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Mike Coffman

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 19, 1955 in Ft. Leonard Wood, MO

Education:

  • University of Colorado, B.A., 1979

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1972-1974
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1975-1978
  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1979-1982
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1983-1984, 2005-2006

Career:

  • Business owner

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1989-1994
  • CO Senate, 1994-1998
  • CO Treasurer, 1999-2007
  • CO Secretary of State, 2007-2008



Election Results for Mike Coffman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 43 CO R Treasurer Primary 1 173,647 99.9%
1998 43 CO R Treasurer General 1 638,521 50.8%
2002 47 CO R Treasurer Primary 1 180,245 100.0%
2002 47 CO R Treasurer General 1 758,946 56.1%
2006 51 CO R Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 200,898 100.0%
2006 51 CO R Secretary of State District SOS General 1 772,403 50.8%
2008 53 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,509 40.1%
2008 53 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 250,877 60.7%
2010 55 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 81,067 100.0%
2010 55 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 217,368 65.7%
2012 57 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 35,721 100.0%
2012 57 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 163,922 47.8%
2014 59 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,737 100.0%
2014 59 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 143,467 51.9%
2016 61 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 41,288 100.0%
2016 61 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 191,626 50.9%
2018 63 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 56,703 100.0%
2018 63 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 2 148,685 42.9%


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




Ideology Data for Mike Coffman


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
2009 54 House 96 2 D 25 75 98 5 92
2010 55 House 95 5 D 29 71 99 0 100
2011 56 House 94 5 D 22 77 99 5 96
2012 57 House 93 7 D 14 85 99 0 92
2013 58 House 93 6 D 17 82 99 5 84
2014 59 House 92 7 D 12 88 99 15 76
2015 60 House 94 5 D 18 81 99 0 83
2016 61 House 95 5 D 6 94 99 0 76
2017 62 House 96 4 R 94 6 99 5 81
2018 63 House 94 6 R 96 4 99 8 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.