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((short description|American businessman and politician (1924–2009)))
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'''Bruce King''' (April 6, 1924 – November 13, 2009) was an American businessman and politician who for three non-consecutive four-year terms was the governor of [[New Mexico]]. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], he was the longest-serving governor in New Mexico history, with 12 years of service.

==Early life, education, and early political career==
King was born on April 6, 1924, in [[Stanley, New Mexico]]. He served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] during [[World War II]].  After the war, he attended the [[University of New Mexico]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], [[New Mexico]].

King's career in politics began when he was elected to the [[Santa Fe County, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] Board of County Commissioners in 1954. He was re-elected and served as the chairman of the board during his second term.

In 1959, he was elected to the [[New Mexico House of Representatives]]. He served five consecutive terms in the House and during three of his terms he was [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of the House]]. From 1968 to 1969, King was chairman of the state Democratic Party. In 1969, he was also the president of the State Constitutional Convention.

==Governor of New Mexico==
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[[File:1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election results map by county.svg|thumb|left|County results of the [[1990 New Mexico gubernatorial election]]]]
In 1970, King was elected as governor, defeating Republican [[Pete Domenici]]. He served as the [[List of Governors of New Mexico|23rd, 25th and 28th Governor of New Mexico]] from 1971 until 1975, 1979 until 1983 and from 1991 until 1995. His terms were non-consecutive because the New Mexico constitution did not allow governors to succeed themselves before 1991, due to [[Term limits in the United States|term limits]].

King became the first governor who could succeed himself after the term limit laws were changed and ran for reelection [[New Mexico gubernatorial election, 1994|in 1994]], but was defeated for a fourth term by Republican businessman [[Gary Johnson]].

After the [[Church Rock uranium mill spill]] of 1979, King refused the Navajo Nation's request that the site be declared a [[Disaster area|federal disaster area]], limiting aid to affected residents. The spill was the largest release of radioactive material in U.S. history, having released more radioactivity than the [[Three Mile Island accident]] four months earlier.<ref>((Cite web |last=Pasley |first=James |title=Inside the Navajo Church Rock Nuclear Disaster, the largest radioactive disaster in US history that's somehow often forgotten |url=https://www.insider.com/photos-church-rock-the-largest-radioactive-disaster-us-history-2023-6 |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=Insider |language=en-US))</ref>

==Personal life==
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King was married to his wife Alice for 61 years until her death on December 7, 2008. Their son [[Gary King (politician)|Gary King]] served as [[New Mexico Attorney General]] from 2007 to 2015 and was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014.

King was recovering from a procedure in September 2009 to adjust the [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker|pacemaker]] that was implanted after he had a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1997. He died on November 13, 2009, in [[Stanley, New Mexico]], at the age of 85.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Former-Gov--Bruce-King-dies|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909173749/http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Former-Gov--Bruce-King-dies|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2012|title=Former Gov. Bruce King dies|work=[[Santa Fe New Mexican]]|date=November 13, 2009))</ref>

==Bibliography==
((More citations needed|date=September 2023))
*Becknell, Charles Sr. (2003) "No Challenge, No Change: Growing Up Black in New Mexico" Jubilee Publications. ((ISBN|978-0-9744573-0-7))
*Colvin, Mark (1982). "The 1980 New Mexico Prison Riot." ''Social Problems'' 29.
*Colvin, Mark (1992). "The Penitentiary in Crisis:From Accommodation to Riot in New Mexico'', State University of New York Press.
*King, Bruce (1998). ''Cowboy in the Roundhouse: A Political Life''. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press.
*McCaffery, Fred (February 14, 1979). "Political Game Snares Becknell" ''New Mexican Opinion''
*"New Report Describes Events Surrounding New Mexico Prison Riot". (June 8, 1980). ''[[The New York Times]]''.

==References==
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* ((C-SPAN|17039))

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