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Bud Cramer

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 22, 1947 in Huntsville, AL

Education:

  • University of Alabama, B.A., 1969, J.D., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1972
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1976-1978

Career:

  • College instructor, 1972-1973
  • Lawyer
  • Madison County assistant district attorney, 1973-1975
  • Madison County district attorney, 1981-1990
  • Founder of National Children's Advocacy Center, 1985


Election Results for Bud Cramer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 42 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,666 44.0%
1990 42 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 47,355 60.5%
1990 42 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,047 67.1%
1992 44 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 160,060 65.6%
1994 46 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,693 50.5%
1996 48 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 114,402 55.7%
1998 50 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 134,819 69.7%
2000 52 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 186,059 88.8%
2002 54 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 143,029 73.3%
2004 56 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,573 89.5%
2004 56 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 200,999 73.0%
2006 58 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 143,015 98.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bud Cramer


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
1991 43 House 89 11 77 22 R 38 61 99 40 40
1992 44 House 81 15 75 23 R 39 58 99 55 46
1993 45 House 91 9 79 21 D 82 17 99 45 38
1994 46 House 94 3 78 19 D 85 14 97 42 38
1995 47 House 95 5 54 44 D 55 44 99 45 56
1996 48 House 98 2 59 41 D 65 35 99 40 55
1997 49 House 93 7 58 42 D 52 48 99 45 48
1998 50 House 95 2 58 39 D 52 44 98 68 44
1999 51 House 54 45 D 54 44 98 55 42
2000 52 House 66 34 D 46 54 98 35 40
2001 53 House 47 47 R 65 33 95 47 65
2002 54 House 60 38 R 64 36 99 45 56
2003 55 House 59 36 R 69 25 94 50 56
2004 56 House 60 38 R 61 39 98 75 50
2005 57 House 57 39 R 57 33 95 74 54
2006 58 House 59 39 R 71 26 98 50 68
2007 59 House 84 12 R 17 80 96 80 29
2008 60 House 85 5 R 27 64 89 75 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   46%


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.