Clinton Harden | |
State Senate: | New Mexico |
District: | 7th |
Term Start: | 2003 |
Term End: | 2012 |
Predecessor: | Patrick Lyons |
Successor: | Pat Woods |
Birth Name: | Clinton Dewey Harden, Jr. |
Birth Place: | Belen, New Mexico, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Residence: | Clovis, New Mexico, U.S. |
Occupation: | business administrator |
Clinton Dewey Harden, Jr. (born April 12, 1947)[1] is an American former politician. He was a Republican member of the New Mexico Senate from 2002 to 2012.[2] An alumnus of the United States Naval Academy and the University of Utah, he is a business administrator.[3] [4]
Harden played college football for the Utah Utes and Navy Midshipmen.[5]
Prior to serving in the New Mexico Senate, Harden served as the state's Secretary of Labor under Governor Gary Johnson. He chose not to run for reelection to the state senate following the end of his term in 2012.[6]