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Democrat · U.S. Senate, New Mexico

Serving since Jan 3, 2013119th Congress (2025–27)next election Nov 5, 2030

Bioguide H001046FEC H8NM01224, S2NM00088

Portrait of Martin Heinrich, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
1,982
statements classified

1,165 posts on X, 741 press releases, 52 Congressional Record speeches in the 119th Congress. No measure in the 119th Congress stands far from the peer average.

Every post, press release, newsletter and floor speech the lab collected and ran through its classifier.

At a glance

6 measures against Senate Democrats. Heinrich voted against the majority of Senate Democrats 56 times; party unity 93.8%, in the bottom half of Senate Democrats (average 95.3%). 25% of Heinrich’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, in the bottom quarter of Senate Democrats (median 35%). 30% of Heinrich’s statements claim credit, in the top half of Senate Democrats (average 26%).

The measures on which Heinrich sits furthest from the middle of Senate Democrats, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Party unity

93.8%

Senate Democrats average 95.3% · ranks 34th of 45 · 56 votes against the majority of Senate Democrats

Small donations, 2026

25%

Senate Democrats’ median 35% · ranks 35th of 45

Credit claiming

30%

Senate Democrats average 26% · ranks 14th of 45

Attendance

96.2%

Senate Democrats average 97.0% · ranks 31st of 45 · 915 roll calls

From New Mexico, 2026

25%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 28th of 41 Senate Democrats

CSIP ideology

−1.15

Left of 0, the centre of the scale · ± 0.01

Peer group: Senate Democrats. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Heinrich, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Heinrich is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Heinrich says

Heinrich attacks opponents personally less than 62% of Senate Democrats. Personal attacks in 8.6% of 1,982 statements, against 11% for the average Senate Democrat; 29th of 45.

An AI model reads each of Heinrich’s 1,982 statements in the 119th Congress (1,165 posts on X, 741 press releases, 52 Congressional Record speeches, 24 newsletters) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for Senate Democrats and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the 119th Congress

0%80%
Heinrich
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion1,566 statements
79%
78%
24th of 45
Policy criticism725 statements
37%
37%
23rd of 45
Credit claiming603 statements
30%
26%
14th of 45
Bipartisanship306 statements
15%
18%
24th of 45
Personal attacks170 statements
9%
11%
29th of 45
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Heinrich's share of statements in each category against the Senate Democrats average.
RowHeinrichPeers
Policy discussion79%78%
Policy criticism37%37%
Credit claiming30%26%
Bipartisanship15%18%
Personal attacks9%11%
1,982

statements classified

1,165 posts on X, 741 press releases, 52 Congressional Record speeches, 24 newsletters.

posts on X: 1,165 (58.8%)posts on X 1,165press releases: 741 (37.4%)press releases 741Congressional Record speeches: 52 (2.6%)newsletters: 24 (1.2%)
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Heinrich's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X1,165
press releases741
Congressional Record speeches52
newsletters24
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Heinrich; the thin grey bar is the average Senate Democrats. A longer thick bar means Heinrich does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Heinrich used extreme labels in 1.3% of statements, below the peer average. 25 statements, most often aimed at Donald Trump; peers 2.4%.

  1. “extreme”7
  2. “radical”6
  3. “MAGA”1
  4. “woke”1

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Donald Trump3
  2. Radical Left2
  3. SAVE Act2
  4. ICE1
  5. management changes1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the 119th Congress

