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 Democrat Jeff Bingaman.
Bingaman ran advertisements that criticized Schmitt's views on a minimum Social Security and mining on federally protected land.[2] 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.[2] Another ad that Bingaman ran asked, "What on Earth has he done for you lately?"[3]
The two negative ads that Schmitt ran were received poorly and later pulled.[4]
1982, united, states, senate, election, mexico, took, place, november, 1982, incumbent, republican, senator, harrison, schmitt, running, election, second, term, lost, democrat, jeff, bingaman, 1976, november, 1982, 1988, nominee, jeff, bingaman, harrison, schm. 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 Democrat Jeff Bingaman 1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico 1976 November 2 1982 1988 Nominee Jeff Bingaman Harrison SchmittParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 217 682 187 128Percentage 53 77 46 23 County resultsBingaman 50 60 60 70 70 80 Schmitt 50 60 60 70 U S senator before electionHarrison SchmittRepublican Elected U S Senator Jeff BingamanDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Campaign 2 3 Results 3 Aftermath 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Jeff Bingaman Attorney General of New Mexico Jerry Apodaca former Governor of New Mexico Virginia KeehanResults edit Democratic primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jeff Bingaman 91 780 54 36Democratic Jerry Apodaca 66 598 39 44Democratic Virginia Keehan 10 466 6 20Total votes 168 844 100 00General election editCandidates edit Jeff Bingaman Attorney General of New Mexico Democratic Harrison Schmitt incumbent U S Senator first elected in 1976 and former astronaut Republican Campaign edit Bingaman ran advertisements that criticized Schmitt s views on a minimum Social Security and mining on federally protected land 2 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 2 Another ad that Bingaman ran asked What on Earth has he done for you lately 3 The two negative ads that Schmitt ran were received poorly and later pulled 4 Results edit The turnout was approximately 70 4 United States Senate election in New Mexico 1982 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jeff Bingaman 217 682 53 77 11 07 Republican Harrison Schmitt incumbent 187 128 46 23 10 59 Majority 30 554 7 55 6 57 Turnout 404 810Democratic gain from Republican SwingAftermath editSchmitt thought the media was biased against him during the campaign 2 See also edit1982 United States Senate electionsReferences edit NM US Senate D Primary OurCampaigns com February 12 2018 Retrieved May 5 2022 a b c Schmitt prepares to leave office Manitowoc Herald Times Manitowoc Wisconsin Associated Press November 29 1982 p 7 via Newspapers com The Astronauts Who Went to the Moon The 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing TIME TIME com July 16 2009 Archived from the original on July 19 2009 a b Reinhold Robert November 3 1982 Schmitt Loses New Mexico Senate Seat New York Times p A23 Retrieved June 7 2018 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2 1982 PDF Clerk of the House of Representatives p 26 nbsp This New Mexico elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1982 United States Senate election in New Mexico amp oldid 1185113155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
