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Saxby Chambliss

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 10, 1943 in Warrenton, NC

Education:

  • University of Georgia, B.A., 1966
  • University of Tennessee, J.D., 1968

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Saxby Chambliss


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 48 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 2,901 33.5%
1994 50 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 9,901 100.0%
1994 50 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,591 62.7%
1996 52 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 13,751 100.0%
1996 52 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 93,619 52.6%
1998 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 18,147 100.0%
1998 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 87,993 62.4%
2000 56 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 9,310 100.0%
2000 56 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 113,380 58.9%
2002 58 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 300,371 61.1%
2002 58 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,071,153 52.7%
2008 64 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 392,902 100.0%
2008 64 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,867,097 49.8%
2008 64 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General Runoff 1 1,228,033 57.4%


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



Ideology Data for Saxby Chambliss


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
1995 51 House 99 1 97 2 D 17 82 99 0 96
1996 52 House 100 0 96 4 D 35 65 100 0 100
1997 53 House 93 4 93 4 D 25 72 97 5 88
1998 54 House 95 0 94 5 D 22 78 99 0 96
1999 55 House 94 5 D 24 74 99 10 80
2000 56 House 93 5 D 24 72 96 0 92
2001 57 House 95 1 R 91 7 97 0 100
2002 58 House 97 2 R 89 7 97 0 100
2003 59 Senate 97 3 R 97 3 99 5 90
2004 60 Senate 94 1 R 98 0 91 5 96
2005 61 Senate 93 5 R 89 11 97 5 96
2006 62 Senate 93 6 R 90 7 98 0 96
2007 63 Senate 94 4 R 80 16 98 10 92
2008 64 Senate 95 5 R 69 31 98 25 76
2009 65 Senate 95 2 D 40 54 97 11 92
2010 66 Senate 91 2 D 41 56 94 0 100
2011 67 Senate 90 8 D 55 44 97 20 80
2012 68 Senate 91 6 D 40 51 96 0 84
2013 69 Senate 82 13 D 45 51 96 10 56
2014 70 Senate 63 14 D 57 30 82 0 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.