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Dennis Rehberg

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 5, 1955 in Billings, MT

Education:

  • Washington State University, B.A., 1977

Career:

  • MT Senate staffer, 1977-1979
  • Legislative assistant to MT Rep. Ron Marlenee, 1979-1982
  • Rancher

Elected Office:

  • MT House, 1984-1991
  • MT Lt. Governor, 1991-1996


Election Results for Dennis Rehberg


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 36 MT R Lt. Governor Primary 1 0 0.0%
1992 36 MT R Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
1996 40 MT R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 82,158 73.8%
1996 40 MT R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 182,111 44.7%
2000 44 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 98,646 100.0%
2000 44 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 211,418 51.5%
2002 46 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 83,617 100.0%
2002 46 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 214,100 64.6%
2004 48 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 107,309 100.0%
2004 48 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 286,076 64.4%
2006 50 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 91,836 100.0%
2006 50 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 239,124 58.9%
2008 52 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 90,492 100.0%
2008 52 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 308,470 64.1%
2010 54 MT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 96,796 74.7%
2010 54 MT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 217,696 60.4%
2012 56 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 105,632 76.2%
2012 56 MT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 218,051 44.9%


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



Ideology Data for Dennis Rehberg


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
2001 45 House 96 4 R 88 12 99 5 83
2002 46 House 95 5 R 86 14 100 0 100
2003 47 House 95 5 R 93 7 100 10 88
2004 48 House 96 4 R 70 27 99 5 96
2005 49 House 95 5 R 80 20 99 11 92
2006 50 House 96 3 R 97 3 99 0 83
2007 51 House 88 12 R 65 34 99 20 88
2008 52 House 92 7 R 63 35 99 42 84
2009 53 House 85 15 D 28 72 99 15 92
2010 54 House 95 5 D 27 73 98 5 96
2011 55 House 91 9 D 21 78 99 25 80
2012 56 House 89 11 D 14 86 99 10 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.