The Udall family

A Western dynasty that put four members in Congress across three states.
Arizona · Colorado · New Mexico · Senate · House
Combined career popular votes
6,128,654
Members on the ballot
4
Combined W–L
32–2
Years on the ballot
1954–2014

Brothers Stewart Udall (Arizona congressman and interior secretary) and Morris “Mo” Udall (a 30-year Arizona congressman and 1976 presidential candidate) founded a Western political line. Mo’s son Mark Udall became a U.S. senator from Colorado, and Stewart’s son Tom Udall a U.S. senator from New Mexico. The cousins served in the Senate at the same time.

The Udall family members, ranked by career popular votes
MemberOfficesYearsCareer popular votesRecord
Mark UdallDSenate · House1998–20142,934,12261
Morris K. UdallDHouse1962–19901,324,141150
Stewart UdallDHouse1954–1960325,35840
Tom UdallDSenate · House1988–20141,545,03371

How this is measured

Combined career popular votes are summed across the 4 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.

Compiled by PolitiFinder · published June 14, 2026 · sources: Data & sources.