
   [
    "1984",
    "Pete V. Domenici (R) 71.9%",
    "Judith A. Pratt (D) 28.1%",
    "43.8 pts",
    "502,634"
   ],
   [
    "1982",
    "Jeff Bingaman (D) 53.8%",
    "Harrison H. Schmitt (R) 46.2%",
    "7.5 pts",
    "404,810"
   ],
   [
    "1978",
    "Pete V. Domenici (R) 53.4%",
    "Toney Anaya (D) 46.6%",
    "6.8 pts",
    "343,487"
   ],
   [
    "1976",
    "Harrison \"jack\" Schmitt (R) 56.8%",
    "Joseph M. Montoya (D) 42.7%",
    "14.1 pts",
    "413,056"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "api": {
  "now": "/data/places/us-nm/senate.json",
  "source": "https://api.electiondata.dev/v1/senate-results/download/senate-results.csv",
  "source_label": "Every Senate race, every state, from electiondata.dev (live, no key)"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T20:05:12+00:00"
}