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Rudy Boschwitz

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 7, 1930 in Berlin, Germany

Education:

  • New York University, 1950, Law School, 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1954-1955

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Founder/chairman of plywood firm


Election Results for Rudy Boschwitz


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 47 MN IR U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 185,393 86.8%
1978 47 MN IR U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 894,092 56.6%
1984 53 MN IR U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 162,555 96.6%
1984 53 MN IR U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,199,926 58.1%
1990 59 MN IR U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 293,619 86.9%
1990 59 MN IR U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 864,375 47.8%
1996 65 MN R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 158,678 80.6%
1996 65 MN R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 901,282 41.3%


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



Ideology Data for Rudy Boschwitz


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
1979 48 Senate 64 36 73 27 D 50 49 100 21 74
1980 49 Senate 67 33 74 23 D 53 49 98 28 55
1981 50 Senate 71 29 78 21 R 82 18 98 25 53
1982 51 Senate 54 43 71 28 R 77 22 98 30 63
1983 52 Senate 66 30 62 32 R 80 15 94 42 36
1984 53 Senate 66 34 73 26 R 69 31 97 37 45
1985 54 Senate 92 8 87 13 R 87 13 99 5 76
1986 55 Senate 84 16 84 16 R 84 16 100 15 52
1987 56 Senate 81 16 81 18 R 71 26 96 25 76
1988 57 Senate 76 14 68 24 R 73 23 91 20 70
1989 58 Senate 84 16 86 13 R 86 10 97 15 79
1990 59 Senate 78 14 79 15 R 72 24 93 24 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.