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Electoral history of Bill Richardson

Generally, a successful candidate and administrator, Richardson was a member of the Democratic Party, serving as the Representative from the newly established 3rd congressional district in New Mexico, from 1983 to 1997, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 to 1998, and as the U.S. Secretary of Energy, from 1998 to 2001. Richardson returned to state office, serving as the 30th Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He ran unsuccessfully for U.S. president in 2008. He also served as the chairman for the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chair of the Democratic Governors Association.

Congressional races (1980–1996)

New Mexico's 1st congressional district, 1980:

  • Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R) (inc.) – 125,910 (51.01%)
  • Bill Richardson – 120,903 (48.99%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1982 (Democratic primary):

  • Bill Richardson – 23,123 (36.22%)
  • Roberto A. Mondragon – 19,691 (30.84%)
  • George Perez – 12,412 (19.44%)
  • Tom Udall – 8,619 (13.50%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1982:

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1984:

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1986:

  • Bill Richardson (D) (inc.) – 95,760 (71.30%)
  • David F. Cargo (R) – 38,552 (28.70%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1988:

  • Bill Richardson (D) (inc.) – 124,938 (73.11%)
  • Cecilia M. Salazar (R) – 45,954 (26.89%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1990:

  • Bill Richardson (D) (inc.) – 104,225 (74.46%)
  • Phil T. Archuletta (R) – 35,751 (25.54%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1992:

  • Bill Richardson (D) (inc.) – 122,850 (67.42%)
  • F. Gregg Bemis, Jr. (R) – 54,569 (29.95%)
  • Ed Nagel (LBT) – 4,798 (2.63%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1994:

  • Bill Richardson (D) (inc,) – 99,900 (63.59%)
  • F. Gregg Bemis, Jr. (R) – 53,515 (34.06%)
  • Ed Nagel (LBT) – 3,697 (2.35%)

New Mexico's 3rd congressional district, 1996:

  • Bill Richardson (D) (inc.) – 124,594 (67.25%)
  • Bill Redmond (R) – 56,580 (30.54%)
  • Ed Nagel (LBT) – 4,097 (2.21%)

Administration appointments (1996–2001)

United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997 (confirmation in the United States Senate):

  • Yea – 100
  • Nay – 0

United States Secretary of Energy, 1998 (confirmation in the United States Senate):

  • Yea – 100
  • Nay – 0

New Mexico gubernatorial races (2002–2006)

Democratic primary for Governor of New Mexico, 2002:

  • Bill Richardson – 147,524 (99.80%)
  • Mike Nalley (write-in) – 294 (0.20%)

New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2002:

Democratic primary for Governor of New Mexico, 2006:

  • Bill Richardson (inc.) – 107,720 (99.64%)
  • Anselmo A. Chavez (write-in) – 388 (0.36%)

New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2006:

United States presidential election, 2008

2008 New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary:

(* – write-in)

2008 Democratic presidential primaries:

Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:

Including penalized contests:

  • Hillary Clinton – 18,225,175 (48.03%)
  • Barack Obama<sup>PN</sup> – 17,988,182 (47.41%)
  • John Edwards* – 1,006,275 (2.65%)
  • Uncommitted – 299,610 (0.79%)
  • Bill Richardson* – 106,073 (0.28%)
  • Dennis Kucinich* – 103,994 (0.27%)
  • Joe Biden* – 81,641 (0.22%)
  • Scattering – 44,348 (0.12%)
  • Mike Gravel* – 40,251 (0.11%)
  • Christopher Dodd* – 35,281 (0.09%)

(* – dropped out from race)<br>(PN – presumptive nominee)

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