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Barbara Mikulski

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 20, 1936 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • St. Agnes College, B.A., 1958
  • University of Maryland, M.S.W., 1965

Career:

  • Social worker, 1965-1970
  • Adjunct professor, 1972-1976

Elected Office:

  • Baltimore city council, 1971-1976


Election Results for Barbara Mikulski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 37 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 132,658 40.9%
1974 37 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 374,563 42.7%
1976 39 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,188 44.2%
1976 39 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 107,014 74.6%
1978 41 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,156 90.1%
1978 41 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 91,189 100.0%
1980 43 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,928 75.0%
1980 43 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 102,293 76.1%
1982 45 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 73,455 81.2%
1982 45 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 110,042 74.2%
1984 47 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 56,143 90.3%
1984 47 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 133,189 68.2%
1986 49 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 307,876 49.5%
1986 49 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 675,225 60.7%
1992 55 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 376,444 76.4%
1992 55 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,307,610 71.0%
1998 61 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,062,810 70.5%
2004 67 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 408,848 89.9%
2004 67 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,504,691 64.8%
2010 73 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 396,252 82.3%
2010 73 MD D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,140,531 62.2%


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



Ideology Data for Barbara Mikulski


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 40 House 13 85 89 7 D 76 22 93 90 5
1978 41 House 9 91 85 12 D 78 21 96 85 4
1979 42 House 17 81 86 11 D 70 25 94 89 8
1980 43 House 13 85 92 6 D 76 21 95 89 11
1981 44 House 11 87 84 9 R 32 68 94 100 8
1982 45 House 18 79 90 7 R 31 68 94 95 18
1983 46 House 18 76 90 6 R 15 84 94 90 9
1984 47 House 12 75 84 6 R 24 65 89 89 0
1985 48 House 18 82 89 4 R 18 83 95 80 11
1986 49 House 10 64 75 4 R 11 80 82 100 5
1987 50 Senate 13 84 93 4 R 28 64 95 100 4
1988 51 Senate 5 92 93 3 R 40 58 96 95 0
1989 52 Senate 11 89 94 5 R 41 56 98 90 8
1990 53 Senate 16 81 89 6 R 26 73 97 94 5
1991 54 Senate 33 65 91 8 R 33 67 99 90 10
1992 55 Senate 24 74 87 10 R 23 77 97 100 0
1993 56 Senate 39 61 92 8 D 93 4 99 85 4
1994 57 Senate 28 69 89 9 D 89 6 96 85 0
1995 58 Senate 33 56 82 12 D 85 11 94 100 4
1996 59 Senate 32 68 92 8 D 90 10 99 95 0
1997 60 Senate 16 76 87 8 D 79 8 92 95 4
1998 61 Senate 38 63 94 3 D 86 8 96 95 4
1999 62 Senate 96 4 95 3 D 86 14 98 100 4
2000 63 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 92 8 99 95 8
2001 64 Senate 98 2 R 65 35 99 95 12
2002 65 Senate 96 4 R 67 30 97 100 0
2003 66 Senate 96 3 R 40 51 97 90 15
2004 67 Senate 95 4 R 66 34 99 100 8
2005 68 Senate 91 2 R 36 60 93 100 5
2006 69 Senate 95 4 R 47 50 97 100 0
2007 70 Senate 93 6 R 41 59 99 95 0
2008 71 Senate 87 11 R 44 54 97 95 0
2009 72 Senate 89 0 D 90 1 89 95 0
2010 73 Senate 95 1 D 94 2 96 90 0
2011 74 Senate 97 2 D 93 3 99 95 0
2012 75 Senate 95 5 D 93 5 98 95 0
2013 76 Senate 98 0 D 95 0 97 100 4
2014 77 Senate 92 0 D 97 2 95 90 0
2015 78 Senate 92 2 D 88 11 96 94 0
2016 79 Senate 89 4 D 84 6 93 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.