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Roy Blunt

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 10, 1950 in Niangua, MO

Education:

  • Southwest Baptist University, B.A., 1970
  • Southwest Missouri State University, M.A., 1972

Career:

  • School teacher, 1970-1973
  • Greene County clerk and chief election officer, 1973-1985
  • College instructor, 1976-1982
  • President of Southwest Baptist University, 1993-1996

Elected Office:

  • MO Secretary of State, 1984-1993


Election Results for Roy Blunt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 30 MO R Lt. Governor Primary 1 279,826 100.0%
1980 30 MO R Lt. Governor General 2 890,006 44.3%
1984 34 MO R Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 248,574 78.5%
1984 34 MO R Secretary of State District SOS General 1 1,108,579 54.1%
1988 38 MO R Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 297,003 100.0%
1988 38 MO R Secretary of State District SOS General 1 1,236,417 60.7%
1992 42 MO R Governor Primary 2 163,719 39.0%
1996 46 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,401 55.9%
1996 46 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 162,558 64.9%
1998 48 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 60,739 100.0%
1998 48 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 129,746 72.6%
2000 50 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 62,711 86.4%
2000 50 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 202,305 73.9%
2002 52 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 70,693 100.0%
2002 52 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 149,519 74.8%
2004 54 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 210,080 70.4%
2006 56 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 47,758 79.9%
2006 56 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 160,942 66.7%
2008 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 64,767 100.0%
2008 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 219,016 67.8%
2010 60 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 411,040 70.9%
2010 60 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,054,160 54.2%
2016 66 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 481,444 72.6%
2016 66 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,378,458 49.2%


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



Ideology Data for Roy Blunt


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
1997 47 House 93 4 93 5 D 24 72 98 11 80
1998 48 House 95 2 93 4 D 17 83 96 0 100
1999 49 House 94 3 D 19 80 97 10 88
2000 50 House 97 2 D 26 74 97 0 96
2001 51 House 95 2 R 91 5 95 5 96
2002 52 House 89 1 R 75 7 93 0 100
2003 53 House 97 2 R 98 0 97 5 92
2004 54 House 95 3 R 94 3 97 0 96
2005 55 House 96 2 R 87 11 98 0 96
2006 56 House 94 2 R 100 0 96 0 88
2007 57 House 94 2 R 89 10 96 10 96
2008 58 House 90 3 R 75 19 93 17 88
2009 59 House 85 8 D 23 68 93 5 92
2010 60 House 73 3 D 24 56 73 0 100
2011 61 Senate 80 18 D 49 43 96 20 70
2012 62 Senate 79 21 D 46 53 99 5 72
2013 63 Senate 81 13 D 35 55 93 10 71
2014 64 Senate 88 7 D 53 40 95 5 76
2015 65 Senate 94 4 D 35 53 96 0 83
2016 66 Senate 85 13 D 39 55 96 5 58
2017 67 Senate 96 1 R 99 1 98 0 83
2018 68 Senate 99 1 R 97 1 98 5 82
2019 69 Senate 96 3 R 98 2 98 5 67
2020 70 Senate 94 2 R 96 3 97 0 74
2021 71 Senate 73 20 D 55 36 94 0 59
2022 72 Senate 56 32 D 39 53 88 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.