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Kurt Schrader

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 19, 1951 in Bridgeport, CT

Education:

  • Cornell University, B.A., 1973
  • University of Illinois, B.A., 1975
  • D.V.M., 1977

Career:

  • Veterinarian
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1997-2003
  • OR Senate, 2003-2008


Election Results for Kurt Schrader


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 56 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 51,980 54.1%
2008 56 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 181,577 54.3%
2010 58 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 57,282 100.0%
2010 58 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 145,319 51.2%
2012 60 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 51,652 98.5%
2012 60 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 177,229 54.0%
2014 62 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,041 83.1%
2014 62 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 150,944 53.7%
2016 64 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 72,634 71.7%
2016 64 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 199,505 53.5%
2018 66 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 59,196 86.1%
2018 66 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 197,187 55.0%
2020 68 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 73,060 69.4%
2020 68 OR D U.S. House District 05 General 1 234,863 51.9%
2022 70 OR D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 38,726 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for Kurt Schrader


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
2009 57 House 93 5 D 93 7 95 80 8
2010 58 House 88 6 D 76 22 92 85 17
2011 59 House 73 23 D 67 25 95 70 8
2012 60 House 81 18 D 73 27 98 75 4
2013 61 House 81 18 D 70 30 98 70 21
2014 62 House 81 19 D 70 30 98 55 12
2015 63 House 80 19 D 74 26 97 63 8
2016 64 House 81 15 D 81 19 95 84 8
2017 65 House 82 13 R 22 78 95 70 11
2018 66 House 84 14 R 48 52 98 50 25
2019 67 House 94 5 R 6 94 98 89 10
2020 68 House 86 12 R 22 78 99 70 11
2021 69 House 93 5 D 94 6 98 80 10
2022 70 House 90 9 D 93 7 99 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.