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Lynn Martin

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 26, 1939 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • University of Illinois, B.A., 1960

Career:

  • School teacher
  • U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1991-1993

Elected Office:

  • Winnebago County board, 1972-1976
  • IL House, 1977-1979
  • IL Senate, 1979-1980


Election Results for Lynn Martin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 40 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 36,291 45.0%
1980 40 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 132,905 67.4%
1982 42 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 89,405 57.2%
1984 44 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 39,010 81.6%
1984 44 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 127,684 58.4%
1986 46 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 92,982 66.9%
1988 48 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 128,365 63.9%
1990 50 IL R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 1,135,628 34.9%


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



Ideology Data for Lynn Martin


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
1981 41 House 72 24 67 27 R 57 41 93 33 82
1982 42 House 58 41 65 31 R 49 48 96 32 57
1983 43 House 66 31 74 22 R 61 39 95 35 64
1984 44 House 73 22 73 23 R 53 43 95 30 55
1985 45 House 84 16 84 11 R 61 35 95 20 63
1986 46 House 80 18 81 16 R 74 24 98 15 68
1987 47 House 88 12 87 8 R 66 29 94 20 74
1988 48 House 82 5 83 8 R 56 38 91 33 78
1989 49 House 85 12 77 18 R 59 37 92 35 69
1990 50 House 67 19 65 15 R 45 35 78 17 61
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.