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Richard Nolan

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 17, 1943 in Brainerd, MN

Education:

  • Brainerd High School (Brainerd, MN), 1962)
  • Attended St. John's University, 1962
  • University of Minnesota, B.A., 1966
  • Attended University of Maryland, 1966

Career:

  • Social studies teacher, 1968-1972
  • Businessman
  • President, U.S. Export Corporation, 1981-1986
  • President, MN World Trade Center, 1987-1994

Elected Office:

  • MN House, 1969-1973
  • Candidate for MN Lt. Governor, 2018


Election Results for Richard Nolan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 28 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,323 100.0%
1972 28 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 2 109,955 49.0%
1974 30 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 31,621 70.6%
1974 30 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,465 55.4%
1976 32 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,241 100.0%
1976 32 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 147,507 59.8%
1978 34 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,164 100.0%
1978 34 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,880 55.3%
2012 68 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,840 37.6%
2012 68 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 191,976 54.3%
2014 70 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 129,090 48.5%
2016 72 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 179,098 50.2%
2018 74 MN DFL Lt. Governor Primary 3 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Nolan


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
1975 31 House 11 88 88 9 R 27 70 96 100* 3
1976 32 House 14 78 84 9 R 24 67 90 95 12
1977 33 House 6 82 84 7 D 75 14 88 100 3
1978 34 House 9 75 78 9 D 70 21 85 94 0
1979 35 House 4 74 74 5 D 66 16 73 100 3
1980 36 House 1 69 67 4 D 44 26 61 100 12
2013 69 House 91 6 D 85 11 97 80 8
2014 70 House 92 7 D 68 32 99 60 4
2015 71 House 91 5 D 80 16 96 79 8
2016 72 House 92 4 D 91 9 94 95 4
2017 73 House 94 4 R 19 81 98 95 4
2018 74 House 81 5 R 37 48 81 64 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.