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Cynthia Lummis

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 10, 1954 in Cheyenne, WY

Education:

  • University of Wyoming, B.S., 1976
  • B.A., 1978
  • J.D., 1985

Career:

  • Clerk, WY Supreme Court, 1985
  • Rancher
  • Lawyer
  • Aide to WY Gov. Jim Geringer, 1994-1996
  • WY state lands & investment director, 1997-1998

Elected Office:

  • WY House, 1979-1983, 1985-1993
  • WY Senate, 1993-1995
  • WY Treasurer, 1999-2007


Election Results for Cynthia Lummis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 43 WY R Treasurer Primary 1 71,859 100.0%
1998 43 WY R Treasurer General 1 105,332 62.7%
2002 47 WY R Treasurer Primary 1 79,557 100.0%
2002 47 WY R Treasurer General 1 152,583 100.0%
2008 53 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 33,149 46.2%
2008 53 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 131,244 52.6%
2010 55 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 84,063 83.1%
2010 55 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 131,661 70.4%
2012 57 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 73,153 98.1%
2012 57 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 166,452 68.9%
2014 59 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 70,918 75.9%
2014 59 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 113,038 68.5%
2020 65 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 63,511 59.7%
2020 65 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 198,100 72.8%


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



Ideology Data for Cynthia Lummis


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
2009 54 House 97 2 D 10 87 99 0 100
2010 55 House 95 5 D 27 73 99 0 100
2011 56 House 92 5 D 19 79 96 0 92
2012 57 House 94 4 D 22 75 98 20 92
2013 58 House 88 7 D 8 85 94 12 88
2014 59 House 96 3 D 8 88 99 5 92
2015 60 House 93 5 D 5 93 97 10 96
2016 61 House 98 2 D 4 96 99 0 96
2021 66 Senate 91 1 D 43 52 92 5 89
2022 67 Senate 92 6 D 17 80 98 91
2023 68 Senate 88 4 D 96 90
2024 69 Senate 85 5 D 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.