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Tom Tauke

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1950 in Dubuque, IA

Education:

  • Loras College, B.A, 1972
  • University of Iowa, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IA House, 1975-1978


Election Results for Tom Tauke


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 27 IA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,952 100.0%
1978 27 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 72,644 52.3%
1980 29 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,924 100.0%
1980 29 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 111,587 54.0%
1982 31 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,433 99.9%
1982 31 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,478 58.8%
1984 33 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,539 100.0%
1984 33 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 136,893 63.9%
1986 35 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,216 100.0%
1986 35 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,708 61.3%
1988 37 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 9,518 99.9%
1988 37 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,543 56.8%
1990 39 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 91,798 99.8%
1990 39 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 453,273 46.1%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Tauke


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
1979 28 House 76 22 75 23 D 48 47 97 32 69
1980 29 House 72 24 78 19 D 52 43 95 38 47
1981 30 House 67 29 65 30 R 62 38 95 47 67
1982 31 House 53 44 51 41 R 49 47 94 60 33
1983 32 House 42 53 65 32 R 59 38 97 25 64
1984 33 House 56 39 65 31 R 54 42 95 40 57
1985 34 House 64 36 77 21 R 52 46 99 35 58
1986 35 House 58 38 71 25 R 53 43 86 32 41
1987 36 House 72 26 75 21 R 60 39 96 36 52
1988 37 House 87 13 80 17 R 54 42 96 47 67
1989 38 House 85 15 83 14 R 66 30 97 25 79
1990 39 House 66 35 75 21 R 48 49 96 29 57
Lifetime conservative rating:   59%


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.