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Wayne Allard

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 2, 1943 in Fort Collins, CO

Education:

  • Colorado State University, D.V.M., 1968

Career:

  • Veterinarian, 1968-1990
  • Loveland city health officer, 1970-1978

Elected Office:

  • CO Senate, 1982-1990


Election Results for Wayne Allard


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 46 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,592 55.6%
1990 46 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,285 54.1%
1992 48 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 24,522 100.0%
1992 48 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 139,884 57.8%
1994 50 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,357 100.0%
1994 50 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 136,251 72.3%
1996 52 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 115,064 56.8%
1996 52 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 750,325 51.1%
2002 58 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 190,250 100.0%
2002 58 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 717,893 50.7%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Wayne Allard


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1991 47 House 95 5 94 6 R 80 20 99 0 95
1992 48 House 83 17 92 4 R 84 14 97 5 91
1993 49 House 73 27 92 7 D 20 80 99 10 96
1994 50 House 94 6 96 3 D 40 60 99 5 95
1995 51 House 92 5 94 5 D 20 79 99 0 88
1996 52 House 94 4 90 6 D 34 61 94 10 100
1997 53 Senate 92 8 98 2 D 48 52 100 0 100
1998 54 Senate 100 0 96 3 D 28 72 99 5 100
1999 55 Senate 97 3 97 2 D 23 77 99 0 96
2000 56 Senate 98 2 98 2 D 35 65 100 0 100
2001 57 Senate 98 2 R 96 4 99 5 100
2002 58 Senate 90 9 R 96 2 98 5 100
2003 59 Senate 98 2 R 97 3 99 11 85
2004 60 Senate 98 2 R 98 2 100 5 96
2005 61 Senate 97 3 R 93 4 99 0 96
2006 62 Senate 95 5 R 91 9 100 0 88
2007 63 Senate 97 2 R 85 10 98 10 96
2008 64 Senate 97 0 R 67 31 94 5 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.