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Cory Gardner

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 22, 1974 in Yuma, CO

Education:

  • Colorado State University, B.A., 1997
  • University of Colorado, J.D., 2001

Career:

  • Agricultural advocate
  • Staff, Sen. Wayne Allard, 2002-2005

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 2005-2010


Election Results for Cory Gardner


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 35 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,358 100.0%
2010 35 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 138,634 52.5%
2012 37 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 49,340 100.0%
2012 37 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 199,842 58.4%
2014 39 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 338,324 100.0%
2014 39 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 983,891 48.2%
2020 45 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 554,806 100.0%
2020 45 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 1,429,492 44.2%


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



Ideology Data for Cory Gardner


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
2011 36 House 94 4 D 20 79 98 0 84
2012 37 House 97 3 D 12 88 100 5 92
2013 38 House 96 3 D 13 85 99 10 84
2014 39 House 90 7 D 11 86 97 5 76
2015 40 Senate 87 11 D 61 36 98 5 79
2016 41 Senate 83 15 D 52 45 97 15 72
2017 42 Senate 99 1 R 98 2 100 0 76
2018 43 Senate 95 4 R 96 3 99 5 86
2019 44 Senate 95 4 R 97 2 99 5 67
2020 45 Senate 91 4 R 91 6 96 5 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   79%


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.