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Billy Tauzin

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 14, 1943 in Chackbay, LA

Elected Office:

  • LA House, 1972-1980

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican on August 8, 1995


Election Results for Billy Tauzin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 37 LA D U.S. House District 03 Special Open Primary 2 35,384 42.9%
1980 37 LA D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 62,108 53.1%
1980 37 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 80,455 85.1%
1982 39 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1984 41 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 43 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1987 44 LA D Governor General 4 154,444 9.9%
1988 45 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 72,110 89.3%
1990 47 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 155,251 87.9%
1992 49 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 82,047 81.7%
1994 51 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 90,536 76.2%
1996 53 LA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1998 55 LA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 57 LA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 143,446 78.0%
2002 59 LA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 130,323 86.7%


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



Ideology Data for Billy Tauzin


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
1980 37 House 58 23 51 31 D 49 34 81 0 43
1981 38 House 91 7 36 60 R 67 28 95 0 73
1982 39 House 82 15 35 63 R 57 36 97 5 73
1983 40 House 90 10 35 60 R 54 45 96 25 77
1984 41 House 83 17 46 47 R 44 53 94 15 65
1985 42 House 91 5 55 37 R 54 43 94 26 61
1986 43 House 98 2 56 44 R 49 51 100 20 64
1987 44 House 37 5 36 20 R 19 24 53 31 53
1988 45 House 97 3 61 37 R 45 54 99 45 64
1989 46 House 93 5 48 48 R 69 29 96 20 74
1990 47 House 100 0 56 40 R 46 49 96 22 58
1991 48 House 95 5 50 45 R 53 44 95 10 70
1992 49 House 85 10 55 37 R 55 42 92 42 70
1993 50 House 82 11 48 46 D 47 51 94 35 78
1994 51 House 92 8 50 47 D 54 42 97 16 76
1995 52 House 95 2 80 14 D 22 77 96 5 83
1996 53 House 92 2 82 7 D 33 61 92 0 90
1997 54 House 95 0 91 7 D 31 69 96 15 83
1998 55 House 90 0 87 7 D 22 73 93 5 88
1999 56 House 91 6 D 20 74 95 5 84
2000 57 House 90 7 D 28 66 97 0 84
2001 58 House 99 0 R 95 5 98 0 96
2002 59 House 96 3 R 89 11 96 0 96
2003 60 House 96 3 R 96 2 96 0 88
2004 61 House 27 0 R 33 0 27 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.