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Steve Pearce

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 24, 1947 in Lamesa, TX

Education:

  • Hobbs High School (Hobbs, NM), 1965
  • New Mexico State University, B.A., 1970
  • Eastern New Mexico University, M.B.A., 1991

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1970-1976

Career:

  • Businessman
  • Chairman of NM Republican party, 2018-

Elected Office:

  • NM House, 1997-2000


Election Results for Steve Pearce


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 52 NM R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 15,628 21.6%
2002 54 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,317 35.0%
2002 54 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,631 56.2%
2004 56 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,644 100.0%
2004 56 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,498 60.2%
2006 58 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,086 100.0%
2006 58 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 92,620 59.4%
2008 60 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 57,953 51.3%
2008 60 NM R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 318,522 38.7%
2010 62 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,021 84.8%
2010 62 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,053 55.4%
2012 64 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,911 100.0%
2012 64 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 133,180 59.1%
2014 66 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,598 100.0%
2014 66 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,209 64.4%
2016 68 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,722 100.0%
2016 68 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,514 62.7%
2018 70 NM R Governor Primary 1 75,162 100.0%
2018 70 NM R Governor General 2 298,091 42.8%


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



Ideology Data for Steve Pearce


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
2003 55 House 93 2 R 96 2 95 5 92
2004 56 House 94 6 R 85 15 99 0 96
2005 57 House 93 4 R 85 15 97 0 96
2006 58 House 97 2 R 100 0 99 5 92
2007 59 House 95 4 R 79 20 99 5 96
2008 60 House 92 6 R 67 29 94 20 92
2011 63 House 93 4 D 18 82 98 5 92
2012 64 House 91 6 D 17 81 98 10 88
2013 65 House 93 5 D 12 85 98 11 76
2014 66 House 94 5 D 12 86 99 0 67
2015 67 House 94 4 D 6 92 98 5 79
2016 68 House 87 2 D 6 89 91 0 82
2017 69 House 97 3 R 94 6 99 0 81
2018 70 House 81 3 R 70 15 85 0 73
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.