Statements2025-01: 1502025-02: 1602025-03: 1162025-04: 1022025-05: 802025-06: 972025-07: 912025-08: 712025-09: 1032025-10: 972025-11: 752025-12: 742026-01: 772026-02: 612026-03: 852026-04: 832026-05: 772026-06: 722026-07: 862026-08: 732026-09: 1012026-10: 51peak 160 · Feb ’25Personal attackspeak 20.0% · Feb ’25 · latest 5.9%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 6.0% of 150Personal attacks, 2025-02: 20.0% of 160Personal attacks, 2025-03: 12.9% of 116Personal attacks, 2025-04: 5.9% of 102Personal attacks, 2025-05: 10.0% of 80Personal attacks, 2025-06: 7.2% of 97Personal attacks, 2025-07: 7.7% of 91Personal attacks, 2025-08: 8.5% of 71Personal attacks, 2025-09: 6.8% of 103Personal attacks, 2025-10: 9.3% of 97Personal attacks, 2025-11: 10.7% of 75Personal attacks, 2025-12: 5.4% of 74Personal attacks, 2026-01: 5.2% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-02: 9.8% of 61Personal attacks, 2026-03: 7.1% of 85Personal attacks, 2026-04: 9.6% of 83Personal attacks, 2026-05: 1.3% of 77Personal attacks, 2026-06: 6.9% of 72Personal attacks, 2026-07: 5.8% of 86Personal attacks, 2026-08: 11.0% of 73Personal attacks, 2026-09: 5.9% of 101Personal attacks, 2026-10: 5.9% of 51Policy criticismpeak 50.8% · Feb ’26 · latest 29.4%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 36.0% of 150Policy criticism, 2025-02: 50.0% of 160Policy criticism, 2025-03: 21.6% of 116Policy criticism, 2025-04: 33.3% of 102Policy criticism, 2025-05: 40.0% of 80Policy criticism, 2025-06: 42.3% of 97Policy criticism, 2025-07: 31.9% of 91Policy criticism, 2025-08: 35.2% of 71Policy criticism, 2025-09: 34.0% of 103Policy criticism, 2025-10: 36.1% of 97Policy criticism, 2025-11: 40.0% of 75Policy criticism, 2025-12: 35.1% of 74Policy criticism, 2026-01: 28.6% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-02: 50.8% of 61Policy criticism, 2026-03: 42.4% of 85Policy criticism, 2026-04: 31.3% of 83Policy criticism, 2026-05: 45.5% of 77Policy criticism, 2026-06: 38.9% of 72Policy criticism, 2026-07: 32.6% of 86Policy criticism, 2026-08: 38.4% of 73Policy criticism, 2026-09: 29.7% of 101Policy criticism, 2026-10: 29.4% of 51Policy discussionpeak 93.2% · Aug ’26 · latest 88.2%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 85.3% of 150Policy discussion, 2025-02: 76.3% of 160Policy discussion, 2025-03: 61.2% of 116Policy discussion, 2025-04: 74.5% of 102Policy discussion, 2025-05: 66.3% of 80Policy discussion, 2025-06: 84.5% of 97Policy discussion, 2025-07: 81.3% of 91Policy discussion, 2025-08: 78.9% of 71Policy discussion, 2025-09: 65.0% of 103Policy discussion, 2025-10: 73.2% of 97Policy discussion, 2025-11: 73.3% of 75Policy discussion, 2025-12: 82.4% of 74Policy discussion, 2026-01: 80.5% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-02: 80.3% of 61Policy discussion, 2026-03: 82.3% of 85Policy discussion, 2026-04: 84.3% of 83Policy discussion, 2026-05: 83.1% of 77Policy discussion, 2026-06: 86.1% of 72Policy discussion, 2026-07: 89.5% of 86Policy discussion, 2026-08: 93.2% of 73Policy discussion, 2026-09: 82.2% of 101Policy discussion, 2026-10: 88.2% of 51Bipartisanshippeak 33.8% · Dec ’25 · latest 21.6%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 16.7% of 150Bipartisanship, 2025-02: 10.6% of 160Bipartisanship, 2025-03: 4.3% of 116Bipartisanship, 2025-04: 10.8% of 102Bipartisanship, 2025-05: 10.0% of 80Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 18.6% of 97Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 14.3% of 91Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 12.7% of 71Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 18.4% of 103Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 22.7% of 97Bipartisanship, 2025-11: 18.7% of 75Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 33.8% of 74Bipartisanship, 2026-01: 13.0% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 11.5% of 61Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 12.9% of 85Bipartisanship, 2026-04: 14.5% of 83Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 13.0% of 77Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 30.6% of 72Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 16.3% of 86Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 9.6% of 73Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 15.8% of 101Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 21.6% of 51Credit claimingpeak 52.8% · Jun ’26 · latest 45.1%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 42.7% of 150Credit claiming, 2025-02: 18.8% of 160Credit claiming, 2025-03: 16.4% of 116Credit claiming, 2025-04: 30.4% of 102Credit claiming, 2025-05: 18.8% of 80Credit claiming, 2025-06: 26.8% of 97Credit claiming, 2025-07: 34.1% of 91Credit claiming, 2025-08: 38.0% of 71Credit claiming, 2025-09: 19.4% of 103Credit claiming, 2025-10: 23.7% of 97Credit claiming, 2025-11: 36.0% of 75Credit claiming, 2025-12: 40.5% of 74Credit claiming, 2026-01: 28.6% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-02: 24.6% of 61Credit claiming, 2026-03: 34.1% of 85Credit claiming, 2026-04: 30.1% of 83Credit claiming, 2026-05: 32.5% of 77Credit claiming, 2026-06: 52.8% of 72Credit claiming, 2026-07: 31.4% of 86Credit claiming, 2026-08: 35.6% of 73Credit claiming, 2026-09: 29.7% of 101Credit claiming, 2026-10: 45.1% of 51Extreme labelspeak 3.9% · Sep ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 2.7% of 150Extreme labels, 2025-02: 0.6% of 160Extreme labels, 2025-03: 1.7% of 116Extreme labels, 2025-04: 0.0% of 102Extreme labels, 2025-05: 2.5% of 80Extreme labels, 2025-06: 1.0% of 97Extreme labels, 2025-07: 2.2% of 91Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 71Extreme labels, 2025-09: 3.9% of 103Extreme labels, 2025-10: 2.1% of 97Extreme labels, 2025-11: 0.0% of 75Extreme labels, 2025-12: 1.4% of 74Extreme labels, 2026-01: 0.0% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-02: 0.0% of 61Extreme labels, 2026-03: 2.4% of 85Extreme labels, 2026-04: 0.0% of 83Extreme labels, 2026-05: 1.3% of 77Extreme labels, 2026-06: 0.0% of 72Extreme labels, 2026-07: 1.2% of 86Extreme labels, 2026-08: 1.4% of 73Extreme labels, 2026-09: 1.0% of 101Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 51Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Heinrich, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’251506.0%36.0%85.3%16.7%42.7%2.7%
Feb ’2516020.0%50.0%76.3%10.6%18.8%0.6%
Mar ’2511612.9%21.6%61.2%4.3%16.4%1.7%
Apr ’251025.9%33.3%74.5%10.8%30.4%0.0%
May ’258010.0%40.0%66.3%10.0%18.8%2.5%
Jun ’25977.2%42.3%84.5%18.6%26.8%1.0%
Jul ’25917.7%31.9%81.3%14.3%34.1%2.2%
Aug ’25718.5%35.2%78.9%12.7%38.0%0.0%
Sep ’251036.8%34.0%65.0%18.4%19.4%3.9%
Oct ’25979.3%36.1%73.2%22.7%23.7%2.1%
Nov ’257510.7%40.0%73.3%18.7%36.0%0.0%
Dec ’25745.4%35.1%82.4%33.8%40.5%1.4%
Jan ’26775.2%28.6%80.5%13.0%28.6%0.0%
Feb ’26619.8%50.8%80.3%11.5%24.6%0.0%
Mar ’26857.1%42.4%82.3%12.9%34.1%2.4%
Apr ’26839.6%31.3%84.3%14.5%30.1%0.0%
May ’26771.3%45.5%83.1%13.0%32.5%1.3%
Jun ’26726.9%38.9%86.1%30.6%52.8%0.0%
Jul ’26865.8%32.6%89.5%16.3%31.4%1.2%
Aug ’267311.0%38.4%93.2%9.6%35.6%1.4%
Sep ’261015.9%29.7%82.2%15.8%29.7%1.0%
Oct ’26515.9%29.4%88.2%21.6%45.1%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the 119th Congress, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%.

