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John Sarbanes

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 22, 1962 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Princeton University, B.A., 1984
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1988

Career:

  • Law clerk, 198-1989
  • Lawyer, 1989-2006
  • Asst. to MD Schools Superintendent, 1988-2005


Election Results for John Sarbanes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 44 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,954 31.9%
2006 44 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 150,142 64.0%
2008 46 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 86,598 89.1%
2008 46 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 203,711 69.7%
2010 48 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,710 83.0%
2010 48 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 147,448 61.1%
2012 50 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,527 86.4%
2012 50 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 213,747 66.8%
2014 52 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,926 85.2%
2014 52 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 128,594 59.5%
2016 54 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 101,355 87.2%
2016 54 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 214,640 63.2%
2018 56 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,567 82.3%
2018 56 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 202,407 69.1%
2020 58 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 110,457 82.5%
2020 58 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 260,358 69.8%
2022 60 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,790 84.6%
2022 60 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 175,514 60.2%


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



Ideology Data for John Sarbanes


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
2007 45 House 98 1 R 3 96 99 100 0
2008 46 House 99 1 R 18 82 99 100 0
2009 47 House 98 0 D 97 1 98 100 0
2010 48 House 98 1 D 95 5 98 95 0
2011 49 House 97 3 D 88 12 99 95 4
2012 50 House 98 2 D 83 14 99 90 4
2013 51 House 93 3 D 88 9 96 100 4
2014 52 House 99 0 D 94 6 99 95 8
2015 53 House 97 0 D 94 5 98 100 4
2016 54 House 99 0 D 98 2 99 100 0
2017 55 House 99 0 R 14 86 99 100 8
2018 56 House 97 2 R 26 74 99 92 4
2019 57 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 58 House 100 0 R 6 94 100 95 0
2021 59 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 90 8
2022 60 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 0
2023 61 House 92 5 D 97 1
2024 62 House 90 6 D 97 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.