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Pete Domenici

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 7, 1932 in Albuquerque, NM
Died: September 13, 2017 in Albuquerque, NM

Education:

  • University of New Mexico, B.S., 1954
  • Denver University, LL.B., 1958

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Albuquerque city commissioner, 1966-1970


Election Results for Pete Domenici


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 38 NM R Governor Primary 1 25,881 46.0%
1970 38 NM R Governor General 2 134,640 46.4%
1972 40 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 37,337 63.3%
1972 40 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 204,253 54.0%
1978 46 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 183,442 53.4%
1984 52 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 361,371 71.9%
1990 58 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 72,461 100.0%
1990 58 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 296,712 72.9%
1996 64 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 69,394 100.0%
1996 64 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 357,171 64.7%
2002 70 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 91,898 99.9%
2002 70 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 314,193 65.0%


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



Ideology Data for Pete Domenici


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
1973 41 Senate 89 7 81 14 R 67 28 92 10 80
1974 42 Senate 70 28 65 31 R 59 36 94 24* 63
1975 43 Senate 85 7 77 16 R 81 15 93 22 59
1976 44 Senate 85 6 80 8 R 83 11 87 5 71
1977 45 Senate 89 3 84 8 D 57 39 91 5 86
1978 46 Senate 66 14 60 18 D 25 50 74 18 71
1979 47 Senate 87 10 78 18 D 45 52 96 5 78
1980 48 Senate 84 8 74 19 D 58 40 93 18 67
1981 49 Senate 94 4 86 8 R 84 13 95 15 64
1982 50 Senate 97 3 90 9 R 85 15 98 15 58
1983 51 Senate 75 9 72 14 R 74 18 88 16 44
1984 52 Senate 91 9 86 14 R 88 8 96 26 77
1985 53 Senate 88 8 90 6 R 82 15 96 5 80
1986 54 Senate 95 5 89 10 R 88 12 99 5 81
1987 55 Senate 88 13 78 20 R 69 31 96 20 65
1988 56 Senate 97 0 77 19 R 76 19 95 16 72
1989 57 Senate 76 24 74 23 R 90 7 97 10 87
1990 58 Senate 84 8 69 24 R 67 29 94 25 50
1991 59 Senate 88 10 88 11 R 93 6 98 10 76
1992 60 Senate 89 11 88 11 R 82 18 99 15 77
1993 61 Senate 85 12 83 14 D 34 66 97 20 80
1994 62 Senate 94 6 78 22 D 53 47 99 28 84
1995 63 Senate 91 7 93 7 D 25 72 99 5 78
1996 64 Senate 89 5 86 9 D 41 56 95 15 85
1997 65 Senate 96 4 84 15 D 67 33 99 25 63
1998 66 Senate 88 13 81 16 D 53 40 95 6 70
1999 67 Senate 93 7 93 6 D 33 67 98 5 88
2000 68 Senate 94 6 90 6 D 51 49 94 0 96
2001 69 Senate 81 10 R 84 5 91 11 90
2002 70 Senate 77 10 R 91 2 89 17 88
2003 71 Senate 89 3 R 90 3 92 5 85
2004 72 Senate 87 3 R 90 5 90 17 95
2005 73 Senate 89 7 R 84 13 96 15 91
2006 74 Senate 80 14 R 89 9 95 0 75
2007 75 Senate 72 25 R 80 18 97 25 79
2008 76 Senate 72 17 R 78 20 90 24 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.