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Manuel Lujan

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 12, 1928 near San Ildefonso, NM
Died: April 25, 2019 in Albuquerque, NM

Education:

  • College of Santa Fe, B.A,. 1950

Military Service:

  • National Guard Reserve

Career:

  • Insurance businessman

Elected Office:

  • U.S. Interior Secretary, 1989-1993


Election Results for Manuel Lujan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 40 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,453 34.7%
1968 40 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,517 52.8%
1970 42 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 91,187 57.6%
1972 44 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,445 90.7%
1972 44 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,403 55.7%
1974 46 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 106,268 58.6%
1976 48 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 162,587 72.1%
1978 50 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,075 62.5%
1980 52 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 125,910 51.0%
1982 54 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,877 86.7%
1982 54 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,459 52.4%
1984 56 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 115,808 64.9%
1986 58 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,476 70.9%


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



Ideology Data for Manuel Lujan


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
1969 41 House 67 11 64 18 R 45 30 79 17 79
1970 42 House 39 16 51 13 R 52 14 63 40 71
1971 43 House 56 16 48 21 R 53 16 77 31 87
1972 44 House 35 18 38 18 R 57 14 68 20 71
1973 45 House 68 23 67 22 R 56 35 86 23 70
1974 46 House 62 21 58 24 R 60 26 82 26* 53
1975 47 House 75 12 69 17 R 56 37 87 5* 90
1976 48 House 71 11 69 13 R 55 27 82 17 87
1977 49 House 78 11 74 15 D 34 52 89 15 84
1978 50 House 66 12 63 14 D 18 53 78 6 90
1979 51 House 88 10 79 18 D 34 63 93 11 84
1980 52 House 73 17 70 18 D 41 47 88 28 71
1981 53 House 81 15 68 27 R 70 25 94 10 92
1982 54 House 79 15 83 14 R 74 23 96 10 71
1983 55 House 91 7 81 16 R 72 26 96 5 82
1984 56 House 86 12 77 19 R 59 39 97 10 68
1985 57 House 85 13 73 24 R 71 29 97 15 63
1986 58 House 82 6 60 22 R 57 20 82 7 68
1987 59 House 91 7 72 24 R 65 33 95 12 87
1988 60 House 79 13 63 19 R 58 32 87 5 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.