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Confirmation: Lester Martinez-Lopez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

February 16, 2023 · On the Nomination

Fetterman voted: Did not vote

Senator John Fetterman did not vote on this measure. Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question. The final result was Nomination Confirmed (61–34).

What kind of vote this was

This was a confirmation vote — a vote on whether the Senate consents to the President’s nomination. Approval required a simple majority.

What this vote was about

Lester Martinez-Lopez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats450
Republicans1334
Independents30

In total, 95 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 27 votes. 5 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 13–34. Independents split 3–0. Fetterman was among the 5 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 23.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Defense, military & veterans. Across 169 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 76 times and Nay 67 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 45 of them (26.6%).

This is one of the 204 roll calls Fetterman has missed since January 2023, about 12.9% of all recorded votes.

Questions and answers

Did Fetterman vote to confirm Lester Martinez-Lopez, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Lester Martinez-Lopez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense on February 16, 2023. The measure’s outcome was: Nomination Confirmed.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?
Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.

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