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interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bingaman" title="Jeff Bingaman – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jeff Bingaman" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bingaman" title="Jeff Bingaman – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Jeff Bingaman" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%A3_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%9F" title="ג'ף בינגמן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ף בינגמן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bingaman" title="Jeff Bingaman – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jeff Bingaman" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="چيف بينجامان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="چيف بينجامان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bingaman" title="Jeff Bingaman – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jeff Bingaman" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" 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For the Mississippi State Senator, see <a href="/wiki/Adam_Lewis_Bingaman" title="Adam Lewis Bingaman">Adam Lewis Bingaman</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Jeff Bingaman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_(D-NM)_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_%28D-NM%29_2008.jpg/220px-Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_%28D-NM%29_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_%28D-NM%29_2008.jpg/330px-Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_%28D-NM%29_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_%28D-NM%29_2008.jpg/440px-Official_Photo_of_Senator_Jeff_Bingaman_%28D-NM%29_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2008</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt" title="Harrison Schmitt">Harrison Schmitt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Heinrich" title="Martin Heinrich">Martin Heinrich</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Senate Energy Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Domenici" title="Pete Domenici">Pete Domenici</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Ron Wyden</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Murkowski" title="Frank Murkowski">Frank Murkowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Domenici" title="Pete Domenici">Pete Domenici</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Murkowski" title="Frank Murkowski">Frank Murkowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Murkowski" title="Frank Murkowski">Frank Murkowski</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">25th <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Mexico" title="Attorney General of New Mexico">Attorney General of New Mexico</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1983</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_King" title="Bruce King">Bruce King</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toney_Anaya" title="Toney Anaya">Toney Anaya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bardacke" title="Paul Bardacke">Paul Bardacke</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Jesse Francis Bingaman Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-10-03</span>) </span>October 3, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Anne Kovacovich</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1 son</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jeff_Bingaman_signature.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Jeff Bingaman's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Jeff_Bingaman_signature.gif/128px-Jeff_Bingaman_signature.gif" decoding="async" width="128" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Jeff_Bingaman_signature.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="137" data-file-height="47" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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Jeff Bingaman on the 2011 Partial Shutdown of the FAA.ogg">Jeff Bingaman's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="558" data-mwtitle="Sen._Jeff_Bingaman_on_the_2011_Partial_Shutdown_of_the_FAA.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Sen._Jeff_Bingaman_on_the_2011_Partial_Shutdown_of_the_FAA.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/Sen._Jeff_Bingaman_on_the_2011_Partial_Shutdown_of_the_FAA.ogg/Sen._Jeff_Bingaman_on_the_2011_Partial_Shutdown_of_the_FAA.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Jeff Bingaman on the partial shutdown of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a><br />Recorded July 28, 2011</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jesse Francis</b> "<b>Jeff</b>" <b>Bingaman Jr.</b> (born October 3, 1943) is an American retired politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> from 1983 to 2013. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he previously served as the 25th <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Mexico" title="Attorney General of New Mexico">Attorney General of New Mexico</a> from 1979 to 1983. During his time in the Senate, Bingaman served as <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_Committee_Outreach" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of Committee Outreach">Chairman of Committee Outreach</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Democratic_Caucus" title="Senate Democratic Caucus">Senate Democratic Caucus</a> and was the longtime chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Senate Energy Committee</a>. </p><p>Bingaman worked on Congressional committees on Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources (Chairman); Finance; Health, Education Labor & Pensions; Joint Economic Committee; among others. He advocated environmental issues such as for clean energy policies and protection of wildlife and public lands. Bingaman took positions favoring immigration reform with increased border enforcement coupled with a guest worker program. </p><p>After he left the Senate, he returned to his alma mater <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a> as a fellow of its Steyer–Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bingaman was born in <a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso, Texas</a>, the son of Frances Bethia (née Ball) and Jesse Francis Bingaman.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Silver_City,_New_Mexico" title="Silver City, New Mexico">Silver City, New Mexico</a>. His father taught at <a href="/wiki/Western_New_Mexico_University" title="Western New Mexico University">Western New Mexico University</a> and his mother taught in the public schools system. At age 15, he earned the rank of <a href="/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)">Eagle Scout</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Silver_High_School" title="Silver High School">Silver High School</a> in 1961, Bingaman went on to earn a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a> in 1965. He then entered <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a>, graduating in 1968. </p><p>After his admission to the bar, Bingaman commenced work as a private practice attorney alongside his wife. He also served as counsel to the New Mexico Constitutional Convention of 1969. From 1968 to 1974, Bingaman was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">U.S. Army Reserve</a>. He attended basic training at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dix" title="Fort Dix">Fort Dix</a>, New Jersey, as a <a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)#United_States" title="Private (rank)">private</a> and graduated from the chaplain enlisted assistant technician course at the <a href="/wiki/Army_Chaplain_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Chaplain School">Army Chaplain School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Hamilton" title="Fort Hamilton">Fort Hamilton</a>, New Jersey in April 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_Attorney_General">State Attorney General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: State Attorney General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bingaman worked briefly in the state attorney general's office. He then ran for the leadership position of this office in 1978 and was elected. <a href="/wiki/United_States_environmental_law" title="United States environmental law">Environmental</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law" title="United States antitrust law">antitrust</a> issues were some of his biggest concerns while in this position. