Jeff Bingaman

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Jeff Bingaman
Junior Senator from New Mexico
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 1983 Serving with Pete Domenici
Preceded by	Harrison Schmitt
Succeeded by	Incumbent (2013)
Born	October 03, 1943 (1943-10-03) (age 63) El Paso, Texas
Nationality	american
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Anne Kovacovich Bingaman
Religion	Methodist

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. Bingaman was Attorney General of New Mexico from 1978 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 1982, when he defeated Republican incumbent and former astronaut Harrison Schmitt. He was re-elected in 1988, 1994 (defeating Colin McMillan), 2000, and 2006.