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Spencer Bachus

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1947 in Birmingham, AL

Education:

  • Auburn University, B.A., 1969
  • University of Alabama, J.D., 1972

Military Service:

  • National Guard, 1969-1971

Career:

  • Lumber company owner
  • AL Board of Education, 1987-1991

Elected Office:

  • AL Senate, 1983-1984
  • AL House, 1984-1987


Election Results for Spencer Bachus


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 42 AL R Attorney General General 2 401,388 35.6%
1992 44 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,043 38.7%
1992 44 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 20,114 59.2%
1992 44 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 146,599 52.3%
1994 46 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 155,047 79.0%
1996 48 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 180,781 70.9%
1998 50 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 154,761 71.8%
2000 52 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 212,751 87.9%
2002 54 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 79,509 87.8%
2002 54 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 178,171 89.8%
2004 56 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 45,448 86.7%
2004 56 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 264,819 98.8%
2006 58 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 163,514 98.3%
2008 60 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 280,902 97.8%
2010 62 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 80,725 75.6%
2010 62 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 205,288 98.1%
2012 64 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 66,119 58.6%
2012 64 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 219,262 71.2%


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



Ideology Data for Spencer Bachus


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
1993 45 House 93 5 96 3 D 33 67 99 0 100
1994 46 House 94 3 91 6 D 44 56 96 16 95
1995 47 House 97 2 95 3 D 17 80 98 0 92
1996 48 House 90 2 92 7 D 37 61 98 5 95
1997 49 House 91 9 93 6 D 25 73 99 0 96
1998 50 House 88 12 89 10 D 20 79 99 5 84
1999 51 House 90 9 D 19 80 99 20 84
2000 52 House 87 10 D 24 72 98 5 88
2001 53 House 92 3 R 91 2 96 0 96
2002 54 House 91 2 R 79 7 92 0 100
2003 55 House 94 4 R 95 2 97 10 92
2004 56 House 91 4 R 85 15 93 5 96
2005 57 House 93 2 R 76 13 95 6 92
2006 58 House 95 3 R 89 3 96 0 88
2007 59 House 86 7 R 76 16 93 10 92
2008 60 House 86 5 R 65 30 92 21 84
2009 61 House 84 14 D 30 70 98 5 91
2010 62 House 92 5 D 32 66 95 0 96
2011 63 House 92 6 D 25 73 98 0 80
2012 64 House 86 8 D 12 86 94 0 83
2013 65 House 91 7 D 17 83 99 5 56
2014 66 House 88 8 D 15 79 96 0 72
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.