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Emerging_Threats_and_Capabilities" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities">Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Personnel" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel">Subcommittee on Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces">Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a></b> (Chairman)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Committee on Finance</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Health_Care" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care">Subcommittee on Health Care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Energy,_Natural_Resources,_and_Infrastructure" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure">Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_International_Trade,_Customs,_and_Global_Competitiveness" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness">Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Economic_Growth" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth">Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions">Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Health_Subcommittee_on_Children_and_Families" title="United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Children and Families">Subcommittee on Children and Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Health_Subcommittee_on_Primary_Health_and_Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Health Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging">Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Economic_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Economic Committee">Joint Economic Committee</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Congressional Competitiveness Caucus (Co-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">International Conservation Caucus</a></li> <li>Senate Diabetes Caucus</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P062910PS-0348_(4752995283).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/P062910PS-0348_%284752995283%29.jpg/220px-P062910PS-0348_%284752995283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/P062910PS-0348_%284752995283%29.jpg/330px-P062910PS-0348_%284752995283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/P062910PS-0348_%284752995283%29.jpg/440px-P062910PS-0348_%284752995283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>Bingaman with <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">President Obama</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Limited to seek other statewide office by the state constitution, Bingaman announced on January 14, 1981, his candidacy for the U.S. Senate, the first to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1982, Bingaman was elected to the Senate, defeating one-term Republican incumbent <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt" title="Harrison Schmitt">Harrison Schmitt</a>. Bingaman accused Schmitt of not paying enough attention to local matters; his campaign slogan was "What on Earth has he done for you lately?"—a jab at Schmitt's previous service as an astronaut who had walked on the Moon.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reelected four times. </p><p>Bingaman was Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Energy and Natural Resources Committee</a> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Finance Committee</a>; <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Health,_Education,_Labor,_and_Pensions" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions">Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee</a>; and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Economic_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Economic Committee">Joint Committee on the Economy</a>. </p><p>Generally, Bingaman kept a fairly low national profile, even though he was the ninth most senior member of the Senate at the time of his retirement. He was very popular in New Mexico, facing substantive opposition only once, in 1994. </p><p>Bingaman and his Senate colleague <a href="/wiki/Pete_Domenici" title="Pete Domenici">Pete Domenici</a> were the longest-serving duo among senators in the <a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th United States Congress</a> (2007–2009). In second place were <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. Due to serving alongside Domenici, the longest-serving Senator in New Mexico's history, Bingaman spent 26 years as New Mexico's junior Senator, though ironically he had more seniority than all but a few of his colleagues. He was the most-senior junior senator in the 110th United States Congress. </p><p>On April 28, 2008, Bingaman endorsed Senator <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. </p><p>On February 18, 2011, Bingaman announced that he would not seek reelection in <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2012 United States Senate election in New Mexico">2012</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He formally retired on January 3, 2013, ending the second-longest Senate tenure in the state's history, behind only Domenici. </p><p>In his 2022 book "Breakdown: Lessons for a Congress in Crisis", Bingaman discusses the erosion of congressional norms, outlines five governing obstacles for Congress members, evaluates their impact on eight major legislative actions during his term, and suggests improvements for Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-isbn978-0-8263-6414-2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn978-0-8263-6414-2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immigration">Immigration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Being from a border state with Mexico, Bingaman was highly involved in the debate over illegal immigration. He believed in increased enforcement of borders to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, including more patrol agents and the use of surveillance cameras. However, he also believed that the U.S. should enact a guest worker program so that immigrants looking for honest work could arrive legally.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bingaman voted against the <a href="/wiki/Secure_Fence_Act_of_2006" title="Secure Fence Act of 2006">Secure Fence Act</a> in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-thepoliticalguide.com_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thepoliticalguide.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He voted against declaring English to be the official language of the US government and voted in favor of continuing federal funds to self-declared "sanctuary cities".<sup id="cite_ref-thepoliticalguide.com_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thepoliticalguide.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Energy_and_the_environment">Energy and the environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Energy and the environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout his political career, Bingaman had a pro-environmental record. He worked consistently to protect wildlife and public lands. He spoke publicly about the necessity of the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Act_of_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Clean Energy Act of 2007">Clean Energy Act of 2007</a>, citing the importance of developing <a href="/wiki/Clean_technology" title="Clean technology">clean technology</a> and green jobs. He stated his support for the bill's principle of eliminating tax breaks on gas and oil companies.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 2006, Bingaman worked unsuccessfully to pass a bill that would have reduced greenhouse gas emissions via a "<a href="/wiki/Cap_and_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Cap and trade">cap and trade</a>" system. He stated his hope of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2030. His bill would also have increased federal funding for research and development of green technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_issues">Social issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Social issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bingaman voted in line with the majority of his party on abortion, and he received a 100% rating from the pro-choice <a href="/wiki/NARAL" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL">NARAL</a>. He supported reinstating the <a href="/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairness Doctrine">Fairness Doctrine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although he voted in 1996 for the <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a>, he voted against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and was ranked favorably by gay rights groups (such as 89% from the <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a>). He also voted twice against a proposed amendment to ban flag desecration, and supported affirmative action.