Best and Worst Senators of the Past 25 Years: New Mexico

[Mr. Smith]

And here's New Mexico, this will close on either late Tuesday night or Wednesday morning since I'm on vacation for Memorial Day.

[Mr. Smith]

All but Domenici seem to be pretty good and similar, and while normally, I let tenure be the decider, in a case like the Udalls, of which I am in that tree, I'm giving it to Tom.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Udall/Domenici

[Kingpoleon]

1. Heinrich
2. Bingaman
3. Udall
4. Domenici

[MAINEiac4434]

Udall/Domenici

[Maxwell]

Domenici and Bingaman were a pretty dreadful duo, to the point where Udall and Heinrich were a major improvement. I'd pick Udall slightly ahead of Heinrich, and then Domenici was a good deal worse than Jeff Bingaman so the worst has got to be Domenici.

[Zioneer]

I like Udall, and Domenici is obviously awful, so that's my choice. Heinrich was a close second for "best" though.

[WMS]

Wow. The hackery is strong in this poll.

In terms of who was better for the residents of New Mexico, and certainly who was better-regarded by them, Domenici and Bingaman were way above the other two. Especially that empty suit Heinrich, who never held a real job in his life.

[Mr. Smith]

Closed

Best

AL: Howell Heflin (1979-1997) [75%]
AK: Mark Begich (2009-2015) [60.5%]
AZ: Dennis DeConcini (1977-1995) [52.9%]
AR: Dale Bumpers (1975-1999) [59.3%]
CA: John Seymour (1991-1992) [26.9%]
CO: Mark Udall (2009-2015) [30%]
CT: Chris Murphy (2013-Present) [55.6%]
DE: Joe Biden (1973-2009) [73.9%]
FL: Bob Graham (1987-2005) [48.7%]
GA: Max Cleland (1997-2003) [44.8]
HI: Daniel Inouye (1963-2012) [48%]
ID: Mike Crapo (1999-Present) [30%]
IL: Barack Obama (2005-2009) [30%]
IN: Dick Lugar (1977-2013) [43.5%]
IA: Tom Harkin (1985-2015) [74.2%]
KS: Nancy Kassebaum (1978-1997) [46.4%]
KY: Wendell Ford (1974-1999) [61.9%]
LA: Mary Landrieu (1997-2015) [55.9%]
ME: George Mitchell (1980-1995) [42.9%]
MD: Barbara Mikulski (1987-2017) [52.2%]
MA: Scott Brown (2010-2013) [31.7%]
MI: Carl Levin (1979-2015) & Debbie Stabenow (2001-Present) [34.6%]
MN: Paul Wellstone (1991-2002) [51.7%]
MS: Thad Cochran (1978-Present) [68%]
MO: Claire McCaskill (2007-Present) [50%]
MT: Jon Tester (2007-Present) [70%]
NE: Bob Kerrey (1989-2001) [34.5%]
NV: Harry Reid (1987-2017) [46.4%]
NH: Jeanne Shaheen (2009-Present) [47.2%]
NJ: Bill Bradley (1979-1997) [42.4%]
NM: Tom Udall (2009-Present) [50%]

Worst

AL: Jeff Sessions (1997-2017) [75%]
AK: Ted Stevens (1968-2009) [44.7%]
AZ: Jon Kyl (1995-2013) [51.4%]
AR: Tom Cotton (2015-Present) [70.3%]
CA: Dianne Feinstein (1992-Present) [61.5%]
CO: Corey Gardner (2015-Present) [34.5%]
CT: Joe Lieberman (1989-2013) [71.4%]
DE: Bill Roth (1971-2001) [38.1%]
FL: Marco Rubio (2011-Present) [64.1%]
GA: Saxby Chambliss (2003-2015) [50%]
HI: Daniel Inuoye (1963-2012) [38.9%]
ID: Larry Craig (1991-2009) [76.7%]
IL: Mark Kirk (2010-2017) [37.5%]
IN: Evan Bayh (1999-2011) [36.4%]
IA: Chuck Grassley (1981-Present) [48.4%]
KS: Sam Brownback (1996-2011) [71.9%]
KY: Mitch McConnell (1985-Present) [59.5%]
LA: David Vitter (2005-2017) [79.4%]
ME: Susan Collins (1997-Present) [48.1%]
MD: Ben Cardin (2007-Present) [56.5%]
MA: Scott Brown (2010-2013) [45%]
MI: Spencer Abraham (1995-2001)[76.9%]
MN: Norm Coleman (2003-2009) [51.9%]
MS: Trent Lott (1989-2007) [64%]
MO: John Ashcroft (1995-2001) [39.3%]
MT: Conrad Burns (1989-2007) [56.7%]
NE: Deb Fischer (2013-Present) [50%]
NV: John Ensign (2001-2011) [67.9%]
NH: Bob Smith (1990-2002) [33.3%]
NJ: Bob Menendez (2007-Present) [60.6%]
NM: Pete Domenici (1973-2009) [65.4%]