Rep. Patsy Mink

Former Representative for Hawaii’s 2^nd District

Mink was the representative for Hawaii’s 2^nd congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 1990 to 2002.

She was previously the representative for Hawaii’s 2^nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1971 to 1976; and the representative for Hawaii’s 1^st congressional district as a Democrat from 1965 to 1970.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. Patsy Mink [D-HI2, 1990-2002]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Mink is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 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 Mink sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Mink was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 9 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Mink sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (19%) Labor and Employment (14%) Social Welfare (12%) Families (12%) Health (12%) Economics and Public Finance (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) Law (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Mink recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1965 to Sep 2002, Mink missed 667 of 11,191 roll call votes, which is 6.0%. This is much worse than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Sep 2002. 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.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1965 Jan-Mar	28	2	7.1%	33^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	53	1	1.9%	0^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	3	10.0%	33^rd
1966 Apr-Jun	51	6	11.8%	0^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	21	29.2%	33^rd
1966 Oct-Oct	40	24	60.0%	67^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	33^rd
1967 Oct-Dec	98	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	33^rd
1968 Apr-Jun	79	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	0^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	4	16.0%	33^rd
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.2%	0^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	1	2.2%	0^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	0	0.0%	0^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	0^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	4	5.4%	0^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	0^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	2	2.5%	0^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	6	27.3%	67^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	10	11.1%	44^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	3	4.1%	44^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	16	11.9%	33^rd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	2	3.1%	0^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	11	9.6%	33^rd
1972 Jul-Sep	101	9	8.9%	44^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	8	16.0%	70^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	1	2.8%	21^st
1973 Apr-Jun	191	3	1.6%	11^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	4	3.1%	53^rd
1973 Oct-Dec	182	4	2.2%	21^st
1974 Jan-Mar	79	6	7.6%	47^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	8	4.7%	32^nd
1974 Jul-Sep	148	4	2.7%	26^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	4	2.8%	21^st
1975 Jan-Mar	68	4	5.9%	55^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	30	15.1%	86^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	22	14.3%	86^th
1975 Oct-Dec	191	15	7.9%	69^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	6	5.7%	45^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	66	24.7%	87^th
1976 Jul-Sep	281	143	50.9%	97^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1990 Jul-Sep	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	143	18	12.6%	91^st
1991 Jan-Mar	62	2	3.2%	53^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	1	0.7%	18^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	1	1.2%	14^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	6	3.7%	67^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	7	3.8%	60^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	5	2.6%	54^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	7	5.5%	79^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	1	0.5%	14^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	1	0.6%	25^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	2	1.5%	47^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	21^st
1994 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	40^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	8	5.6%	76^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	2	0.7%	37^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	1	0.5%	20^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	16^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	3	1.6%	45^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	2	1.8%	49^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	10	6.1%	86^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	37^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	2	1.1%	35^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	4	2.5%	52^nd
1998 Jan-Mar	89	7	7.9%	84^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	2	1.1%	36^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	34^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	54^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	4	2.7%	52^nd
2000 Jan-Mar	95	4	4.2%	57^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	5	1.8%	39^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	43^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	8	7.9%	55^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	74^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	2	1.5%	34^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	6	3.9%	67^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	5	6.3%	76^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	3	1.5%	28^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	53	37.6%	99^th

Primary Sources

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

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills