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Jeff Flake

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 31, 1962 in Snowflake, AZ

Education:

  • Brigham Young University, B.A., 1986, M.A., 1987

Career:

  • Public policy executive, 1987-1989
  • Fund for Democracy (Namibia), 1989-1990
  • Owner of public affairs company, 1990-1992
  • Goldwater Institute, 1992-1999


Election Results for Jeff Flake


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 37 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,745 31.8%
2000 37 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,289 53.6%
2002 39 AZ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 41,025 100.0%
2002 39 AZ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 103,094 65.9%
2004 41 AZ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,784 59.3%
2004 41 AZ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 202,882 79.4%
2006 43 AZ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,199 100.0%
2006 43 AZ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 152,001 74.7%
2008 45 AZ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 51,562 100.0%
2008 45 AZ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 208,582 62.4%
2010 47 AZ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 62,285 64.6%
2010 47 AZ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 165,649 66.4%
2012 49 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 357,360 69.1%
2012 49 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,104,457 49.2%


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



Ideology Data for Jeff Flake


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
2001 38 House 89 10 R 77 23 99 5 92
2002 39 House 89 11 R 75 25 98 5 96
2003 40 House 90 10 R 69 29 98 25 88
2004 41 House 91 7 R 73 27 97 16 96
2005 42 House 88 9 R 74 26 97 0 96
2006 43 House 80 13 R 74 26 95 21 100
2007 44 House 93 5 R 90 10 97 5 100
2008 45 House 94 1 R 78 16 96 0 100
2009 46 House 90 3 D 7 83 94 0 100
2010 47 House 95 3 D 20 78 96 10 96
2011 48 House 93 5 D 17 75 97 0 100
2012 49 House 93 4 D 22 75 95 21 100
2013 50 Senate 74 19 D 51 42 93 16 71
2014 51 Senate 82 18 D 63 36 99 10 92
2015 52 Senate 86 11 D 58 34 96 5 79
2016 53 Senate 87 9 D 52 35 95 5 83
2017 54 Senate 98 0 R 94 3 97 5 92
2018 55 Senate 79 11 R 79 7 87 11 95
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.