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Max Baucus

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 11, 1941 in Helena, MT

Education:

  • Attended Carelton College, 1959-1960
  • Stanford University, B.A., 1964, LL.B., 1967

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Practiced law with various federal agencies

Elected Office:

  • MT House, 1973-1974


Election Results for Max Baucus


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 32 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,762 43.6%
1974 32 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,304 54.8%
1976 34 MT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 53,895 100.0%
1976 34 MT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,487 66.4%
1978 36 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 87,085 65.3%
1978 36 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 160,353 55.7%
1984 42 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 80,726 79.4%
1984 42 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 215,704 56.9%
1990 48 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 81,687 82.8%
1990 48 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 217,563 68.1%
1996 54 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 85,976 100.0%
1996 54 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 201,935 49.6%
2002 60 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 66,713 100.0%
2002 60 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 204,853 62.7%
2008 66 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 165,050 100.0%
2008 66 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 349,394 72.9%


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



Ideology Data for Max Baucus


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 33 House 19 79 86 11 R 26 70 96 74* 11
1976 34 House 31 65 80 15 R 25 73 96 79 23
1977 35 House 25 69 80 14 D 66 29 94 75 8
1978 36 House 29 51 55 23 D 52 26 77 56 10
1979 37 Senate 24 68 78 13 D 65 25 92 75 9
1980 38 Senate 14 83 83 12 D 78 17 93 76 5
1981 39 Senate 29 66 84 14 R 45 50 96 85 13
1982 40 Senate 31 67 80 18 R 44 53 99 89 21
1983 41 Senate 45 55 77 21 R 38 60 96 75 25
1984 42 Senate 34 66 76 21 R 40 58 98 78 14
1985 43 Senate 47 52 85 15 R 30 68 98 70 10
1986 44 Senate 37 54 74 22 R 30 66 97 80 14
1987 45 Senate 44 56 86 13 R 33 65 99 79 8
1988 46 Senate 51 49 86 12 R 47 51 98 80 8
1989 47 Senate 50 47 69 27 R 48 48 97 80 22
1990 48 Senate 51 46 70 28 R 51 49 98 59 41
1991 49 Senate 45 55 83 17 R 40 58 99 70 24
1992 50 Senate 45 55 83 17 R 35 65 99 95 4
1993 51 Senate 54 39 80 15 D 89 10 96 85 16
1994 52 Senate 50 50 86 14 D 89 11 99 89 0
1995 53 Senate 51 49 68 32 D 79 21 99 75 13
1996 54 Senate 45 55 73 27 D 90 10 99 85 20
1997 55 Senate 72 28 72 27 D 87 13 99 65 4
1998 56 Senate 38 38 80 15 D 71 17 95 84 5
1999 57 Senate 87 13 88 12 D 81 19 99 95 4
2000 58 Senate 88 12 88 12 D 97 3 99 85 16
2001 59 Senate 67 32 R 68 30 99 80 28
2002 60 Senate 63 31 R 91 7 96 75 37
2003 61 Senate 74 26 R 54 46 99 85 15
2004 62 Senate 70 27 R 56 29 93 89 29
2005 63 Senate 73 25 R 47 47 98 95 24
2006 64 Senate 77 20 R 60 39 95 83 8
2007 65 Senate 83 17 R 40 60 100 80 20
2008 66 Senate 89 10 R 35 65 99 80 8
2009 67 Senate 90 9 D 95 4 99 85 20
2010 68 Senate 93 7 D 95 3 99 85 12
2011 69 Senate 89 8 D 92 4 98 89 5
2012 70 Senate 91 9 D 91 9 100 90 12
2013 71 Senate 88 11 D 95 5 99 65 20
2014 72 Senate 8 0 D 4 0 7 100 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.