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Kent Conrad

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 12, 1948 in Bismarck, ND

Education:

  • Attended University of Missouri, 1967
  • Stanford University, B.A., 1971
  • George Washington University, M.B.A., 1975

Career:

  • Assistant to ND Tax Commissioner, 1974-1980

Elected Office:

  • ND Tax Commissioner, 1981-1986


Election Results for Kent Conrad


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 28 ND D Auditor Primary 1 47,175 100.0%
1976 28 ND D Auditor General 2 130,864 49.2%
1980 32 ND D Tax Commissioner Open Primary 1 61,151 55.9%
1980 32 ND D Tax Commissioner General 1 180,360 68.1%
1984 36 ND D Tax Commissioner Open Primary 1 55,388 70.6%
1984 36 ND D Tax Commissioner General 1 230,675 27.9%
1986 38 ND D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 58,213 100.0%
1986 38 ND D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 143,932 49.8%
1992 44 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 103,246 63.2%
1994 46 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 66,265 100.0%
1994 46 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 137,157 58.0%
2000 52 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 36,585 100.0%
2000 52 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 176,470 61.4%
2006 58 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 58,231 100.0%
2006 58 ND D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 150,146 68.8%


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



Ideology Data for Kent Conrad


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
1987 39 Senate 47 53 82 17 R 37 63 99 85 8
1988 40 Senate 35 65 78 20 R 48 50 99 80 24
1989 41 Senate 42 58 70 30 R 55 45 100 70 28
1990 42 Senate 38 62 75 24 R 34 66 99 67 30
1991 43 Senate 43 58 72 26 R 36 63 99 75 43
1992 44 Senate 61 37 69 29 R 32 67 99 95 12
1993 45 Senate 51 49 81 18 D 80 18 99 84 24
1994 46 Senate 53 47 84 15 D 89 11 99 85 12
1995 47 Senate 32 67 85 13 D 81 16 98 90 9
1996 48 Senate 39 61 87 13 D 83 17 99 85 15
1997 49 Senate 68 32 79 18 D 81 19 99 65 17
1998 50 Senate 50 50 87 13 D 75 25 99 90 16
1999 51 Senate 87 13 88 12 D 73 27 99 90 16
2000 52 Senate 87 13 86 13 D 90 10 98 85 29
2001 53 Senate 90 10 R 65 35 99 85 36
2002 54 Senate 87 13 R 70 30 99 95 10
2003 55 Senate 84 15 R 56 41 99 80 15
2004 56 Senate 81 19 R 68 32 100 90 20
2005 57 Senate 73 23 R 47 47 97 84 21
2006 58 Senate 76 21 R 49 46 97 85 33
2007 59 Senate 86 14 R 44 56 98 85 12
2008 60 Senate 88 8 R 43 56 97 95 0
2009 61 Senate 85 10 D 95 5 97 95 13
2010 62 Senate 93 6 D 100 0 99 85 4
2011 63 Senate 93 5 D 94 2 97 95 5
2012 64 Senate 93 7 D 93 4 98 85 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.