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Mike Crapo

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 20, 1951 in Idaho Falls, ID

Education:

  • Brigham Young University, B.A., 1973
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1977-1978

Elected Office:

  • ID Senate, 1985-1992


Election Results for Mike Crapo


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 41 ID R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,462 68.0%
1992 41 ID R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,783 60.8%
1994 43 ID R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,568 100.0%
1994 43 ID R U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,593 75.0%
1996 45 ID R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,778 86.1%
1996 45 ID R U.S. House District 02 General 1 157,646 68.8%
1998 47 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 110,205 87.3%
1998 47 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 262,966 69.5%
2004 53 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 118,286 100.0%
2004 53 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 499,796 99.2%
2010 59 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 127,332 79.3%
2010 59 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 319,953 71.2%
2016 65 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 119,633 100.0%
2016 65 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 449,017 66.1%
2022 71 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 177,906 67.1%
2022 71 ID R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 358,539 60.7%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Crapo


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
1993 42 House 95 3 95 4 D 33 67 99 5 96
1994 43 House 97 3 95 4 D 40 60 99 5 90
1995 44 House 96 4 94 3 D 20 78 98 5 92
1996 45 House 96 4 95 5 D 29 68 98 0 95
1997 46 House 96 4 93 6 D 20 79 98 0 92
1998 47 House 90 7 86 10 D 29 67 96 11 83
1999 48 Senate 97 3 95 2 D 30 70 96 0 100
2000 49 Senate 100 0 99 0 D 41 59 97 0 100
2001 50 Senate 90 6 R 91 5 97 10 92
2002 51 Senate 86 8 R 94 4 92 11 94
2003 52 Senate 97 2 R 97 3 98 5 89
2004 53 Senate 95 4 R 88 10 99 11 92
2005 54 Senate 94 5 R 84 13 99 10 100
2006 55 Senate 95 5 R 86 11 99 0 88
2007 56 Senate 88 8 R 80 18 95 15 88
2008 57 Senate 92 5 R 72 28 99 15 88
2009 58 Senate 93 6 D 49 51 99 10 92
2010 59 Senate 96 2 D 35 60 97 0 100
2011 60 Senate 99 1 D 48 51 99 10 95
2012 61 Senate 91 7 D 45 54 98 10 88
2013 62 Senate 96 2 D 27 68 98 0 88
2014 63 Senate 98 2 D 47 53 100 15 92
2015 64 Senate 96 3 D 38 57 98 5 96
2016 65 Senate 93 5 D 45 52 98 0 92
2017 66 Senate 99 0 R 97 2 99 0 84
2018 67 Senate 96 2 R 97 3 99 5 82
2019 68 Senate 98 0 R 99 1 99 0 75
2020 69 Senate 98 2 R 96 4 100 5 87
2021 70 Senate 90 8 D 43 55 98 0 79
2022 71 Senate 89 9 D 23 77 98 94
2023 72 Senate 87 4 D 95 78
2024 73 Senate 81 9 D 93
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.