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Martin Heinrich

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 17, 1971 in Fallon, NV

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.S., 1995
  • Attended University of New Mexico, 2001-2002

Career:

  • Engineer
  • Director, Cottowood Gulch Foundation, 1997-2002
  • Worked for public affairs firm, 2002-2005
  • Trustee, NM state natural resources, 2006

Elected Office:

  • Albuquerque city council, 2003-2007


Election Results for Martin Heinrich


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 36 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,341 43.5%
2008 36 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 166,271 55.7%
2010 38 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,173 100.0%
2010 38 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,010 51.8%
2012 40 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 83,432 58.9%
2012 40 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 395,717 51.0%
2018 46 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 152,145 100.0%
2018 46 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 376,998 54.1%
2024 52 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 122,961 100.0%
2024 52 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 497,333 55.1%


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



Ideology Data for Martin Heinrich


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
2009 37 House 94 6 D 88 12 99 100 4
2010 38 House 97 3 D 95 5 99 100 0
2011 39 House 87 10 D 92 7 96 85 4
2012 40 House 85 8 D 78 12 92 79 9
2013 41 Senate 96 3 D 99 1 99 95 12
2014 42 Senate 99 1 D 96 3 99 90 4
2015 43 Senate 95 4 D 84 15 99 85 8
2016 44 Senate 96 4 D 90 10 99 100 4
2017 45 Senate 97 3 R 32 67 99 90 0
2018 46 Senate 88 2 R 27 59 92 95 14
2019 47 Senate 95 2 R 33 63 97 95 5
2020 48 Senate 95 1 R 28 64 95 100 9
2021 49 Senate 97 0 D 95 5 97 95 3
2022 50 Senate 98 0 D 100 0 98 0
2023 51 Senate 93 1 D 98 2
2024 52 Senate 92 8 D 100
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.