page_title: 1996 United States Senate elections
section_title: New Mexico
hierarchical_section_title: 1996 United States Senate elections / New Mexico
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a county-level view of the United States Senate election in New Mexico, 1996, because the original picture on the article was egregiously incorrect.
context_page_description: The 1996 United States Senate elections coincided with the presidential election, in which Democrat Bill Clinton was re-elected President.
  Despite the re-election of Clinton and Gore, and despite Democrats picking up a net two seats in the elections to the United States House of Representatives held the same day, the Republicans had a net gain of two seats in the Senate, following major Republican gains two years previously in the 1994 elections. As such, Clinton became the first president re-elected since Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 to win either of his terms without any Senate coattails.
  The Republicans won open seats previously held by Democrats in Alabama, Arkansas, and Nebraska. The only Democratic pickup occurred in South Dakota, where Democrat Tim Johnson narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Larry Pressler. The cycle featured an unusually high number of retirements, with thirteen in total. Additionally, special elections occurred as a result of early resignations by Republicans Bob Packwood and presidential nominee Bob Dole, the Senate majority leader.
context_section_description: Incumbent Republican Pete Domenici won re-election to a fifth term.
caption: County results
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