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Bob Goodlatte

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1952 in Holyoke, MA

Education:

  • Bates College, B.A., 1974
  • Washington & Lee Law School, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • District director for Rep. Caldwell Butler, 1977-1979


Election Results for Bob Goodlatte


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 39 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 127,309 60.0%
1994 41 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 126,455 99.9%
1996 43 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 133,576 67.0%
1998 45 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 89,177 69.3%
2000 47 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 153,338 99.3%
2002 49 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 105,530 97.1%
2004 51 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 206,560 96.7%
2006 53 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 153,187 75.1%
2008 55 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 192,350 61.6%
2010 57 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 127,487 76.3%
2012 59 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 211,278 65.2%
2014 61 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 133,898 74.5%
2016 63 VA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,993 77.9%
2016 63 VA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 225,471 66.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Goodlatte


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 40 House 84 16 92 8 D 42 58 99 5 96
1994 41 House 86 14 95 4 D 37 59 99 11 90
1995 42 House 91 9 94 6 D 17 83 99 0 88
1996 43 House 88 12 93 7 D 30 70 100 5 95
1997 44 House 93 7 94 6 D 29 71 99 10 80
1998 45 House 93 7 92 8 D 23 77 99 0 100
1999 46 House 96 4 D 20 80 99 5 96
2000 47 House 92 3 D 20 78 96 0 100
2001 48 House 97 3 R 91 9 99 0 96
2002 49 House 98 1 R 89 11 99 0 100
2003 50 House 95 4 R 95 5 99 10 88
2004 51 House 98 2 R 82 18 99 0 100
2005 52 House 96 4 R 83 17 100 5 96
2006 53 House 99 1 R 97 3 100 0 92
2007 54 House 96 4 R 79 21 99 15 92
2008 55 House 95 3 R 61 35 99 16 96
2009 56 House 97 3 D 14 86 99 0 100
2010 57 House 97 3 D 27 73 99 0 100
2011 58 House 94 5 D 21 78 99 0 96
2012 59 House 94 4 D 17 83 98 0 88
2013 60 House 94 4 D 13 85 98 0 83
2014 61 House 97 3 D 14 86 99 0 84
2015 62 House 98 2 D 9 91 99 0 100
2016 63 House 97 1 D 6 91 97 0 96
2017 64 House 98 1 R 94 6 99 0 96
2018 65 House 98 1 R 100 0 97 0 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.