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Dutch Ruppersberger

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 31, 1946 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Attended Baltimore City College
  • University of Maryland, B.A., 1967
  • University of Baltimore, J.D., 1970

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1970-1972
  • Asst. MD state's attorney for Baltimore County, 1972-1980
  • Practicing attorney, 1980-1994

Elected Office:

  • Baltimore county council, 1985-1984
  • Baltimore county executive, 1994-2002


Election Results for Dutch Ruppersberger


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 56 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,974 50.3%
2002 56 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,718 54.2%
2004 58 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,509 100.0%
2004 58 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 164,751 66.7%
2006 60 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,450 82.3%
2006 60 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 135,818 69.2%
2008 62 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,632 100.0%
2008 62 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 198,578 71.9%
2010 64 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,262 74.0%
2010 64 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 134,133 64.2%
2012 66 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,465 100.0%
2012 66 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 194,088 65.6%
2014 68 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,614 77.6%
2014 68 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 120,412 61.3%
2016 70 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 89,820 100.0%
2016 70 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 192,183 62.1%
2018 72 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,776 78.1%
2018 72 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 167,201 66.0%
2020 74 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 82,167 73.3%
2020 74 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 224,836 67.7%
2022 76 MD D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,896 75.5%
2022 76 MD D U.S. House District 02 General 1 158,998 59.2%


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



Ideology Data for Dutch Ruppersberger


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
2003 57 House 84 11 R 22 73 97 90 28
2004 58 House 84 12 R 39 61 96 95 12
2005 59 House 88 11 R 35 65 98 95 20
2006 60 House 82 14 R 45 53 95 85 24
2007 61 House 92 4 R 9 90 97 90 8
2008 62 House 89 3 R 22 72 91 90 4
2009 63 House 92 3 D 91 4 94 100 5
2010 64 House 93 3 D 90 7 94 84 0
2011 65 House 86 11 D 89 11 96 80 4
2012 66 House 83 11 D 71 24 94 55 8
2013 67 House 88 10 D 87 12 97 70 17
2014 68 House 88 7 D 73 17 92 67 10
2015 69 House 83 10 D 68 22 93 71 4
2016 70 House 91 8 D 83 17 99 90 4
2017 71 House 95 4 R 22 78 99 75 7
2018 72 House 87 9 R 44 56 97 50 8
2019 73 House 98 1 R 4 96 99 90 3
2020 74 House 98 2 R 6 94 98 85 4
2021 75 House 97 1 D 100 0 98 85 8
2022 76 House 97 2 D 100 0 99 3
2023 77 House 97 2 D 96 2 98 85 1
2024 78 House 85 1 D 88 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.