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Lacy Clay

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 27, 1956 in St. Louis, MO

Education:

  • University of Maryland, B.S., 1983

Career:

  • Paralegal, 1982-2000
  • Real estate agent, 1986-2000

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1983-1991
  • MO Senate, 1991-2001

Other notes:

  • Son of William Clay


Election Results for Lacy Clay


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 43 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,398 60.6%
2000 43 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 149,173 75.2%
2002 45 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,405 74.3%
2002 45 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,946 70.1%
2004 47 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 92,094 100.0%
2004 47 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 213,658 75.3%
2006 49 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,358 100.0%
2006 49 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 141,574 72.9%
2008 51 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,517 100.0%
2008 51 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 242,570 86.9%
2010 53 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,041 81.3%
2010 53 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,907 73.6%
2012 55 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,791 63.3%
2012 55 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 267,927 78.7%
2014 57 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 69,650 100.0%
2014 57 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,315 73.0%
2016 59 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,139 62.6%
2016 59 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 236,993 75.5%
2018 61 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 81,812 56.7%
2018 61 MO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 219,781 80.1%
2020 63 MO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 68,887 45.6%


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



Ideology Data for Lacy Clay


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
2001 44 House 93 4 R 21 77 97 100 8
2002 45 House 85 5 R 36 64 86 89 4
2003 46 House 87 2 R 15 75 89 100 17
2004 47 House 86 3 R 24 70 87 100 8
2005 48 House 86 4 R 15 80 89 100 21
2006 49 House 90 6 R 26 71 94 90 16
2007 50 House 93 1 R 3 93 95 95 4
2008 51 House 95 3 R 12 87 97 100 8
2009 52 House 96 1 D 96 4 96 100 4
2010 53 House 89 3 D 78 20 93 89 0
2011 54 House 93 4 D 78 18 97 100 0
2012 55 House 91 2 D 78 8 93 95 0
2013 56 House 91 4 D 84 11 95 95 8
2014 57 House 90 1 D 83 8 92 100 0
2015 58 House 95 2 D 89 11 97 100 8
2016 59 House 94 2 D 96 4 96 100 0
2017 60 House 98 1 R 17 81 98 100 8
2018 61 House 93 1 R 26 74 93 92 5
2019 62 House 96 0 R 2 96 96 95 4
2020 63 House 92 1 R 6 78 93 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.