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Blanche Lambert

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 30, 1960 in Helena, AR

Education:

  • Randolph Macon College, B.A., 1982

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Bill Alexander, 1982-1984
  • Lobbyist, 1985-1991


Election Results for Blanche Lambert


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 31 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 86,142 61.2%
1992 31 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 149,558 69.8%
1994 33 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,290 53.4%
1998 37 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 145,009 45.5%
1998 37 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 134,203 62.4%
1998 37 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 385,878 55.1%
2004 43 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 231,037 83.1%
2004 43 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 580,973 55.9%
2010 49 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 146,579 44.5%
2010 49 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 134,756 52.0%
2010 49 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 288,156 36.9%


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



Ideology Data for Blanche Lambert


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
1993 32 House 50 50 86 13 D 72 27 99 65 25
1994 33 House 67 33 78 20 D 72 27 99 58 10
1995 34 House 73 27 62 35 D 60 36 96 63 24
1996 35 House 27 22 35 18 D 37 22 52 55 36
1999 38 Senate 83 17 84 16 D 80 20 100 95 12
2000 39 Senate 80 20 79 19 D 84 16 99 70 20
2001 40 Senate 79 20 R 67 30 99 85 28
2002 41 Senate 61 38 R 93 6 99 70 40
2003 42 Senate 80 19 R 58 38 98 75 20
2004 43 Senate 79 21 R 80 20 100 95 20
2005 44 Senate 81 19 R 51 47 99 95 16
2006 45 Senate 81 19 R 59 40 99 90 8
2007 46 Senate 83 13 R 43 50 95 90 10
2008 47 Senate 82 18 R 41 59 99 80 8
2009 48 Senate 83 17 D 95 5 99 95 24
2010 49 Senate 68 26 D 86 10 91 70 46
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.