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Vern Buchanan

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 8, 1951 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • Cleary University, B.B.A., 1975
  • University of Detroit, M.B.A., 1986

Military Service:

  • MI Air National Guard, 1970-1976

Career:

  • Taekwondo instructor, 1971-1974
  • Marketing rep., Burroughs Corporation, 1975-1976
  • Businessman, 1976-2007
  • Campaign staffer


Election Results for Vern Buchanan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 55 FL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 20,918 32.3%
2006 55 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 119,309 50.1%
2008 57 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 204,382 55.5%
2010 59 FL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 61,517 83.5%
2010 59 FL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 183,811 68.9%
2012 61 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 187,147 53.6%
2014 63 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 169,126 61.5%
2016 65 FL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 53,706 80.6%
2016 65 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 230,654 59.8%
2018 67 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 197,483 54.6%
2020 69 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 269,001 55.5%
2022 71 FL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 64,028 86.2%
2022 71 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 189,762 62.1%
2024 73 FL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 38,789 60.9%
2024 73 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 247,516 59.5%


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



Ideology Data for Vern Buchanan


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
2007 56 House 90 10 R 64 35 99 35 84
2008 57 House 81 18 R 43 55 99 50 60
2009 58 House 80 18 D 41 54 98 17 88
2010 59 House 85 11 D 39 59 97 0 83
2011 60 House 93 5 D 20 78 98 0 72
2012 61 House 93 6 D 22 78 98 5 76
2013 62 House 91 8 D 15 83 96 11 80
2014 63 House 94 4 D 15 80 95 0 71
2015 64 House 90 7 D 14 85 95 0 67
2016 65 House 84 8 D 11 89 93 7 71
2017 66 House 91 4 R 94 0 92 0 72
2018 67 House 90 8 R 89 7 93 8 58
2019 68 House 85 15 R 92 8 99 15 66
2020 69 House 78 10 R 78 17 86 22 64
2021 70 House 93 4 D 11 89 98 5 77
2022 71 House 94 4 D 17 83 98 76
2023 72 House 88 9 D 4 92 94 6 71
2024 73 House 94 4 D 95 85
2025 74 House 92 0 R 93
Lifetime conservative rating:   74%


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.