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Steve Buyer

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 26, 1958 in Rensselaer, IN

Education:

  • The Citadel, B.S., 1980
  • Valparaiso University, J.D., 1984

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1984-1987
  • Army Reserve, 1980-2010

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • IN deputy Attorney General, 1987-1988


Election Results for Steve Buyer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 33 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,286 100.0%
1992 33 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 112,492 51.0%
1994 35 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,415 100.0%
1994 35 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,031 69.4%
1996 37 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 56,852 100.0%
1996 37 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 133,627 61.9%
1998 39 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,526 100.0%
1998 39 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,567 62.5%
2000 41 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,293 100.0%
2000 41 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 132,051 60.9%
2002 43 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 44,608 54.6%
2002 43 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 112,760 71.4%
2004 45 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,921 65.7%
2004 45 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 190,445 69.5%
2006 47 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,695 72.9%
2006 47 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 111,057 62.4%
2008 49 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,538 71.6%
2008 49 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 192,526 59.9%


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



Ideology Data for Steve Buyer


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
1993 34 House 98 2 95 5 D 40 59 99 0 100
1994 35 House 94 3 92 6 D 50 50 98 0 100
1995 36 House 100 0 95 2 D 19 80 97 0 88
1996 37 House 98 2 93 5 D 37 63 97 5 95
1997 38 House 89 0 86 6 D 24 75 94 0 83
1998 39 House 88 10 85 8 D 23 73 92 15 88
1999 40 House 86 7 D 22 72 91 11 92
2000 41 House 92 5 D 22 78 96 5 84
2001 42 House 96 2 R 93 7 94 0 96
2002 43 House 90 2 R 71 14 91 0 91
2003 44 House 91 3 R 89 4 91 11 92
2004 45 House 91 4 R 79 15 92 5 96
2005 46 House 95 2 R 78 15 93 0 96
2006 47 House 89 3 R 92 8 92 11 83
2007 48 House 80 4 R 74 13 84 14 90
2008 49 House 87 7 R 58 33 91 28 84
2009 50 House 85 11 D 23 71 94 10 88
2010 51 House 71 2 D 27 56 76 0 100
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.