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Marty Martinez

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 14, 1929 in Walsenberg, CO
Died: October 15, 2011 in Fredericksburg, VA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1947-1950

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Monterey Park (CA), 1974, 1980
  • CA Assembly, 1980-1982

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican on July 27, 2000


Election Results for Marty Martinez


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 53 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 17,618 34.8%
1982 53 CA D U.S. House District 30 Special Open Primary 1 22,572 32.4%
1982 53 CA D U.S. House District 30 Special 1 14,593 51.0%
1982 53 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 60,905 53.9%
1984 55 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 27,340 74.8%
1984 55 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 64,378 51.8%
1986 57 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 27,161 81.3%
1986 57 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 59,369 62.5%
1988 59 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 33,615 73.6%
1988 59 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 72,253 59.9%
1990 61 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 25,359 100.0%
1990 61 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 45,456 58.2%
1992 63 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 20,248 57.4%
1992 63 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 68,324 62.6%
1994 65 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 15,422 55.2%
1994 65 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 50,541 59.1%
1996 67 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 25,689 100.0%
1996 67 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 69,285 67.5%
1998 69 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 42,162 100.0%
1998 69 CA D U.S. House District 31 General 1 61,173 70.0%
2000 71 CA D U.S. House District 31 Primary 2 22,241 31.4%


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



Ideology Data for Marty Martinez


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
1982 53 House 10 73 82 6 R 32 55 86 80 19
1983 54 House 7 73 65 2 R 10 59 62 100 0
1984 55 House 10 85 93 5 R 27 72 96 100 9
1985 56 House 15 76 88 2 R 19 75 91 84 5
1986 57 House 16 70 82 5 R 18 76 89 89 10
1987 58 House 33 58 89 5 R 22 72 92 83 0
1988 59 House 13 74 90 2 R 14 72 92 95 4
1989 60 House 22 68 86 6 R 34 60 93 84 11
1990 61 House 31 63 81 6 R 18 79 87 78 9
1991 62 House 30 43 71 10 R 31 52 82 81 11
1992 63 House 31 58 87 6 R 16 79 92 95 4
1993 64 House 43 55 86 8 D 77 20 93 90 13
1994 65 House 61 36 90 6 D 83 14 96 68 15
1995 66 House 25 66 81 9 D 80 13 91 89 16
1996 67 House 51 39 73 21 D 78 20 94 80 10
1997 68 House 47 44 80 14 D 72 24 94 74 22
1998 69 House 45 50 77 15 D 77 16 88 79 29
1999 70 House 88 7 D 70 24 92 89 13
2000 71 House 64 11 D 32 48 73 11 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.