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Christopher Bond

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 6, 1939 in St. Louis, MO

Education:

  • Princeton University, B.A., 1960
  • University of Virginia, LL.B., 1963

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MO Attorney General, 1969

Elected Office:

  • MO Auditor, 1970-1972


Election Results for Christopher Bond


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 29 MO R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 15,560 56.2%
1968 29 MO R U.S. House District 09 General 2 98,923 47.8%
1970 31 MO R Auditor Primary 1 173,150 100.0%
1970 31 MO R Auditor General 1 727,059 58.1%
1972 33 MO R Governor Primary 1 265,467 75.1%
1972 33 MO R Governor General 1 1,029,451 55.2%
1976 37 MO R Governor Primary 1 286,377 92.0%
1976 37 MO R Governor General 2 958,110 49.6%
1980 41 MO R Governor Primary 1 223,678 63.5%
1980 41 MO R Governor General 1 1,098,950 52.6%
1986 47 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 239,961 88.9%
1986 47 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 777,612 52.6%
1992 53 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 337,795 82.7%
1992 53 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,221,901 51.9%
1998 59 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 830,625 52.7%
2004 65 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 541,998 88.1%
2004 65 MO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,518,089 56.1%


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



Ideology Data for Christopher Bond


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 48 Senate 94 0 86 11 R 64 23 91 11 81
1988 49 Senate 89 8 73 19 R 75 20 92 0 88
1989 50 Senate 89 3 85 12 R 86 12 98 5 83
1990 51 Senate 100 0 86 12 R 82 16 98 11 77
1991 52 Senate 85 15 86 12 R 85 11 98 20 81
1992 53 Senate 66 24 76 14 R 70 23 90 26 75
1993 54 Senate 83 15 83 14 D 31 65 97 25 80
1994 55 Senate 88 9 75 21 D 47 48 95 21 83
1995 56 Senate 91 5 89 7 D 35 63 96 5 70
1996 57 Senate 100 0 95 5 D 37 63 99 10 90
1997 58 Senate 88 12 87 11 D 60 37 99 15 75
1998 59 Senate 100 0 86 12 D 38 61 98 15 72
1999 60 Senate 93 7 93 6 D 34 66 98 0 84
2000 61 Senate 96 4 94 3 D 46 54 97 0 92
2001 62 Senate 92 6 R 94 3 97 11 88
2002 63 Senate 88 12 R 91 2 97 11 84
2003 64 Senate 97 3 R 92 3 98 5 80
2004 65 Senate 94 6 R 93 5 99 20 96
2005 66 Senate 94 6 R 96 4 99 0 88
2006 67 Senate 91 9 R 89 11 99 5 80
2007 68 Senate 79 18 R 80 19 97 28 83
2008 69 Senate 86 7 R 72 22 93 24 75
2009 70 Senate 69 28 D 63 27 95 16 76
2010 71 Senate 74 11 D 41 44 86 0 82
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.