In Heinrich’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; credit claiming; Transportation and Public Works; Labor and Employment; Economics and Public Finance · Source

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Oct 22, 2026 · Posts on X · personal attacks; policy discussion; International Affairs; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Science, Technology, Communications; target: Donald Trump, Elon Musk · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 14, 2026 · Posts on X · policy discussion; Energy; Public Lands and Natural Resources; extreme label “MAGA” aimed at red hats · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · International Affairs · Foreign Trade and International Finance · Science, Technology, Communications · target: Donald Trump, Elon MuskSource

  2. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · EnergySource

  3. Posts on X

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Armed Forces and National Security · International Affairs · Foreign Trade and International Finance · target: TrumpSource

  4. Press releases

    Heinrich Statement Commemorating National Public Lands Day WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement on National Public Lands Day: “Our public lands are part of our shared identity – they are a physical manifestation of our Jeffersonian democracy and belong to all of us, no matter where you com…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · bipartisanship · credit claiming · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Environmental Protection · Energy · Economics and Public Finance · Emergency Management · Government Operations and Politics · Crime and Law Enforcement · Law · target: Donald TrumpSource

  5. Press releases

    Heinrich Demands Trump Admin Immediately Halt Construction of Trump’s 250-Foot Arch Heinrich, colleagues: “Putting the President’s ego ahead of these memorials adds another stain on this administration’s legacy” WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Department of the Interio…

    personal attacks · policy discussion · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Law · Government Operations and Politics · target: Donald TrumpSource

All 1,982 statements

Newest first, the 119th Congress

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 1,165 posts on X, 741 press releases, 52 Congressional Record speeches, 24 newsletters.

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Policy

Public Lands and Natural Resources is what Heinrich talks about most: 26% of policy statements, 7.2 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.65 on a 0–1 scale (Senate Democrats average 0.66; 31st of 45).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Heinrich talks about. The bills Heinrich sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Heinrich talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the 119th Congress

0%35%
Heinrich
Peers
Public Lands and Natural Resources407 statements
26%
4%
Economics and Public Finance405 statements
26%
24%
Government Operations and Politics366 statements
23%
22%
Health345 statements
22%
27%
Energy329 statements
21%
8%
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Policy areas Heinrich talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the Senate Democrats average.
RowHeinrichPeers
Public Lands and Natural Resources26%4%
Economics and Public Finance26%24%
Government Operations and Politics23%22%
Health22%27%
Energy21%8%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Heinrich’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for Senate Democrats. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the Senate Democrats averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onPublic Lands and NaturalResourcesPublic Lands and Natural Resources, talks about: 26% (Senate Democrats 4%)26%Public Lands and Natural Resources, legislates on: 7% (Senate Democrats 4%)7%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 26% (Senate Democrats 24%)26%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (Senate Democrats 0%)0%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (Senate Democrats 22%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 8% (Senate Democrats 9%)8%HealthHealth, talks about: 22% (Senate Democrats 27%)22%Health, legislates on: 15% (Senate Democrats 14%)15%EnergyEnergy, talks about: 21% (Senate Democrats 8%)21%Energy, legislates on: 3% (Senate Democrats 2%)3%
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Heinrich's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutSenate Democrats, talks aboutLegislates onSenate Democrats, legislates on
Public Lands and Natural Resources26%4%7%4%
Economics and Public Finance26%24%0%0%
Government Operations and Politics23%22%8%9%
Health22%27%15%14%
Energy21%8%3%2%
0.65

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

Senate Democrats average 0.66. Ranks 31st of 45.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Heinrich legislates on exactly the areas Heinrich talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Heinrich sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

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Ideology

Heinrich sits at −1.15 on the CSIP scale, left of 0, more liberal than 52% of Senate Democrats. Approximate range −1.16 to −1.14, which understates the uncertainty; from 9,342 donors and 4,909 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

−1.15

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range −1.16 to −1.14. From 9,342 donors and 4,909 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Heinrich −1.2Senate Democrats −1.1All Senate +0.4

The outlined dot is Heinrich, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Heinrich’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Heinrich sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →Senate Democratsmedian −1.1Heinrich −1.2All Senatemedian +0.4
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Heinrich's CSIP score of −1.15 placed against Senate Democrats, All Senate.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Heinrich
Senate Democrats45−1.147%
All Senate98+0.422%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Heinrich in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Heinrich.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Heinrich raised $1.7M in the 2026 cycle, below the Senate Democrats’ median of $2.6M. 25% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 25% of itemized individual money came from New Mexico.

Campaign money from Federal Election Commission filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only.

Election cycle
$1.7M

raised in the 2026 cycle

From 777 itemized donors. Senate Democrats’ median $2.6M.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of 2026-cycle receipts, from FEC summary totals.

Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Itemized individual (over $200): $884.5K (51.8%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less): $297.9K (17.4%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)PACs and other committees: $506.4K (29.7%)Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds): $18.7K (1.1%)
  • Itemized individual (over $200)52 squares$884.5K
  • Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)17 squares$297.9K
  • PACs and other committees30 squares$506.4K
  • Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)1 squares$18.7K
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Sources of Heinrich's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Itemized individual (over $200)$884.5K51.8%
Unitemized individual (gifts of $200 or less)$297.9K17.4%
PACs and other committees$506.4K29.7%
Remainder not broken out in the FEC summary (transfers, loans, refunds)$18.7K1.1%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind. The small-donor share understates small giving when a campaign itemizes gifts made through ActBlue or WinRed.

Receipts by cycle

Total receipts, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the Senate Democrats’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $645.3K$645.3K20202022 cycle: $1.8M$1.8M20222024 cycle: $10.7M$10.7M20242026 cycle: $1.7M$1.7M2026Senate Democrats median $2.6M
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Heinrich's receipts by cycle against the 2026 Senate Democrats median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$645.3K
2022 cycle$1.8M
2024 cycle$10.7M
2026 cycle$1.7M

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 25% came from New Mexico.

  1. New Mexico$170.1K
  2. District of Columbia$148.1K
  3. Virginia$96.7K
  4. Maryland$71.9K
  5. California$44.5K

Small donations

Gifts of $200 or less as a share of individual money, by cycle. The thin grey bar is the 2026 Senate Democrats’ median.

0%60%
Heinrich
Median
2026
25%
35%
2024
18%
35%
2022
23%
35%
2020
40%
35%
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Small-donor share by cycle against the Senate Democrats median
RowHeinrichMedian
2026 cycle25%35%
2024 cycle18%35%
2022 cycle23%35%
2020 cycle40%35%

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: $4,450NHWashington: $20.0KWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: $5,250MTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: $2,500MNIllinois: $7,632ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $500MINew York: $29.8KNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $12.1KMAOregon: $250ORNevada: $2,080NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $700INOhio: $1,970OHPennsylvania: $3,650PANew Jersey: $214NJConnecticut: $750CTCalifornia: $44.5KCAUtah: $2,500UTColorado: $5,325CONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: $11.1KMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: $96.7KVAMaryland: $71.9KMDDelaware: $6,100DEArizona: $2,825AZNew Mexico: $170.1KNMKansas: $500KSArkansas: $1,000ARTennessee: $4,120TNNorth Carolina: $10.0KNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: $148.1KDCOklahoma: $2,500OKLouisiana: $8,500LAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: $250HITexas: $8,496TXFlorida: $11.2KFL
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Heinrich's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
New Mexico$170.1K
District of Columbia$148.1K
Virginia$96.7K
Maryland$71.9K
California$44.5K
New York$29.8K
Washington$20.0K
Massachusetts$12.1K
Florida$11.2K
Missouri$11.1K
North Carolina$10.0K
Louisiana$8,500
Texas$8,496
Illinois$7,632
Delaware$6,100
Colorado$5,325
Montana$5,250
New Hampshire$4,450
Tennessee$4,120
Pennsylvania$3,650
Arizona$2,825
Minnesota$2,500
Utah$2,500
Oklahoma$2,500
Nevada$2,080
Ohio$1,970
Arkansas$1,000
Connecticut$750
Indiana$700
Michigan$500
Kansas$500
Oregon$250
Hawaii$250
New Jersey$214
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
IdahoNo data
North DakotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
NebraskaNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
777

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

25%

from New Mexico

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is New Mexico. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Donors’ ideology

Distribution of itemized donors’ own CSIP scores

CSIP −1.50 to −1.25: 0.5%CSIP −1.25 to −1.00: 54%54%CSIP −1.00 to −0.75: 28%CSIP −0.75 to −0.50: 3.5%CSIP −0.50 to −0.25: 3.4%CSIP −0.25 to 0.00: 1.5%CSIP 0.00 to +0.25: 2.6%CSIP +0.25 to +0.50: 2.9%CSIP +0.50 to +0.75: 2.6%CSIP +0.75 to +1.00: 0.5%CSIP +1.00 to +1.25: 0.1%← More liberalMore conservative →0
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Ideology of Heinrich's itemized donors in 2026, from −1.50 to +1.25: 54% between −1.25 and −1.00, 28% between −1.00 and −0.75.
ItemValue
CSIP −1.50 to −1.250.5%
CSIP −1.25 to −1.0054%
CSIP −1.00 to −0.7528%
CSIP −0.75 to −0.503.5%
CSIP −0.50 to −0.253.4%
CSIP −0.25 to 0.001.5%
CSIP 0.00 to +0.252.6%
CSIP +0.25 to +0.502.9%
CSIP +0.50 to +0.752.6%
CSIP +0.75 to +1.000.5%
CSIP +1.00 to +1.250.1%
How to read the columns

Donors who give to many candidates get their own CSIP score. Each column is the share of Heinrich’s itemized money from donors in that part of the scale, blue left of 0 and red right of 0, deeper further out; Heinrich’s own score is −1.15.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. NOT EMPLOYED$160.0K 320 donors
  2. CONSULTANT$83.8K 49 donors
  3. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$60.8K 26 donors
  4. ATTORNEY$53.7K 32 donors
  5. RETIRED$51.3K 116 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARAPAC)$10.0K
  2. DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - DOMINION PAC$10.0K
  3. NOVO NORDISK INC. PAC (NOVO NORDISK PAC)$10.0K
  4. PSYCHOLOGY PAC OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.$10.0K
  5. CRUX CLIMATE, INC. PAC (CRUX PAC)$7,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP$14.5K 7 donors
  2. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS INC.$11.8K 8 donors
  3. CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.$10.0K 3 donors
  4. BGR GROUP$9,500 7 donors
  5. TIBER CREEK GROUP INC.$7,500 7 donors

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Heinrich voted with the majority of Senate Democrats on 93.8% of party-line votes and missed 3.7% of 915 roll calls. Senate Democrats on average: 95.3% party unity, 97.0% attendance. Across all roll calls, Heinrich voted against the majority of Senate Democrats 56 times.

915 roll calls Heinrich could vote on in the 119th Congress, compared with Senate Democrats. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Heinrich voted with the majority of Senate Democrats. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

56

votes against the majority of Senate Democrats

Party unity 93.8%, Senate Democrats average 95.3%, ranks 34th of 45. 915 roll calls in the 119th Congress.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Heinrich, the thin grey bar the Senate Democrats average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Heinrich
Peers
Rank
Attendance
96.2%
97.0%
31st of 45
Party unity
93.8%
95.3%
34th of 45
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Heinrich's attendance and party unity against Senate Democrats.
RowHeinrichPeers
Attendance96.2%97.0%
Party unity93.8%95.3%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the 119th Congress

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Sep 28, 2026
S. 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
YeaWith majorityBill PassedD 26–19 · R 50–2 · I 1–1Democrats 26 yea, 19 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 nayparty crossover
Sep 24, 2026
H.Con.Res. 89
A concurrent resolution directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
On the Concurrent Resolution
YeaWith majorityConcurrent Resolution RejectedD 43–1 · R 4–49 · I 2–0Democrats 43 yea, 1 nay; Republicans 4 yea, 49 nay; Independents 2 yea, 0 nayclose vote
Aug 8, 2026
H.R. 6500
An act making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
YeaWith majorityBill PassedD 42–3 · R 47–2 · I 1–1Democrats 42 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 47 yea, 2 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 naybecame law
Aug 7, 2026
H.R. 5334
An act to impose sanctions and other measures with respect to the Russian Federation, as championed by the late Senator Lindsey O. Graham, and for other purposes.
On Passage of the Bill
YeaWith majorityBill PassedD 36–9 · R 49–1 · I 1–1Democrats 36 yea, 9 nay; Republicans 49 yea, 1 nay; Independents 1 yea, 1 naybecame law · party crossover
Jul 30, 2026
S.Res. 817
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
On the Resolution
NayWith majorityResolution Agreed toD 0–45 · R 50–0 · I 0–2Democrats 0 yea, 45 nay; Republicans 50 yea, 0 nay; Independents 0 yea, 2 nayclose vote
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Heinrich most often

  1. Ben LujánD870 shared votes96%
  2. Kirsten GillibrandD863 shared votes94%
  3. Tammy BaldwinD878 shared votes94%
  4. Jon OssoffD830 shared votes94%
  5. Elissa SlotkinD856 shared votes93%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Heinrich least often

  1. Rick ScottR879 shared votes11%
  2. Mike LeeR857 shared votes11%
  3. Ron JohnsonR869 shared votes12%
  4. Ted CruzR834 shared votes12%
  5. Tommy TubervilleR822 shared votes12%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

119th Congress (2025–27), loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Heinrich sponsored 62 bills in the 119th Congress; none became law. Cosponsored 436 others. 13% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Senate Democrats average 14%; 21st of 45).

