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Les AuCoin

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 21, 1942 in Portland, OR

Education:

  • Attended Portland State University
  • Pacific University, B.A., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1961-1964

Career:

  • Reporter, 1965-1966
  • University information director, 1966-1973

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1971-1974 (Majority leader, 1973-1974)


Election Results for Les AuCoin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 31 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,885 48.6%
1974 31 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,629 56.0%
1976 33 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 77,297 99.8%
1976 33 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 154,844 58.7%
1978 35 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,765 100.0%
1978 35 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 158,706 62.9%
1980 37 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 80,470 100.0%
1980 37 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 203,532 65.9%
1982 39 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,337 81.6%
1982 39 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,638 53.8%
1984 41 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 67,801 100.0%
1984 41 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,393 53.1%
1986 43 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,196 88.1%
1986 43 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 141,585 61.7%
1988 45 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 66,282 99.9%
1988 45 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 179,915 69.6%
1990 47 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 54,195 99.5%
1990 47 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,292 63.0%
1992 49 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 153,029 42.2%
1992 49 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 639,851 46.5%


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



Ideology Data for Les AuCoin


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
1975 32 House 24 59 68 19 R 34 54 87 83 12
1976 33 House 30 48 57 22 R 29 53 74 82 19
1977 34 House 22 69 73 20 D 58 32 93 79 14
1978 35 House 31 52 57 29 D 59 27 83 47 24
1979 36 House 28 64 69 20 D 77 16 85 72 32
1980 37 House 21 62 70 13 D 62 26 85 88 28
1981 38 House 15 67 67 11 R 29 55 76 83 18
1982 39 House 15 71 76 7 R 30 61 81 94 25
1983 40 House 19 75 75 16 R 20 76 89 74 18
1984 41 House 22 71 72 18 R 29 68 91 90 9
1985 42 House 31 64 71 19 R 24 69 89 65 32
1986 43 House 36 64 82 11 R 29 67 94 90 9
1987 44 House 19 81 82 9 R 21 77 92 92 13
1988 45 House 21 76 81 8 R 22 68 87 95 8
1989 46 House 20 76 84 8 R 26 69 91 89 8
1990 47 House 13 76 81 5 R 20 66 88 94 0
1991 48 House 8 89 86 6 R 29 69 90 100 5
1992 49 House 8 79 73 5 R 9 72 78 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.