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Mark Andrews

Senator from North Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1963–1987ID A000208
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LegislationHEADLINE
32%with Dems
of 3,727 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
32%with Dems
of 3,727 · both combined
Steepest move
+22 pts
1981 → 1983
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1963196919751981
1985–8699th Congress
Sat as a Republican
47.6%with Democrats
of 361 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1981 → 1983, +22 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 6No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986H.R. 5300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 17, 1986S. 1200No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1200), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Oct 16, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 16, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 16, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 16, 1986noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 361 contested votes scored in the 99th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance29.1% · 798 votes
Congress21.7% · 253 votes
International Affairs18.3% · 218 votes
Armed Forces and National Security42% · 176 votes
Government Operations and Politics31% · 174 votes
Energy37.8% · 148 votes
Agriculture and Food58.5% · 130 votes
Taxation19.1% · 89 votes
Transportation and Public Works44.3% · 88 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance29.1% · 79 votes
Labor and Employment36.9% · 65 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources36.4% · 55 votes
Education30.6% · 49 votes
Immigration55.3% · 47 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement47.5% · 40 votes
Social Welfare20.6% · 34 votes
Commerce34.4% · 32 votes
Environmental Protection32.3% · 31 votes
Finance and Financial Sector41.9% · 31 votes
Law26.7% · 30 votes
Housing and Community Development12.5% · 24 votes
Sports and Recreation50% · 22 votes
Health42.9% · 21 votes
Science, Technology, Communications46.7% · 15 votes
District of Columbia64.3% · 14 votes
Industrial relations42.9% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources57.1% · 14 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 8 votes
Native Americans— · 8 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Private Legislation— · 7 votes
Black lung— · 6 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Water Resources Development— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Government securities— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Financial disclosure— · 3 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Conferences— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Earthquakes— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Impeachments— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

12 Congresses
88th · 196397th · 198199th · 1985
Republican · House · ND88th–96th
Republican · Senate · ND97th–99th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
MA

Mark Andrews

Senator from North Dakota
SENATER1963–198712 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
32.3%with Democrats
of 3,727 votes · 67.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested32%of 3,727 · combined
Steepest move+22 pts1981→83, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019631985
1985–86 · 99th · Republican · of 361 votes47.6%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 361 contested votes scored in the 99th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance29.1% · 798
Congress21.7% · 253
International Affairs18.3% · 218
Armed Forces and National Security42% · 176
Government Operations and Politics31% · 174
Energy37.8% · 148
Agriculture and Food58.5% · 130
Taxation19.1% · 89
Transportation and Public Works44.3% · 88
Foreign Trade and International Finance29.1% · 79
Labor and Employment36.9% · 65
Public Lands and Natural Resources36.4% · 55
Education30.6% · 49
Immigration55.3% · 47
Crime and Law Enforcement47.5% · 40
Social Welfare20.6% · 34
Commerce34.4% · 32
Environmental Protection32.3% · 31
Finance and Financial Sector41.9% · 31
Law26.7% · 30
Housing and Community Development12.5% · 24
Sports and Recreation50% · 22
Health42.9% · 21
Science, Technology, Communications46.7% · 15
District of Columbia64.3% · 14
Industrial relations42.9% · 14
Mines and mineral resources57.1% · 14
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Independent regulatory commissions— · 8
Native Americans— · 8
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Private Legislation— · 7
Black lung— · 6
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Water Resources Development— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Government securities— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
Financial disclosure— · 3
Home repair and improvement— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Contested elections— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Conferences— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Earthquakes— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Impeachments— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

88th · 196399th · 1985
Republican88th–96th
Republican97th–99th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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