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Sen. Martin Heinrich

Senator for New Mexico

pronounced MAHR-tin // HĪN-rik

Heinrich is the senior senator from New Mexico and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Heinrich is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. He is 51 years old.

He was previously the representative for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district as a Democrat from 2009 to 2012.

Photo of Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Heinrich.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Heinrich is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Heinrich has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 21, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Martin Heinrich sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Heinrich was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 11 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Heinrich sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (28%) Native Americans (20%) Energy (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Immigration (8%) Taxation (7%) Health (7%) Environmental Protection (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Heinrich recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Heinrich voted Yea

Heinrich voted No

Heinrich voted Nay

Heinrich voted Aye

Passed 269/161 on Aug 1, 2011.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute enacted by the 112th …

Heinrich voted Aye

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.
The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack …

Heinrich voted No

Heinrich voted Nay

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Sep 2023, Heinrich missed 86 of 3,660 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: