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Bob Graham

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 9, 1936 in Coral Gables, FL
Died: April 16, 2024 in Gainesville, FL

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A., 1959
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1962

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Real estate developer, 1962-1966

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1966-1970
  • FL Senate, 1970-1978

Other notes:

  • Father of Gwen Graham


Election Results for Bob Graham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 41 FL D Governor Primary 2 261,972 25.2%
1978 41 FL D Governor Primary Runoff 1 482,535 53.5%
1978 41 FL D Governor General 1 1,406,580 55.6%
1982 45 FL D Governor Primary 1 839,320 84.5%
1982 45 FL D Governor General 1 1,739,553 64.7%
1986 49 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 851,856 85.0%
1986 49 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,877,543 54.7%
1992 55 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 968,618 84.3%
1992 55 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 3,244,299 65.4%
1998 61 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,436,407 62.5%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Graham


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
1987 50 Senate 56 44 82 18 R 46 53 99 60 23
1988 51 Senate 65 35 83 16 R 60 40 99 55 28
1989 52 Senate 71 29 68 32 R 64 36 99 50 36
1990 53 Senate 59 41 76 23 R 53 47 99 67 30
1991 54 Senate 60 40 80 18 R 47 51 98 65 38
1992 55 Senate 53 47 73 27 R 35 65 100 75 15
1993 56 Senate 61 39 85 15 D 90 10 99 65 16
1994 57 Senate 53 47 85 15 D 90 8 99 75 8
1995 58 Senate 49 51 80 20 D 84 16 99 95 13
1996 59 Senate 61 39 81 19 D 86 14 100 85 15
1997 60 Senate 80 20 71 29 D 84 16 99 60 8
1998 61 Senate 88 13 85 15 D 83 17 100 85 4
1999 62 Senate 88 12 86 12 D 93 7 98 100 4
2000 63 Senate 91 9 91 9 D 95 5 100 80 16
2001 64 Senate 94 6 R 65 34 99 100 16
2002 65 Senate 78 22 R 83 17 100 75 20
2003 66 Senate 71 4 R 25 35 68 100 23
2004 67 Senate 92 4 R 68 24 90 100 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.