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Dave Camp

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1953 in Midland, MI

Education:

  • Albion College, B.A., 1975
  • University of San Diego, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Assistant MI Attorney General, 1980-1984
  • Assistant to Rep. Bill Schuette, 1984-1987

Elected Office:

  • MI Attorney General, 1980-1984
  • MI House, 1989-1990


Election Results for Dave Camp


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 36 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,794 32.6%
1990 36 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 99,952 65.0%
1992 38 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,115 100.0%
1992 38 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 157,337 62.5%
1994 40 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 39,994 100.0%
1994 40 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 145,176 73.1%
1996 42 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,047 100.0%
1996 42 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 159,561 65.5%
1998 44 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 43,143 100.0%
1998 44 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 155,343 91.3%
2000 46 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,264 100.0%
2000 46 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 182,128 68.0%
2002 48 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 49,649 100.0%
2002 48 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 149,090 68.2%
2004 50 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 70,345 100.0%
2004 50 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 205,274 64.4%
2006 52 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,841 100.0%
2006 52 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 160,041 60.6%
2008 54 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,136 100.0%
2008 54 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 204,259 61.9%
2010 56 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 76,619 100.0%
2010 56 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 148,531 66.2%
2012 58 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 67,028 100.0%
2012 58 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 197,386 63.1%


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



Ideology Data for Dave Camp


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
1991 37 House 95 5 88 12 R 71 29 99 15 80
1992 38 House 73 27 85 14 R 70 30 99 5 83
1993 39 House 84 16 92 8 D 32 68 99 5 92
1994 40 House 86 11 90 8 D 51 49 98 21 95
1995 41 House 83 15 93 6 D 21 76 99 5 84
1996 42 House 71 27 89 11 D 37 63 99 0 95
1997 43 House 85 13 92 8 D 32 68 99 20 84
1998 44 House 93 7 91 8 D 27 73 99 10 96
1999 45 House 85 9 D 24 74 95 16 79
2000 46 House 91 8 D 22 76 98 5 84
2001 47 House 96 3 R 91 9 99 0 96
2002 48 House 95 5 R 86 14 99 0 96
2003 49 House 96 3 R 93 5 98 5 88
2004 50 House 91 5 R 79 21 98 10 88
2005 51 House 90 5 R 74 17 95 13 83
2006 52 House 94 5 R 100 0 98 0 84
2007 53 House 94 5 R 73 23 98 5 96
2008 54 House 94 5 R 67 29 99 21 83
2009 55 House 84 15 D 38 62 99 16 88
2010 56 House 91 4 D 37 61 95 0 92
2011 57 House 92 7 D 25 72 99 5 72
2012 58 House 94 6 D 15 83 99 0 84
2013 59 House 95 5 D 16 84 99 5 84
2014 60 House 92 5 D 14 82 97 0 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.