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Charles Boustany

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1956 in New Orleans, LA

Education:

  • University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.S., 1978
  • Louisiana State University, M.D., 1982

Career:

  • Surgeon


Election Results for Charles Boustany


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 48 LA R U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 105,761 38.6%
2004 48 LA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 75,039 55.0%
2006 50 LA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 113,720 70.7%
2008 52 LA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 177,173 61.9%
2010 54 LA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 0 0.0%
2012 56 LA R U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 139,123 44.7%
2012 56 LA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 58,820 60.9%
2014 58 LA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 185,867 78.7%
2016 60 LA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 3 298,008 15.4%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Boustany


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
2005 49 House 93 4 R 80 15 97 17 96
2006 50 House 94 5 R 97 3 99 0 80
2007 51 House 86 13 R 78 21 99 5 100
2008 52 House 90 6 R 64 31 97 24 83
2009 53 House 94 3 D 23 74 96 5 96
2010 54 House 91 4 D 32 63 96 0 100
2011 55 House 93 4 D 19 73 97 0 83
2012 56 House 97 3 D 15 85 99 5 92
2013 57 House 95 5 D 16 84 99 5 64
2014 58 House 96 4 D 14 86 99 0 68
2015 59 House 94 6 D 12 88 100 0 58
2016 60 House 96 2 D 4 94 97 0 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.