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Tom Udall

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 18, 1948 in Tucson, AZ

Education:

  • Prescott College, B.A., 1970
  • Cambridge University, B.L. 1975
  • University of New Mexico, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for NM, 1981-1983, 1985-1990
  • Counsel, NM environmental department, 1983-1984

Elected Office:

  • NM Attorney General, 1990-1998

Other notes:

  • Son of Stewart Udall, nephew of Morris Udall, cousin of Mark Udall, cousin of Gordon Smith


Election Results for Tom Udall


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 34 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 4 8,619 13.5%
1988 40 NM D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,068 24.9%
1988 40 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 2 84,138 47.3%
1990 42 NM D Attorney General Primary 1 59,676 36.0%
1990 42 NM D Attorney General General 1 265,582 67.6%
1994 46 NM D Attorney General Primary 1 160,186 100.0%
1994 46 NM D Attorney General General 1 277,225 60.9%
1998 50 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,533 44.0%
1998 50 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 91,248 53.2%
2000 52 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 49,585 82.6%
2000 52 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 135,040 67.2%
2002 54 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,762 100.0%
2002 54 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,921 100.0%
2004 56 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,871 100.0%
2004 56 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 175,269 68.7%
2006 58 NM D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,472 100.0%
2006 58 NM D U.S. House District 03 General 1 144,880 74.6%
2008 60 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 141,629 100.0%
2008 60 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 505,128 61.3%
2014 66 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 113,502 100.0%
2014 66 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 286,409 55.6%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Udall


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
1999 51 House 93 7 D 76 24 99 95 0
2000 52 House 85 9 D 66 30 94 89 9
2001 53 House 96 4 R 23 77 99 100 4
2002 54 House 98 2 R 18 82 100 100 0
2003 55 House 97 3 R 18 82 100 100 8
2004 56 House 95 5 R 24 76 99 100 8
2005 57 House 93 3 R 11 87 96 100 0
2006 58 House 94 4 R 11 87 98 100 4
2007 59 House 97 1 R 2 97 98 100 0
2008 60 House 93 4 R 16 83 92 90 12
2009 61 Senate 95 3 D 96 4 99 100 8
2010 62 Senate 97 2 D 97 3 99 95 0
2011 63 Senate 97 0 D 88 6 95 95 0
2012 64 Senate 99 0 D 96 4 99 100 0
2013 65 Senate 98 2 D 98 2 99 95 8
2014 66 Senate 99 0 D 99 1 99 90 0
2015 67 Senate 97 3 D 81 16 99 95 0
2016 68 Senate 97 3 D 90 10 99 100 4
2017 69 Senate 96 2 R 33 65 99 90 0
2018 70 Senate 98 2 R 31 69 99 95 9
2019 71 Senate 99 0 R 33 66 99 100 0
2020 72 Senate 96 1 R 29 68 97 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.