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Rob Bishop

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 13, 1951 in Kaysville, UT

Education:

  • University of Utah, B.A., 1974

Career:

  • Teacher
  • Private advocate

Elected Office:

  • UT House, 1979-1994 (Speaker, 1992-1994)
  • Candidate for UT Lt. Governor, 2020


Election Results for Rob Bishop


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 50 UT R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,280 59.9%
2002 50 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,265 60.9%
2004 52 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 199,615 67.9%
2006 54 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,546 63.1%
2008 56 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 196,799 64.9%
2010 58 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,247 69.2%
2012 60 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 176,487 71.6%
2014 62 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 84,231 64.8%
2016 64 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 182,925 65.9%
2018 66 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 156,692 61.6%
2020 68 UT R Lt. Governor Primary 4 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Rob Bishop


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
2003 51 House 91 3 R 87 7 92 0 92
2004 52 House 95 3 R 76 18 96 5 100
2005 53 House 94 2 R 74 24 96 5 100
2006 54 House 92 3 R 87 8 93 11 87
2007 55 House 88 3 R 73 19 91 11 100
2008 56 House 89 3 R 66 20 89 0 100
2009 57 House 86 3 D 10 77 89 0 100
2010 58 House 92 3 D 27 73 94 0 100
2011 59 House 92 5 D 8 88 97 20 96
2012 60 House 90 4 D 15 78 95 6 88
2013 61 House 94 4 D 13 85 96 5 80
2014 62 House 93 1 D 14 80 91 0 83
2015 63 House 92 4 D 8 88 95 0 78
2016 64 House 93 2 D 6 94 94 5 92
2017 65 House 95 2 R 94 3 96 0 81
2018 66 House 96 3 R 89 7 98 0 88
2019 67 House 92 4 R 96 0 95 5 81
2020 68 House 89 1 R 69 3 83 11 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.