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Leonard Lance

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 25, 1952 in Easton, PA

Education:

  • Lehigh University, B.A., 1974
  • Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1977
  • Princeton University, M.P.A., 1982

Career:

  • Judicial clerk
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1991-2002
  • NJ Senate, 2002-2009


Election Results for Leonard Lance


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 44 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 3 7,630 26.2%
2008 56 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 10,094 39.5%
2008 56 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 148,461 50.2%
2010 58 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 17,200 56.1%
2010 58 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 105,084 59.4%
2012 60 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,432 60.6%
2012 60 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 175,662 57.2%
2014 62 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 15,900 54.4%
2014 62 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 104,287 59.3%
2016 64 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,807 53.9%
2016 64 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 185,850 54.1%
2018 66 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 24,934 74.9%
2018 66 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 2 150,785 46.7%


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



Ideology Data for Leonard Lance


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
2009 57 House 79 21 D 49 51 99 40 68
2010 58 House 91 9 D 32 68 100 5 88
2011 59 House 85 14 D 33 67 99 20 44
2012 60 House 93 7 D 15 85 100 5 76
2013 61 House 88 12 D 20 80 100 5 64
2014 62 House 94 6 D 14 86 100 10 72
2015 63 House 91 9 D 12 88 100 0 67
2016 64 House 93 7 D 4 96 100 0 64
2017 65 House 87 13 R 86 14 99 15 52
2018 66 House 84 16 R 93 7 100 25 36
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.