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Bart Stupak

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 29, 1952 in Milwaukee, WI

Education:

  • Northwestern Michigan Community College, A.A., 1972
  • Saginaw Valley State College, B.S., 1977
  • Cooley Law School, J.D., 1981

Career:

  • Police officer/state trooper, 1972-1984

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1989-1990


Election Results for Bart Stupak


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 40 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,058 48.1%
1992 40 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 144,857 53.9%
1994 42 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,649 99.9%
1994 42 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,433 56.9%
1996 44 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 38,476 99.9%
1996 44 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 181,486 70.7%
1998 46 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,691 100.0%
1998 46 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 130,129 58.7%
2000 48 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,601 88.9%
2000 48 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 169,649 58.4%
2002 50 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 62,103 100.0%
2002 50 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,701 67.7%
2004 52 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 53,114 100.0%
2004 52 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 211,571 65.6%
2006 54 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,869 100.0%
2006 54 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 180,448 69.4%
2008 56 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 51,114 100.0%
2008 56 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 213,216 65.0%


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



Ideology Data for Bart Stupak


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
1993 41 House 41 59 85 13 D 72 28 98 70 17
1994 42 House 67 33 84 15 D 72 28 99 68 24
1995 43 House 39 60 82 16 D 71 29 98 79 28
1996 44 House 37 63 84 16 D 73 27 99 75 20
1997 45 House 35 64 82 16 D 71 29 98 80 20
1998 46 House 40 57 80 17 D 73 24 97 90 20
1999 47 House 79 15 D 67 26 95 85 17
2000 48 House 73 15 D 58 38 85 72 23
2001 49 House 76 17 R 30 67 95 83 38
2002 50 House 87 10 R 39 61 98 80 16
2003 51 House 81 13 R 36 60 90 85 38
2004 52 House 91 9 R 39 61 98 80 16
2005 53 House 83 12 R 26 65 93 79 25
2006 54 House 80 9 R 34 61 92 79 29
2007 55 House 90 6 R 7 89 96 95 13
2008 56 House 97 3 R 16 83 99 90 12
2009 57 House 88 6 D 84 12 92 75 16
2010 58 House 89 3 D 78 15 92 95 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.