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Jim Inhofe

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 17, 1934 in Des Moines, IA

Education:

  • University of Tulsa, B.A., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1957-1958

Career:

  • President of Quaker Life Insurance Co.
  • Businessman/land developer, 1962-1986

Elected Office:

  • OK House, 1967-1969
  • OK Senate, 1969-1977
  • Mayor of Tulsa, 1978-1984


Election Results for Jim Inhofe


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 39 OK R Governor Primary 1 88,594 58.8%
1974 39 OK R Governor General 2 290,459 36.1%
1976 41 OK R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 17,707 66.8%
1976 41 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 2 84,374 45.1%
1986 51 OK R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,575 54.2%
1986 51 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 78,919 54.8%
1988 53 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,458 52.6%
1990 55 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 75,618 56.0%
1992 57 OK R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,354 67.7%
1992 57 OK R U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,211 52.8%
1994 59 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 159,001 77.8%
1994 59 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 542,390 55.2%
1996 61 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 116,241 75.3%
1996 61 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 670,610 56.7%
2002 67 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 583,579 57.3%
2008 73 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 116,371 84.2%
2008 73 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 763,375 56.7%
2014 79 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 231,291 87.7%
2014 79 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 558,166 68.0%
2020 85 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 277,868 74.1%
2020 85 OK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 979,140 62.9%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Inhofe


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 52 House 95 5 91 2 R 73 23 94 4 100
1988 53 House 95 3 88 6 R 64 34 96 10 92
1989 54 House 95 5 93 5 R 72 24 97 5 96
1990 55 House 96 4 92 6 R 69 31 98 11 88
1991 56 House 97 3 90 6 R 68 27 97 5 100
1992 57 House 92 4 92 4 R 81 17 97 11 96
1993 58 House 93 7 94 3 D 30 68 96 10 100
1994 59 House 89 3 88 1 D 40 49 87 0 100
1994 59 Senate 0 0 D 0 3 1 0 0
1995 60 Senate 91 9 96 2 D 24 75 98 0 100
1996 61 Senate 95 3 99 0 D 27 71 98 0 100
1997 62 Senate 100 0 96 1 D 49 51 98 5 100
1998 63 Senate 100 0 95 3 D 13 76 95 5 100
1999 64 Senate 95 5 92 4 D 23 77 97 0 100
2000 65 Senate 100 0 94 0 D 30 70 95 6 100
2001 66 Senate 92 4 R 89 6 96 10 96
2002 67 Senate 91 4 R 91 2 96 0 100
2003 68 Senate 97 2 R 92 3 97 5 84
2004 69 Senate 95 2 R 93 7 95 10 100
2005 70 Senate 93 6 R 89 11 98 5 100
2006 71 Senate 93 6 R 81 11 98 0 100
2007 72 Senate 94 2 R 80 14 96 10 100
2008 73 Senate 95 1 R 63 26 92 6 96
2009 74 Senate 94 2 D 35 63 96 5 100
2010 75 Senate 94 4 D 38 57 96 0 96
2011 76 Senate 95 3 D 45 49 95 5 100
2012 77 Senate 87 7 D 39 53 93 0 80
2013 78 Senate 89 2 D 24 55 86 0 92
2014 79 Senate 84 3 D 51 47 90 5 92
2015 80 Senate 97 2 D 51 47 99 0 92
2016 81 Senate 92 5 D 42 52 94 0 88
2017 82 Senate 100 0 R 97 1 99 0 80
2018 83 Senate 96 1 R 94 2 96 0 91
2019 84 Senate 98 0 R 96 3 98 0 81
2020 85 Senate 96 1 R 90 5 96 0 83
2021 86 Senate 83 3 D 45 52 86 0 80
2022 87 Senate 89 5 D 20 72 93 78
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.