The Autobiography of New Mexico's First Modern Governor

In this engaging autobiography, Campbell traces his life story across major historical events in the country and New Mexico.

Jack M. Campbell was the twenty-first governor of the state of New Mexico.

Maurice Trimmer was Campbell's press secretary and friend for over thirty years. He assisted Campbell in the writing of this autobiography.

New Mexico journalist, novelist, and editor Charles C. Poling completed this work by drawing on Campbell's and Trimmer's extensive files and archival records to finish the chapters on Campbell's years as governor. Poling coauthored New Mexico governor Bruce King's Cowboy in the Roundhouse: A Political Life.

Jeff Bingaman served as a US Senator from New Mexico for five terms (1983-2013). A native of Silver City, New Mexico, he attended Harvard College and Stanford Law School. He then joined the US Army Reserve from 1968 to 1974 and was elected as the New Mexico Attorney General from 1979 through 1982. In the Senate he served on the Finance Committee; the Armed Services Committee; the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; the Joint Economic Committee; and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where he served as its chair. Jeff and his wife, Anne, live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.