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Tom Coburn

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 14, 1948 in Casper, WY
Died: March 28, 2020 in Tulsa, OK

Education:

  • Oklahoma State University, B.S., 1970
  • Oklahoma University, M.D., 1983

Career:

  • Manager Coburn Optical Industries, 1970-1978
  • Physician


Election Results for Tom Coburn


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 46 OK R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,847 63.5%
1994 46 OK R U.S. House District 02 General 1 82,479 52.1%
1996 48 OK R U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,273 55.5%
1998 50 OK R U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,581 57.7%
2004 56 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 145,974 61.2%
2004 56 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 763,433 52.8%
2010 62 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 223,997 90.4%
2010 62 OK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 718,482 70.6%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Coburn


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 47 House 86 11 91 6 D 18 80 96 0 100
1996 48 House 82 14 90 9 D 29 71 98 10 89
1997 49 House 76 9 85 6 D 23 72 92 5 95
1998 50 House 95 2 91 6 D 16 80 97 5 100
1999 51 House 88 9 D 19 72 94 10 100
2000 52 House 81 8 D 20 66 84 15 96
2005 57 Senate 92 7 R 87 9 99 5 100
2006 58 Senate 92 8 R 86 11 99 5 100
2007 59 Senate 86 4 R 85 9 91 5 100
2008 60 Senate 95 1 R 72 17 94 0 96
2009 61 Senate 97 1 D 27 71 97 5 100
2010 62 Senate 97 2 D 33 65 98 5 100
2011 63 Senate 89 1 D 45 42 91 6 100
2012 64 Senate 89 8 D 39 56 96 0 92
2013 65 Senate 90 3 D 27 62 91 0 100
2014 66 Senate 64 3 D 39 40 72 6 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   98%


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.