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Michelle Lujan Grisham

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1959 in Los Alamos, NM

Education:

  • University of New Mexico, B.S., 1981, J.D., 1987

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Direcotr, NM State Agency on Aging, 1991-2002
  • NM Aging & Long-Term Services Dept., 2002-2004
  • Secretary, NM Dept. of Health, 2004-2007
  • Co-owner of consulting firm, 2008-

Elected Office:

  • Bernalillo County commissioner, 2012-2012


Election Results for Michelle Lujan Grisham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 48 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 3 12,074 23.5%
2012 52 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,111 40.1%
2012 52 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 162,924 59.1%
2014 54 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,133 100.0%
2014 54 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,474 58.6%
2016 56 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 69,216 100.0%
2016 56 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 181,088 65.1%
2018 58 NM D Governor Primary 1 116,754 66.4%
2018 58 NM D Governor General 1 398,368 57.2%
2022 62 NM D Governor Primary 1 125,238 100.0%
2022 62 NM D Governor General 1 370,168 52.0%


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



Ideology Data for Michelle Lujan Grisham


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
2013 53 House 89 10 D 89 11 99 80 12
2014 54 House 90 6 D 82 12 95 74 9
2015 55 House 88 6 D 84 11 94 84 4
2016 56 House 93 5 D 89 9 98 95 0
2017 57 House 97 3 R 17 83 99 90 4
2018 58 House 81 7 R 41 52 76 67 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.