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Richard Lugar

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 4, 1932 in Indianapolis, IN
Died: November 20, 2013 in Falls Church, VA

Education:

  • Denison University, B.A., 1954
  • Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, M.A., 1956

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1957-1960

Career:

  • Businessman

Elected Office:

  • Indianapolis school board, 1964-1967
  • Mayor of Indianapolis, 1968-1975


Election Results for Richard Lugar


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 42 IN R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 814,117 46.4%
1976 44 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 393,064 65.4%
1976 44 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,275,833 58.8%
1982 50 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 404,050 100.0%
1982 50 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 978,301 53.8%
1988 56 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 415,455 100.0%
1988 56 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,430,525 68.1%
1994 62 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 398,111 100.0%
1994 62 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,039,625 67.4%
2000 68 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 356,888 100.0%
2000 68 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,427,944 66.6%
2006 74 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 393,960 100.0%
2006 74 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,171,533 87.4%
2012 80 IN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 261,285 39.5%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Lugar


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
1977 45 Senate 95 4 91 8 D 48 51 98 10 81
1978 46 Senate 80 20 85 14 D 35 64 99 10 92
1979 47 Senate 90 10 90 10 D 43 57 99 11 82
1980 48 Senate 85 10 80 12 D 44 53 93 17 76
1981 49 Senate 90 10 93 6 R 90 9 99 5 100
1982 50 Senate 84 16 85 14 R 83 15 98 16 67
1983 51 Senate 95 5 92 8 R 95 5 100 15 44
1984 52 Senate 87 13 94 6 R 92 8 100 11 82
1985 53 Senate 88 12 92 8 R 89 10 99 5 71
1986 54 Senate 88 9 89 10 R 88 11 99 10 76
1987 55 Senate 78 13 77 20 R 76 21 95 5 72
1988 56 Senate 86 14 76 19 R 86 13 95 10 88
1989 57 Senate 84 11 83 15 R 93 2 97 10 72
1990 58 Senate 97 3 86 12 R 86 11 99 6 83
1991 59 Senate 83 10 88 11 R 93 7 98 15 76
1992 60 Senate 76 21 86 12 R 87 10 97 10 85
1993 61 Senate 88 10 88 12 D 34 65 99 10 72
1994 62 Senate 78 22 78 22 D 45 55 100 10 76
1995 63 Senate 79 16 88 7 D 26 67 96 7 77
1996 64 Senate 92 8 88 10 D 31 68 99 5 95
1997 65 Senate 72 28 83 17 D 62 38 100 30 67
1998 66 Senate 50 50 84 16 D 54 46 100 0 68
1999 67 Senate 88 12 86 11 D 40 60 97 5 88
2000 68 Senate 86 14 86 14 D 65 35 99 10 84
2001 69 Senate 92 8 R 99 1 100 15 92
2002 70 Senate 91 9 R 100 0 100 5 90
2003 71 Senate 96 3 R 97 2 99 10 80
2004 72 Senate 92 6 R 85 5 95 20 84
2005 73 Senate 83 15 R 87 13 98 10 88
2006 74 Senate 82 18 R 91 9 100 15 64
2007 75 Senate 67 32 R 77 21 99 47 60
2008 76 Senate 79 19 R 81 17 98 25 63
2009 77 Senate 73 26 D 69 31 99 35 68
2010 78 Senate 83 16 D 56 44 99 25 71
2011 79 Senate 85 13 D 60 37 98 15 75
2012 80 Senate 69 31 D 64 34 99 20 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.