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Judy Biggert

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 15, 1936 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1959
  • Northwestern University, J.D., 1963

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1963-1964

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1993-1998


Election Results for Judy Biggert


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 61 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 24,482 45.0%
1998 61 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 121,889 61.0%
2000 63 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 39,121 100.0%
2000 63 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 193,250 66.2%
2002 65 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 70,691 100.0%
2002 65 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 139,546 70.3%
2004 67 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 46,861 100.0%
2004 67 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 200,472 65.0%
2006 69 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 52,900 79.6%
2006 69 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 119,720 58.3%
2008 71 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 58,533 77.3%
2008 71 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 180,888 53.6%
2010 73 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 58,294 100.0%
2010 73 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 152,132 63.8%
2012 75 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 31,471 99.9%
2012 75 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 2 105,348 41.4%


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



Ideology Data for Judy Biggert


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
1999 62 House 80 20 D 35 65 100 30 60
2000 63 House 81 17 D 38 60 99 20 68
2001 64 House 91 9 R 84 16 99 20 56
2002 65 House 88 12 R 79 21 99 15 84
2003 66 House 89 10 R 85 15 99 10 64
2004 67 House 88 12 R 73 27 99 35 64
2005 68 House 86 13 R 70 30 99 21 60
2006 69 House 88 12 R 79 21 99 30 64
2007 70 House 83 16 R 64 36 99 30 68
2008 71 House 88 10 R 66 31 99 37 84
2009 72 House 76 23 D 46 52 99 20 80
2010 73 House 86 13 D 39 61 99 20 71
2011 74 House 87 12 D 32 68 99 25 44
2012 75 House 85 14 D 20 78 99 11 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.