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Amy Klobuchar

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 25, 1960 in Plymouth, MN

Education:

  • Yale University, 1982
  • University of Chicago, J.D., 1985

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1985-1998

Elected Office:

  • Hennepin County attorney, 1999-2006


Election Results for Amy Klobuchar


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 46 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 294,671 92.5%
2006 46 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,278,849 58.1%
2012 52 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 183,766 90.8%
2012 52 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,854,595 65.2%
2018 58 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 557,306 95.7%
2018 58 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,566,174 60.3%
2024 64 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 305,055 94.3%
2024 64 MN DFL U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,792,427 56.2%


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



Ideology Data for Amy Klobuchar


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
2007 47 Senate 93 7 R 36 64 99 100 4
2008 48 Senate 92 6 R 35 65 98 100 16
2009 49 Senate 88 11 D 96 3 99 100 12
2010 50 Senate 89 10 D 98 0 99 90 4
2011 51 Senate 92 8 D 93 4 99 85 0
2012 52 Senate 93 7 D 99 1 100 90 4
2013 53 Senate 97 3 D 99 0 99 85 4
2014 54 Senate 98 1 D 99 1 99 90 4
2015 55 Senate 93 7 D 82 15 99 90 0
2016 56 Senate 88 9 D 90 10 96 90 4
2017 57 Senate 97 3 R 43 57 99 100 0
2018 58 Senate 93 7 R 43 57 99 95 5
2019 59 Senate 68 0 R 4 51 61 94 6
2020 60 Senate 91 0 R 17 66 86 100 5
2021 61 Senate 99 0 D 93 5 99 100 8
2022 62 Senate 97 1 D 97 0 98 0
2023 63 Senate 93 3 D 99 0
2024 64 Senate 89 7 D 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.