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Lane Evans

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 4, 1951 in Rock Island, IL
Died: November 5, 2014 in East Moline, IL

Education:

  • Augustana College, B.A., 1974
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1977

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1969-1971

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Lane Evans


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 30 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 94,483 52.8%
1984 32 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 128,273 56.7%
1986 34 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 85,442 55.6%
1988 36 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 132,130 64.9%
1990 38 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 102,062 66.5%
1992 40 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 47,351 81.8%
1992 40 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 156,233 60.1%
1994 42 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 33,898 100.0%
1994 42 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 95,312 54.5%
1996 44 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,821 100.0%
1996 44 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 120,008 51.9%
1998 46 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 35,615 100.0%
1998 46 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 100,128 51.6%
2000 48 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 26,138 100.0%
2000 48 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 132,494 54.9%
2002 50 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 48,583 100.0%
2002 50 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 127,093 62.4%
2004 52 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 46,328 100.0%
2004 52 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 172,320 60.7%
2006 54 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 38,780 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Lane Evans


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
1983 31 House 13 84 91 6 R 9 90 98 95 5
1984 32 House 7 92 94 6 R 24 73 98 90 0
1985 33 House 5 93 96 1 R 14 86 97 100 5
1986 34 House 6 92 95 4 R 13 86 99 100 0
1987 35 House 2 93 94 3 R 11 87 98 100 0
1988 36 House 8 92 97 2 R 17 83 99 100 0
1989 37 House 5 95 97 3 R 23 77 99 100 7
1990 38 House 9 91 97 3 R 16 84 100 100 4
1991 39 House 11 89 95 4 R 15 85 99 100 5
1992 40 House 6 94 95 5 R 11 88 99 95 4
1993 41 House 5 95 94 3 D 69 27 97 100 4
1994 42 House 6 94 99 0 D 77 23 99 100 0
1995 43 House 8 92 96 3 D 85 13 99 95 12
1996 44 House 14 86 95 5 D 75 25 99 95 0
1997 45 House 20 78 93 7 D 73 27 99 100 16
1998 46 House 19 81 91 8 D 82 17 99 90 16
1999 47 House 95 5 D 80 19 99 100 0
2000 48 House 93 6 D 70 30 98 95 8
2001 49 House 93 7 R 26 74 98 100 0
2002 50 House 95 3 R 18 71 97 100 0
2003 51 House 94 4 R 15 80 98 95 13
2004 52 House 96 3 R 24 76 98 95 4
2005 53 House 96 2 R 11 85 97 100 0
2006 54 House 8 0 R 0 16 7 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.