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Iraq War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 11, 2002, Jeff Bingaman was among the 23 Senators who voted against authorizing the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crime_and_torture">Crime and torture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Crime and torture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bingaman had a generally pro-rehabilitation stance on crime, supporting more programs to prevent youth crime, lower high school dropout rates, and stop drug use. Bingaman was an outspoken critic of the <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay detention camp</a>. He cited the need for due process of law for detainees by saying: </p> <blockquote><p>The current practice of holding detainees or prisoners indefinitely, without affording them basic due process rights, has been widely criticized in this country and throughout the world. For a country such as ours that has consistently advocated for the rule of law, the policies of the current administration are nothing short of a major embarrassment ... How we handle prisoners can have a dramatic impact on how our own men and women are treated in the event they are themselves taken prisoner.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care_reform">Health care reform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Health care reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bingaman supported President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted for the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> in December 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and voted for the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico">1982 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jeff Bingaman</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>91,780 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>54.36 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Apodaca" title="Jerry Apodaca">Jerry Apodaca</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">66,598 </td> <td style="text-align:right">39.44 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Virginia Keehan </td> <td style="text-align:right">10,466 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>168,844 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jeff Bingaman </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>217,682 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.77 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt" title="Harrison Schmitt">Harrison Schmitt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </td> <td style="text-align:right">187,128 </td> <td style="text-align:right">46.23 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>404,810 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #F6F6F6;"> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#3333FF;"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1988 United States Senate election in New Mexico">1988 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jeff Bingaman (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>321,983 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>63.31 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bill Valentine </td> <td style="text-align:right">186,579 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.68 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.01 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>508,598 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="1994 United States Senate election in New Mexico">1994 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jeff Bingaman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>165,148 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>165,148 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jeff Bingaman (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>249,989 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.97 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Colin_R._McMillan" title="Colin R. McMillan">Colin R. McMillan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">213,025 </td> <td style="text-align:right">45.99 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">182 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>463,196 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2000 United States Senate election in New Mexico">2000 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jeff Bingaman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>128,887 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>128,887 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jeff Bingaman (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>363,744 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Redmond" title="Bill Redmond">Bill Redmond</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">225,517 </td> <td style="text-align:right">38.25 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">265 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>589,525 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="; margin-right:1em;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_New_Mexico" title="2006 United States Senate election in New Mexico">2006 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Primary election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jeff Bingaman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>115,198 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>115,198 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">General election </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Jeff Bingaman (<a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">incumbent</a>) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>394,365 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.61 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Allen McCulloch </td> <td style="text-align:right">163,826 </td> <td style="text-align:right">29.33 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFFFFF; width: 2px;"> </td> <td class="org" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Write-in_candidate" title="Write-in candidate">Write-in</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">376 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.06 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>558,567 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00 </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bingaman met his wife <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anne_Kovacovich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anne Kovacovich (page does not exist)">Anne Kovacovich</a> when both were attending Stanford Law School. They have one son, John, who served as the chief of staff for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">New Mexico Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Lujan_Grisham" title="Michelle Lujan Grisham">Michelle Lujan Grisham</a> (2019–2020).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 13, 2008, Bingaman was awarded an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Letters" title="Doctor of Letters">Doctor of Letters</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University" title="New Mexico State University">New Mexico State University</a> at the university's Fall 2008 commencement ceremony. </p><p>He received the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Eagle_Scout_Award" title="Distinguished Eagle Scout Award">Distinguished Eagle Scout Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts of America</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-desalista_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desalista-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Bingaman&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Toney_Anaya" title="Toney Anaya">Toney Anaya</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Mexico" title="Attorney General of New Mexico">Attorney General of New Mexico</a> </b><br />1979–1983 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bardacke" title="Paul Bardacke">Paul Bardacke</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Montoya" title="Joseph Montoya">Joseph Montoya</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" 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rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Heinrich" title="Martin Heinrich">Martin Heinrich</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt" title="Harrison Schmitt">Harrison Schmitt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_New_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from New Mexico">U.S. Senator (Class 1) New Mexico</a> </b><br />1983–2013 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Pete_Domenici" title="Pete Domenici">Pete Domenici</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Udall" title="Tom Udall">Tom Udall</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Heinrich" title="Martin Heinrich">Martin Heinrich</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Murkowski" title="Frank Murkowski">Frank Murkowski</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Senate Energy Committee</a> </b><br />2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Murkowski" title="Frank Murkowski">Frank Murkowski</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 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