The bills Heinrich sponsored and cosponsored in the 119th Congress, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the 119th Congress

Sponsored62 billsSponsored, Introduced: 6262Sponsored, In committee: 6262Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 55Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Sponsored, Became law: 00Cosponsored436 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 436436Cosponsored, In committee: 436436Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 7373Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 55Cosponsored, Became law: 55IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Heinrich sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored6262500
Cosponsored4364367355
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Heinrich sponsored, ochre blocks bills Heinrich cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

13%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Senate Democrats average 14%. Ranks 21st of 45.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Heinrich, by number of shared bills in the 119th Congress; the square shows their party.

  1. Ben Luján108
  2. Cory Booker107
  3. Richard Blumenthal104
  4. Ron Wyden101
  5. Alex Padilla95
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Heinrich’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
S. 5650SPR Readiness and Long-Term Modernization ActSponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeEnergyRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Sep 30, 2026
S. 5653Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026CosponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeEnvironmental ProtectionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Sep 30, 2026
S. 5659Literacy Improvement for Transformation Act of 2026SponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeEducationRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Sep 30, 2026
S. 5675Nutrition Continuity for Military Families Act of 2026SponsorSep 30, 2026In committeeArmed Forces and National SecurityRead twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Sep 30, 2026
S.Res. 935A resolution designating October 23, 2026, as "National Marine Sanctuary Day".CosponsorSep 30, 2026In committeePublic Lands and Natural ResourcesReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S5268) Sep 30, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 115 times in 90 days. Heinrich’s official site had 39 pages when last crawled on Oct 18, 2026. The lab last catalogued the images Heinrich posted on Oct 26, 2026.

The lab crawls Heinrich’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Heinrich posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Heinrich posted

The latest 24, with model-written descriptions

  • A political graphic shows Donald Trump pointing beside a large claim about New Mexico families spending more under his presidency. A speech bubble is near his head, against a dark teal textured background.
    A political graphic shows Donald Trump pointing beside a large claim about New Mexico families spending more under his presidency. A speech bubble is near his head, against a dark teal textured background.View post
  • Four men pose for a photograph inside an office, standing in front of a glass partition. A potted plant and a wall-mounted emergency device are visible nearby. There is text on signs, clothing, and the glass partition.
    Four men pose for a photograph inside an office, standing in front of a glass partition. A potted plant and a wall-mounted emergency device are visible nearby. There is text on signs, clothing, and the glass partition.View post
  • A man in a blazer looks through a window in a laboratory or industrial workspace. Safety notices are posted on the doors.
    A man in a blazer looks through a window in a laboratory or industrial workspace. Safety notices are posted on the doors.View post
  • Three men stand in an industrial or laboratory setting. The man on the left holds out a small, round object for the man in the center to examine, while the man on the right watches. Signs and notices are visible in the background.
    Three men stand in an industrial or laboratory setting. The man on the left holds out a small, round object for the man in the center to examine, while the man on the right watches. Signs and notices are visible in the background.View post
  • A Vox article graphic about a large renewable energy project in the United States. It shows a stylized wind turbine against an orange-toned landscape, with a publication logo, headline, and subtitle above.
    A Vox article graphic about a large renewable energy project in the United States. It shows a stylized wind turbine against an orange-toned landscape, with a publication logo, headline, and subtitle above.View post
About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Back to topNext: Methods and sources

Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Heinrich is most unusual among Senate Democrats, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. That is the case for Heinrich in this window. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
H001046
Bioguide
H001046
FEC candidate ids
H8NM01224, S2NM00088

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (Congress)Sep 30, 202628 days agoVoteview roll calls, 113th Congress (2013) on.
  • Bills (Congress)Oct 22, 20266 days agoGovInfo BILLSTATUS: sponsors, cosponsors, actions, CRS policy area.
  • Campaign money (FEC)Oct 22, 20266 days agoFEC committee financial summaries (totals, small donations) and itemized contributions (donor counts, states, employers), cycles 2020-2026; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • ImagesOct 28, 2026todayImages in members' tweets with vision-model descriptions.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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