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Conrad Burns

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 25, 1935 in Gallatin, MO
Died: April 28, 2016 in Billings, MT

Education:

  • Attended University of Missouri, 1953-1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Rancher
  • TV & radio broadcaster, 1968-1986

Elected Office:

  • Yellowstone County commissioner, 1986-1988


Election Results for Conrad Burns


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 53 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 63,330 84.7%
1988 53 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 189,445 51.9%
1994 59 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 82,827 100.0%
1994 59 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 218,542 62.4%
2000 65 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 102,125 100.0%
2000 65 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 208,082 50.6%
2006 71 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 70,434 72.3%
2006 71 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 196,283 48.3%


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



Ideology Data for Conrad Burns


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
1989 54 Senate 92 5 92 7 R 86 12 98 0 83
1990 55 Senate 95 5 92 7 R 81 19 99 6 91
1991 56 Senate 95 5 93 7 R 89 11 99 5 86
1992 57 Senate 95 5 94 6 R 85 15 100 5 88
1993 58 Senate 85 15 92 8 D 24 75 99 20 96
1994 59 Senate 91 6 82 15 D 42 55 98 0 92
1995 60 Senate 96 4 95 5 D 26 74 99 0 83
1996 61 Senate 95 5 97 3 D 29 71 99 5 100
1997 62 Senate 96 4 92 6 D 54 41 96 15 87
1998 63 Senate 100 0 94 6 D 38 63 99 0 84
1999 64 Senate 94 6 94 6 D 24 76 99 0 96
2000 65 Senate 90 10 87 10 D 51 49 94 5 88
2001 66 Senate 92 4 R 96 4 97 11 96
2002 67 Senate 85 12 R 91 6 96 11 100
2003 68 Senate 97 2 R 98 1 99 10 80
2004 69 Senate 95 3 R 95 5 98 5 100
2005 70 Senate 92 6 R 82 13 97 10 100
2006 71 Senate 88 10 R 79 14 97 5 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.