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Mark Souder

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 18, 1950 in Fort Wayne, IN
Died: September 26, 2022 in Fort Wayne, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University, B.S., 1972
  • Notre Dame University, M.B.A., 1974

Career:

  • Salesman, 1974-1983
  • Staff director, U.S. House Select Committee on Children, Youth & Families, 1984-1989
  • Assistant to Sen. Dan Coats, 1983-1984, 1989-1993


Election Results for Mark Souder


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 43 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,948 39.7%
1994 43 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 88,584 55.4%
1996 45 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 44,853 81.6%
1996 45 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,344 58.4%
1998 47 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,593 100.0%
1998 47 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 93,671 63.3%
2000 49 IN R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 28,710 61.8%
2000 49 IN R U.S. House District 04 General 1 131,051 62.3%
2002 51 IN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 53,186 59.6%
2002 51 IN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 92,566 63.1%
2004 53 IN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 46,583 79.2%
2004 53 IN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 171,389 69.2%
2006 55 IN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,449 71.3%
2006 55 IN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 95,421 54.3%
2008 57 IN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,161 77.1%
2008 57 IN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 155,693 55.0%
2010 59 IN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 38,441 47.8%


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



Ideology Data for Mark Souder


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
1995 44 House 86 14 93 6 D 20 80 98 5 100
1996 45 House 88 8 89 8 D 35 61 97 11 95
1997 46 House 82 16 90 5 D 24 71 95 5 100
1998 47 House 83 14 89 9 D 24 73 96 15 83
1999 48 House 94 5 D 20 80 99 5 80
2000 49 House 90 8 D 18 82 93 10 88
2001 50 House 95 4 R 86 14 95 10 96
2002 51 House 92 6 R 82 11 94 10 88
2003 52 House 89 3 R 93 2 93 5 92
2004 53 House 90 6 R 82 18 95 5 88
2005 54 House 94 3 R 85 15 96 5 96
2006 55 House 93 6 R 89 8 97 0 88
2007 56 House 84 9 R 70 21 93 11 92
2008 57 House 89 8 R 61 34 95 21 72
2009 58 House 87 10 D 35 64 95 15 91
2010 59 House 32 0 D 7 24 35 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.