Jeff Bingaman

A Senator from New Mexico. Born in El Paso, Tex. , October 3, 1943. Attended public schools of Silver City, N. Mex. Graduated, Harvard College 1965 and Stanford Law School 1968. Served in the United States Army Reserve 1968-1974. Admitted to the New Mexico bar 1968. Assistant New Mexico attorney general 1969. Counsel to State constitutional convention 1969. Commenced private practice in 1970. Elected New Mexico attorney general 1979-1982. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1982. Reelected in 1988, 1994, 2000, and 2006, and served from January 3, 1983, to January 3, 2013. Chairman, Senate Impeachment Trial Committee (1989-1991), Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001. June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Twelfth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2012.