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Richard Baker

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 22, 1948 in New Orleans, LA

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, B.A., 1971

Career:

  • Real estate developer, 1972-1986

Elected Office:

  • LA House, 1972-1986


Election Results for Richard Baker


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 38 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 76,833 51.0%
1988 40 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 42 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 0 0.0%
1992 44 LA R U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 2 46,990 33.1%
1992 44 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 123,953 50.6%
1994 46 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 103,174 81.1%
1996 48 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 117,598 69.3%
1998 50 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,044 50.7%
2000 52 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 165,637 68.0%
2002 54 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 146,932 84.0%
2004 56 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 189,106 72.2%
2006 58 LA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 94,658 82.8%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Baker


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
1987 39 House 84 5 76 16 R 66 30 93 4 81
1988 40 House 97 3 80 10 R 63 32 93 5 100
1989 41 House 98 2 87 11 R 70 27 96 5 79
1990 42 House 85 7 81 7 R 69 27 91 0 86
1991 43 House 92 0 88 6 R 79 14 94 0 95
1992 44 House 94 2 88 5 R 81 9 93 0 100
1993 45 House 93 7 92 4 D 36 62 95 0 100
1994 46 House 92 0 89 5 D 46 51 93 0 100
1995 47 House 94 1 92 4 D 17 79 94 0 80
1996 48 House 100 0 88 5 D 30 59 93 0 95
1997 49 House 98 0 90 3 D 24 73 94 0 92
1998 50 House 95 0 92 5 D 20 79 95 0 100
1999 51 House 93 5 D 17 72 95 0 80
2000 52 House 87 9 D 30 68 96 0 75
2001 53 House 95 0 R 93 0 95 0 96
2002 54 House 91 4 R 82 14 95 0 100
2003 55 House 95 2 R 96 2 96 5 92
2004 56 House 89 5 R 91 6 94 5 88
2005 57 House 95 2 R 83 11 95 0 92
2006 58 House 93 2 R 89 3 94 0 92
2007 59 House 89 8 R 79 19 97 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.