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Duke Cunningham

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.A., 1964, M.A., 1966
  • National University, M.B.A., 1985

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1966-1987

Career:

  • Businessman


Election Results for Duke Cunningham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 48 CA R U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 11,350 45.5%
1990 48 CA R U.S. House District 44 General 1 50,377 46.3%
1992 50 CA R U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 40,645 51.8%
1992 50 CA R U.S. House District 51 General 1 141,890 56.1%
1994 52 CA R U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 60,160 85.7%
1994 52 CA R U.S. House District 51 General 1 138,547 66.9%
1996 54 CA R U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 65,268 86.1%
1996 54 CA R U.S. House District 51 General 1 149,032 65.1%
1998 56 CA R U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 88,542 100.0%
1998 56 CA R U.S. House District 51 General 1 126,229 61.0%
2000 58 CA R U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 126,038 100.0%
2000 58 CA R U.S. House District 51 General 1 172,291 64.3%
2002 60 CA R U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 54,491 86.7%
2002 60 CA R U.S. House District 50 General 1 111,095 64.3%
2004 62 CA R U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 81,854 100.0%
2004 62 CA R U.S. House District 50 General 1 169,025 58.4%


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



Ideology Data for Duke Cunningham


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 49 House 97 3 89 9 R 78 22 99 5 95
1992 50 House 96 2 91 4 R 82 13 94 5 95
1993 51 House 98 2 96 2 D 30 70 97 0 100
1994 52 House 94 6 90 9 D 55 45 98 16 95
1995 53 House 94 5 96 4 D 18 80 99 0 92
1996 54 House 84 8 93 5 D 30 67 98 11 100
1997 55 House 85 15 95 4 D 28 72 99 0 92
1998 56 House 90 2 82 6 D 22 67 91 0 100
1999 57 House 95 3 D 17 80 98 10 88
2000 58 House 92 6 D 30 68 97 5 92
2001 59 House 96 4 R 95 5 99 5 96
2002 60 House 94 3 R 75 14 98 0 96
2003 61 House 95 3 R 98 2 99 5 92
2004 62 House 91 6 R 82 18 96 5 92
2005 63 House 81 5 R 72 11 84 6 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.