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Lucien Nedzi

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 28, 1925 in Hamtramck, MI

Education:

  • University of Michigan, 1948
  • Attended University of Detroit Law School in 1949, and University of Michigan Law School in 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1946-1953

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Wayne County administrator, 1955-1961


Election Results for Lucien Nedzi


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1961 36 MI D U.S. House District 01 Special Primary 1 10,063 24.1%
1961 36 MI D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 33,690 85.5%
1962 37 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,722 64.4%
1962 37 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,321 89.2%
1964 39 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 26,681 46.6%
1964 39 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 120,308 66.9%
1966 41 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 29,197 57.4%
1966 41 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 77,851 59.7%
1968 43 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 30,374 100.0%
1968 43 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 101,961 63.0%
1970 45 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 37,809 100.0%
1970 45 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 91,111 70.0%
1972 47 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 21,377 43.2%
1972 47 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 93,923 54.9%
1974 49 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 38,438 73.8%
1974 49 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 93,973 71.2%
1976 51 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 36,998 86.0%
1976 51 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 107,503 66.5%
1978 53 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 28,606 78.3%
1978 53 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 84,032 67.4%


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



Ideology Data for Lucien Nedzi


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
1962 37 House 6 75 77 4 D 87 0 76 100 8
1963 38 House 0 80 86 0 D 83 3 83 100 0
1964 39 House 0 75 66 3 D 75 3 73 100 0
1965 40 House 0 98 91 8 D 90 10 97 95 0
1966 41 House 3 84 80 8 D 79 9 88 94 12
1967 42 House 4 93 89 4 D 85 8 92 93 0
1968 43 House 4 86 84 6 D 81 9 89 91 5
1969 44 House 13 82 85 13 R 57 40 96 86 21
1970 45 House 2 73 60 17 R 43 34 82 89 13
1971 46 House 17 78 85 10 R 35 61 95 86 10
1972 47 House 22 71 76 15 R 51 46 90 80 11
1973 48 House 15 85 81 12 R 34 62 93 83 8
1974 49 House 19 75 82 9 R 45 51 89 79 19
1975 50 House 23 68 76 14 R 36 60 92 84 9
1976 51 House 17 77 88 10 R 29 67 95 70 9
1977 52 House 25 71 82 15 D 80 20 98 58 11
1978 53 House 22 70 77 15 D 76 19 92 50 10
1979 54 House 19 81 86 11 D 82 16 95 68 13
1980 55 House 9 58 68 4 D 57 11 69 79 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.