Tom Udall

Tom Udall
Official portrait, 2021
United States Ambassador to Samoa
Incumbent
Assumed office February 17, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Scott Brown
United States Ambassador to New Zealand
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Scott Brown
United States Senator from New Mexico
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Pete Domenici
Succeeded by	Ben Ray Luján
Vice Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee
In office January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021
Preceded by	Jon Tester
Succeeded by	Lisa Murkowski
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 (1948-05-18) May 18, 1948 (age 76) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Jill Cooper
Children	1
Relatives	See Udall family
Education	Prescott College (BA) Downing College, Cambridge (LLB) University of New Mexico (JD)
Signature
Tom Udall's voice Udall calls for a vote on the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act on the Senate floor Recorded May 7, 2015

Thomas Stewart Udall (/ˈjuːdɔːl/ YOO-dawl; born May 18, 1948) is an American diplomat, lawyer, and politician serving as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from New Mexico from 2009 to 2021. Udall 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. 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, who concurrently served alongside him in the Senate representing the neighboring state of Colorado.

Udall was first elected in the 2008 Senate race and was re-elected in 2014, and became dean of New Mexico's congressional delegation as its longest serving member. 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.^[1]