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Sander Levin

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 6, 1931 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • University of Chicago, B.A., 1952
  • Columbia University, M.A., 1954
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1957

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Agency for International Development, 1977-1981

Elected Office:

  • Oakland County supervisor, 1961-1964
  • MI Senate, 1965-1970

Other notes:

  • Brother of Carl Levin


Election Results for Sander Levin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 38 MI D Governor Primary 1 304,343 54.1%
1970 38 MI D Governor General 2 1,294,638 48.7%
1974 42 MI D Governor Primary 1 445,273 61.3%
1974 42 MI D Governor General 2 1,242,247 46.8%
1982 50 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 31,663 44.1%
1982 50 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 116,901 66.6%
1984 52 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 133,064 100.0%
1986 54 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 31,869 93.9%
1986 54 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 105,031 76.4%
1988 56 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 135,493 70.2%
1990 58 MI D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,000 100.0%
1990 58 MI D U.S. House District 17 General 1 92,205 69.7%
1992 60 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 35,636 100.0%
1992 60 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 137,514 52.6%
1994 62 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 37,159 80.2%
1994 62 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 103,508 52.0%
1996 64 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 26,092 99.9%
1996 64 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 133,436 57.4%
1998 66 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 43,441 100.0%
1998 66 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 105,824 55.9%
2000 68 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 25,549 100.0%
2000 68 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 157,720 64.3%
2002 70 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 71,881 78.8%
2002 70 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 140,970 68.3%
2004 72 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 46,466 100.0%
2004 72 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 210,827 69.3%
2006 74 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 40,264 100.0%
2006 74 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 168,494 70.2%
2008 76 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 58,763 100.0%
2008 76 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 225,094 72.1%
2010 78 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 42,732 76.0%
2010 78 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 124,671 61.1%
2012 80 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 55,198 100.0%
2012 80 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 208,846 61.9%
2014 82 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,877 100.0%
2014 82 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 136,342 60.4%
2016 84 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 48,393 100.0%
2016 84 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 199,661 57.9%


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



Ideology Data for Sander Levin


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
1983 51 House 19 81 94 6 R 28 72 99 95 0
1984 52 House 15 85 93 7 R 30 70 99 90 5
1985 53 House 13 87 97 3 R 23 78 99 85 11
1986 54 House 12 86 97 2 R 19 81 99 85 0
1987 55 House 19 81 97 2 R 19 80 99 88 0
1988 56 House 11 89 94 2 R 24 73 95 100 0
1989 57 House 20 80 98 2 R 31 69 100 95 0
1990 58 House 19 81 97 3 R 19 81 99 89 4
1991 59 House 8 92 95 5 R 28 72 99 100 0
1992 60 House 30 70 96 4 R 18 82 100 95 4
1993 61 House 23 77 96 4 D 85 15 100 95 4
1994 62 House 28 72 95 5 D 83 15 99 84 5
1995 63 House 24 75 92 7 D 90 10 99 90 8
1996 64 House 31 69 93 6 D 89 11 99 85 0
1997 65 House 31 65 92 8 D 84 16 99 100 4
1998 66 House 31 69 93 7 D 83 17 99 100 8
1999 67 House 93 6 D 85 15 99 95 4
2000 68 House 93 7 D 86 14 99 90 8
2001 69 House 93 7 R 30 70 99 95 4
2002 70 House 95 5 R 25 75 98 95 0
2003 71 House 93 7 R 22 78 99 90 16
2004 72 House 95 5 R 33 67 100 100 0
2005 73 House 95 5 R 20 80 99 95 4
2006 74 House 93 7 R 26 74 100 90 8
2007 75 House 92 2 R 6 90 96 95 0
2008 76 House 96 1 R 18 81 94 95 0
2009 77 House 98 0 D 94 4 99 95 0
2010 78 House 99 1 D 95 2 99 90 0
2011 79 House 95 5 D 95 5 100 80 0
2012 80 House 96 3 D 88 8 99 80 4
2013 81 House 95 5 D 94 6 99 85 12
2014 82 House 99 1 D 94 6 100 90 12
2015 83 House 95 2 D 93 5 97 95 4
2016 84 House 98 2 D 98 2 99 95 0
2017 85 House 99 1 R 11 89 100 95 7
2018 86 House 98 1 R 26 74 99 92 4
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.