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Larry Hopkins

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 25, 1933 in Detroit, MI
Died: November 15, 2021 in Lexington, KY

Education:

  • Attended Murray State University, 1951-1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1954-1956

Career:

  • Stockbroker
  • Fayette County clerk, 1969-1972

Elected Office:

  • KY House, 1972-1976
  • KY Senate, 1976-1978


Election Results for Larry Hopkins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 44 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 52,092 50.6%
1980 46 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 105,376 58.9%
1982 48 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 68,418 56.8%
1984 50 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 126,525 71.4%
1986 52 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 75,906 74.3%
1988 54 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 128,898 74.0%
1990 56 KY R U.S. House District 06 General 1 76,859 100.0%
1991 57 KY R Governor Primary 1 81,526 50.6%
1991 57 KY R Governor General 2 294,452 35.3%


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



Ideology Data for Larry Hopkins


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
1979 45 House 89 8 88 11 D 27 70 97 16 82
1980 46 House 89 7 85 13 D 40 56 98 6 89
1981 47 House 80 16 79 20 R 68 29 99 20 92
1982 48 House 78 21 77 22 R 58 39 97 20 67
1983 49 House 85 12 84 14 R 65 34 98 20 77
1984 50 House 80 20 77 22 R 60 39 98 20 74
1985 51 House 84 15 71 25 R 61 38 98 10 68
1986 52 House 96 4 82 16 R 72 27 98 10 73
1987 53 House 98 2 91 6 R 70 29 98 0 77
1988 54 House 92 8 80 20 R 63 37 99 20 76
1989 55 House 85 12 87 12 R 72 28 99 20 82
1990 56 House 94 2 90 9 R 66 33 98 11 83
1991 57 House 30 3 33 4 R 35 12 38 0 90
1992 58 House 92 4 93 4 R 87 12 97 15 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.