Tom Udall
Tom Udall | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| United States Ambassador to Samoa | |
| In office February 17, 2022 – January 14, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Scott Brown |
| Succeeded by | David Gehrenbeck (Chargé d'affaires) |
| United States Ambassador to New Zealand | |
| In office December 2, 2021 – January 14, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Scott Brown |
| Succeeded by | David Gehrenbeck (Chargé d'affaires) |
| Vice Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jon Tester |
| Succeeded by | Lisa Murkowski |
| United States Senator from New Mexico | |
| In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Pete Domenici |
| Succeeded by | Ben Ray Luján |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Redmond |
| Succeeded by | Ben Ray Luján |
| 28th Attorney General of New Mexico | |
| In office January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1999 | |
| Governor | Bruce King Gary Johnson |
| Preceded by | Hal Stratton |
| Succeeded by | Patricia A. Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Stewart Udall May 18, 1948 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Jill Cooper |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | See Udall family |
| Education | Prescott College (BA) Downing College, Cambridge (LLB) University of New Mexico (JD) |
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Thomas Stewart Udall (/ˈjuːdɔːl/ YOO-dawl; born May 18, 1948) is an American diplomat, attorney, and politician who served as a United States senator for New Mexico from 2009 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district from 1999 to 2009 and New Mexico attorney general from 1991 to 1999. In 2022, he was made the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, leaving his post in 2025. Born in Tucson, Arizona to the Udall family, he is the son of former U.S. Representative and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and the nephew of former U.S. Representative Mo Udall. His cousin is Mark Udall, a Senator for the neighboring state of Colorado from 2009 to 2015.
Udall was first elected in the 2008 Senate race and was re-elected in 2014, and became dean of New Mexico's congressional delegation. He did not seek a third term in 2020, making him the only Democratic senator to retire that cycle. On July 16, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Udall to serve as United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.