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Sam Graves

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 7, 1963 in Tarkio, MO

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.S., 1986

Career:

  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1992-1994
  • MO Senate, 1994-2000


Election Results for Sam Graves


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 36 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 30,014 68.1%
2000 36 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,925 50.9%
2002 38 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 46,107 100.0%
2002 38 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 131,151 63.0%
2004 40 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 196,516 63.8%
2006 42 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,129 100.0%
2006 42 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 150,882 61.6%
2008 44 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 36,131 100.0%
2008 44 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 196,526 59.4%
2010 46 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 54,566 82.5%
2010 46 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 154,103 69.4%
2012 48 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 59,388 80.3%
2012 48 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 216,906 65.0%
2014 50 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 56,789 76.6%
2014 50 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 124,616 66.7%
2016 52 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 62,764 76.2%
2016 52 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 238,388 68.0%
2018 54 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 89,675 100.0%
2018 54 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 199,796 65.4%
2020 56 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 81,584 79.7%
2020 56 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 258,709 67.1%
2022 58 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 72,996 75.7%
2022 58 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 184,865 70.3%
2024 60 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 80,531 78.1%
2024 60 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 265,210 70.7%


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



Ideology Data for Sam Graves


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 37 House 96 4 R 88 9 99 5 88
2002 38 House 95 5 R 71 21 99 0 100
2003 39 House 93 4 R 89 7 97 5 91
2004 40 House 90 7 R 76 21 97 10 92
2005 41 House 93 5 R 80 15 96 0 92
2006 42 House 97 2 R 95 3 98 0 88
2007 43 House 90 7 R 65 32 96 16 82
2008 44 House 86 11 R 53 46 95 40 88
2009 45 House 93 2 D 19 74 94 0 96
2010 46 House 86 3 D 24 61 87 0 100
2011 47 House 92 4 D 21 77 95 16 75
2012 48 House 97 1 D 12 86 98 0 84
2013 49 House 93 3 D 12 84 94 11 75
2014 50 House 93 3 D 14 79 94 0 64
2015 51 House 86 7 D 13 81 92 5 65
2016 52 House 94 2 D 9 87 94 0 74
2017 53 House 89 1 R 89 3 91 0 85
2018 54 House 90 4 R 85 4 95 0 72
2019 55 House 93 3 R 92 4 97 0 81
2020 56 House 97 2 R 94 6 99 5 82
2021 57 House 98 1 D 0 94 99 0 82
2022 58 House 95 5 D 17 83 100 76
2023 59 House 91 8 D 99 74
2024 60 House 90 7 D 97 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.