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Larry Craig

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 20, 1945 in Council, ID

Education:

  • University of Idaho, B.A., 1969
  • Attended George Washington University, 1970

Military Service:

  • ID National Guard, 1970-1972

Career:

  • Farmer/rancher

Elected Office:

  • ID Senate, 1974-1980


Election Results for Larry Craig


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 34 ID R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,525 52.7%
1980 34 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,845 53.7%
1982 36 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,277 53.7%
1984 38 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 139,085 68.6%
1986 40 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,625 65.3%
1988 42 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,221 65.8%
1990 44 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 65,830 59.0%
1990 44 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 193,641 61.3%
1996 50 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 106,817 100.0%
1996 50 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 283,532 57.0%
2002 56 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 130,126 100.0%
2002 56 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 266,215 65.2%


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



Ideology Data for Larry Craig


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
1981 35 House 91 4 91 5 R 72 24 94 0 100
1982 36 House 86 8 85 7 R 75 23 91 5 95
1983 37 House 93 3 86 4 R 73 16 88 0 100
1984 38 House 93 5 86 4 R 73 22 91 5 91
1985 39 House 96 2 91 5 R 75 24 96 0 89
1986 40 House 92 6 85 9 R 79 21 95 5 86
1987 41 House 93 5 83 8 R 65 28 90 13 86
1988 42 House 76 5 87 5 R 66 23 91 5 100
1989 43 House 93 7 93 6 R 78 22 99 0 96
1990 44 House 89 2 75 8 R 59 25 82 11 88
1991 45 Senate 90 8 97 3 R 91 9 99 5 86
1992 46 Senate 97 3 99 1 R 83 15 99 0 100
1993 47 Senate 93 7 96 3 D 15 85 99 5 100
1994 48 Senate 94 6 96 2 D 29 69 98 0 100
1995 49 Senate 96 4 98 2 D 20 80 100 0 96
1996 50 Senate 97 3 98 2 D 32 68 100 0 95
1997 51 Senate 100 0 97 3 D 54 46 100 5 83
1998 52 Senate 100 0 99 1 D 29 71 100 5 84
1999 53 Senate 97 3 98 2 D 29 71 99 0 96
2000 54 Senate 100 0 100 0 D 40 60 99 0 100
2001 55 Senate 96 4 R 94 4 99 0 96
2002 56 Senate 91 7 R 89 6 96 5 100
2003 57 Senate 98 2 R 97 3 99 5 90
2004 58 Senate 96 2 R 100 0 98 5 96
2005 59 Senate 92 7 R 84 16 98 15 96
2006 60 Senate 91 9 R 91 6 99 0 88
2007 61 Senate 83 11 R 75 14 93 15 90
2008 62 Senate 91 5 R 57 37 97 17 78
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.