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Mary Landrieu

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 23, 1955 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, B.A., 1977

Elected Office:

  • LA House, 1980-1988
  • LA Treasurer, 1988-1996


Election Results for Mary Landrieu


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1987 31 LA D Treasurer General 1 602,879 44.0%
1995 39 LA D Governor Open Primary 3 271,938 18.4%
1996 40 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Open Primary 2 264,268 21.5%
1996 40 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 852,945 50.2%
2002 46 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Open Primary 1 573,347 46.0%
2002 46 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 638,654 51.7%
2008 52 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 988,298 52.1%
2014 58 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Open Primary 1 619,402 42.0%
2014 58 LA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 561,210 44.1%


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



Ideology Data for Mary Landrieu


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
1997 41 Senate 88 12 76 23 D 87 13 99 70 17
1998 42 Senate 75 25 88 11 D 85 14 99 90 8
1999 43 Senate 81 19 80 17 D 86 14 98 95 4
2000 44 Senate 88 12 87 12 D 85 15 99 80 16
2001 45 Senate 80 19 R 70 27 98 85 28
2002 46 Senate 65 34 R 81 13 97 70 35
2003 47 Senate 77 22 R 55 40 97 60 20
2004 48 Senate 81 19 R 76 24 99 85 32
2005 49 Senate 74 23 R 64 36 96 90 44
2006 50 Senate 73 26 R 66 27 98 65 24
2007 51 Senate 76 22 R 47 51 99 85 42
2008 52 Senate 68 29 R 50 44 94 65 32
2009 53 Senate 86 9 D 92 3 94 90 16
2010 54 Senate 92 7 D 92 2 98 79 8
2011 55 Senate 89 8 D 91 4 97 85 10
2012 56 Senate 86 13 D 86 10 98 80 16
2013 57 Senate 89 8 D 90 3 96 65 12
2014 58 Senate 76 6 D 80 3 84 80 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.