Jeff Bingaman
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Categories: 110th Congress | New Mexico Democrats
| Jeff Bingaman | |
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| U.S. Junior Senator, New Mexico | |
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| Party | Democratic |
| Assumed office (class 1) January 3, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Harrison Schmitt |
| Committees | |
| Born | October 3, 1943 |
| Spouse | Anne Kovacovich Bingaman |
| Religion | Methodist |
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Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is the junior U.S. Senator from New Mexico. He has been in the Senate since 1983 and is a member of the Democratic Party. He was reelected in 1988, 1994, 2000 and 2006. On February 18, 2011, Sen. Bingaman announced that he will not seek reelection in 2012.
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Background
Bingaman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Harvard University in 1965. He then entered the Stanford University School of Law, graduating in 1968.
Bingaman was elected Attorney General of New Mexico in 1978 and served until his election to the U.S. Senate in 1982, defeating Republican incumbent and former astronaut Harrison Schmitt. He was re-elected in 1988, 1994, 2000, and again in 2006. Bingaman has announce he will not run for reelection in 2012. [1]
Bingaman is married to Anne Kovacovich Bingaman. They have one son, John. Ms. Bingaman, a Stanford graduate and longtime New Mexico attorney, works in the private sector
Committees
- Bingaman is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Bingaman wants to move slowly on Nancy Pelosi's plan to repeal subsidies and tax break for the oil industry. (Source: Jeff Bingaman Slips on Oil - DailyKos diary.)
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Joint Economic Committee
Affilations
Contact
GovTrack link
External Links
- BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis, Jr. (Jeff), 1943- (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)
- Biography – Jeff Bingaman (U.S Senate)
Related areas
Congress: NM-Sen, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03
State: NM-Gov, New Mexico Senate, New Mexico House, New Mexico elections, 2008, New Mexico election results
Counties: Bernalilo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Dona Ana County, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln County, Los Alamos, Luna, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union , Valencia,
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