He beat former N.M. Auditor Hector Balderas for the Senate seat vacated by long-time Sen. Jeff Bingaman, a Democrat, in 2008 and won the next election cycle again his challenger Heather Wilson ...

74-24 Senate vote means guest workers allowed will ... (Watch precedents for top Republican's censored take on bill) Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the leading advocate of the ...

Representative Martin Heinrich, a Democrat who has represented the First District in Congress for the last four years, won the Senate seat being vacated by Jeff Bingaman, a five-term Democrat.