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Ron Marlenee

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 8, 1935 in Scobey, MT
Died: April 26, 2020 in Bozeman, MT

Education:

  • Attended Montana State University and University of Montana

Career:

  • Farmer/rancher/businessman, 1953-1976


Election Results for Ron Marlenee


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 40 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,742 40.6%
1976 40 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 84,149 55.0%
1978 42 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,475 100.0%
1978 42 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,766 56.9%
1980 44 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,146 100.0%
1980 44 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,431 59.1%
1982 46 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,374 100.0%
1982 46 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,968 53.7%
1984 48 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,534 100.0%
1984 48 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 116,932 65.9%
1986 50 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,013 100.0%
1986 50 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 84,548 53.5%
1988 52 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,941 100.0%
1988 52 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,465 55.5%
1990 54 MT R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,361 100.0%
1990 54 MT R U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,449 63.0%
1992 56 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 83,035 100.0%
1992 56 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 2 189,570 47.0%


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



Ideology Data for Ron Marlenee


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 41 House 77 14 67 20 D 34 58 88 22 91
1978 42 House 77 20 68 25 D 25 65 91 26 83
1979 43 House 81 12 75 18 D 30 62 89 22 73
1980 44 House 86 7 83 10 D 34 58 90 22 83
1981 45 House 79 12 72 21 R 66 24 91 22 92
1982 46 House 82 12 73 17 R 55 31 89 5 70
1983 47 House 80 9 71 17 R 63 32 85 0 90
1984 48 House 81 8 72 15 R 54 34 87 6 86
1985 49 House 80 11 71 16 R 61 26 88 11 95
1986 50 House 82 12 80 9 R 74 22 91 0 95
1987 51 House 88 9 82 10 R 69 28 93 8 83
1988 52 House 92 8 85 8 R 68 25 93 0 96
1989 53 House 90 7 86 4 R 70 21 88 0 96
1990 54 House 81 9 83 12 R 69 24 93 6 88
1991 55 House 89 3 74 13 R 65 26 84 11 94
1992 56 House 63 25 79 10 R 68 22 89 10 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.