Jeff Bingaman

Jeff Bingaman
Official portrait, 2008
United States Senator
from New Mexico
In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byHarrison Schmitt
Succeeded byMartin Heinrich
Chair of the Senate Energy Committee
In office
January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byPete Domenici
Succeeded byRon Wyden
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byFrank Murkowski
Succeeded byPete Domenici
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Preceded byFrank Murkowski
Succeeded byFrank Murkowski
25th Attorney General of New Mexico
In office
January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1983
GovernorBruce King
Preceded byToney Anaya
Succeeded byPaul Bardacke
Personal details
Born
Jesse Francis Bingaman Jr.

(1943-10-03) October 3, 1943 (age 81)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAnne Kovacovich
Children1 son
EducationHarvard College (BA)
Stanford University (JD)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1968–1974
UnitUnited States Army Reserve

Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 25th Attorney General of New Mexico from 1979 to 1983. During his time in the Senate, Bingaman served as Chairman of Committee Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus and was the longtime chair of the Senate Energy Committee.

Bingaman worked on Congressional committees on Armed Services; Energy and Natural Resources (Chairman); Finance; Health, Education Labor & Pensions; Joint Economic Committee; among others. He advocated environmental issues such as for clean energy policies and protection of wildlife and public lands. Bingaman took positions favoring immigration reform with increased border enforcement coupled with a guest worker program.

After he left the Senate, he returned to his alma mater Stanford Law School as a fellow of its Steyer–Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance.[1]

  1. ^ Romero, Judith (1 April 2013). "Former Senator an Energy Committee Chair Jeff Bingaman to Lead Stanford University Steyer–Taylor Center Initiative on Renewable Portfolio Standards as Distinguished Fellow". Stanford. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.