Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall today announced that the Senate unanimously confirmed Ken Gonzales to be New Mexico's U.S. Attorney.

"Ken Gonzales has all the right qualifications for this very important position and I commend President Obama for nominating him.  I'm very pleased that the Senate acted quickly – and unanimously -- to approve Ken and I wish him well in his new job," Bingaman said.

"Throughout his career, Ken Gonzales has shown a commitment to the people of New Mexico and the pursuit of justice," said Udall. "His legal expertise and decade of statewide service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney have prepared him well to lead this important office.  I congratulate Ken on his unanimous confirmation by the Senate and wish him great success serving as New Mexico's U.S. Attorney."

Gonzales is a graduate of Pojoaque High School, and received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of New Mexico.  Before taking a position in 1999 as a career prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's New Mexico offices in Las Cruces and Albuquerque, he served as a judicial law clerk to a chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, and was a legislative assistant to Bingaman on criminal justice, Indian affairs and other issues. He has also been a judge advocate in the U.S. Army.