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Jeff Bingaman

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 3, 1943 in El Paso, TX

Education:

  • Harvard College, B.A., 1965
  • Stanford University, LL.B, 1968

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-1974

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant NM Attorney General, 1969

Elected Office:

  • NM Attorney General, 1979-1982


Election Results for Jeff Bingaman


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 34 NM D Attorney General General 1 206,140 100.0%
1982 38 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 91,780 54.4%
1982 38 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 217,682 53.8%
1988 44 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 321,983 63.3%
1994 50 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 165,148 100.0%
1994 50 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 249,989 54.0%
2000 56 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 124,887 100.0%
2000 56 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 363,744 61.7%
2006 62 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 115,198 100.0%
2006 62 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 394,365 70.6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Jeff Bingaman


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1983 39 Senate 25 73 81 15 R 45 54 98 90 4
1984 40 Senate 28 72 79 19 R 40 56 98 95 9
1985 41 Senate 37 60 75 24 R 33 66 98 70 14
1986 42 Senate 41 59 70 29 R 41 58 99 65 38
1987 43 Senate 53 38 74 21 R 32 60 94 68 13
1988 44 Senate 68 30 71 22 R 52 47 96 70 20
1989 45 Senate 34 66 84 16 R 54 46 99 65 17
1990 46 Senate 32 57 76 18 R 35 54 94 67 19
1991 47 Senate 65 35 78 20 R 51 48 98 65 19
1992 48 Senate 39 55 70 23 R 40 50 94 88 4
1993 49 Senate 49 49 79 20 D 85 13 98 70 20
1994 50 Senate 53 47 84 16 D 89 11 99 60 16
1995 51 Senate 32 65 83 16 D 91 9 99 95 0
1996 52 Senate 37 63 87 12 D 83 15 99 95 0
1997 53 Senate 28 68 87 11 D 92 8 96 95 0
1998 54 Senate 50 38 83 13 D 81 13 95 84 0
1999 55 Senate 88 12 87 12 D 84 16 99 100 4
2000 56 Senate 87 13 86 13 D 95 5 99 89 16
2001 57 Senate 90 9 R 66 33 99 95 29
2002 58 Senate 75 20 R 80 20 95 90 17
2003 59 Senate 92 8 R 49 50 99 95 10
2004 60 Senate 88 10 R 71 29 98 95 12
2005 61 Senate 84 14 R 44 53 99 95 13
2006 62 Senate 90 6 R 49 47 96 100 8
2007 63 Senate 94 5 R 38 61 99 90 4
2008 64 Senate 97 1 R 31 69 99 100 0
2009 65 Senate 95 5 D 96 4 100 100 4
2010 66 Senate 97 3 D 98 2 99 90 4
2011 67 Senate 98 2 D 97 2 99 95 5
2012 68 Senate 94 4 D 94 4 98 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.