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Craig Thomas

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 17, 1933 in Cody, WY
Died: June 4, 2007 in Bethesda, MD (leukemia)

Education:

  • University of Wyoming, B.A., 1955
  • LaSalle University, LL.B., 1968

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-1959

Career:

  • VP of WY Farm Bureau, 1960-1966
  • American Farm Bureau, 1966-1975
  • Businessman

Elected Office:

  • WY House, 1984-1989


Election Results for Craig Thomas


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 45 WY R Treasurer Primary 2 30,865 48.1%
1982 49 WY R Treasurer Primary 2 34,597 48.5%
1989 56 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Special 1 74,384 52.5%
1990 57 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 87,078 55.1%
1992 59 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 113,882 57.8%
1994 61 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 81,381 100.0%
1994 61 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 118,754 58.9%
2000 67 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 68,132 100.0%
2000 67 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 157,622 73.8%
2006 73 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 78,211 100.0%
2006 73 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 135,174 70.0%


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



Ideology Data for Craig Thomas


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
1989 56 House 95 3 85 12 R 75 25 97 6 88
1990 57 House 89 9 86 13 R 70 28 97 11 79
1991 58 House 92 3 93 6 R 77 16 97 0 95
1992 59 House 81 17 83 12 R 77 22 96 20 78
1993 60 House 86 14 90 7 D 32 67 96 10 87
1994 61 House 78 3 86 7 D 40 55 92 6 89
1995 62 Senate 86 14 95 4 D 22 78 99 5 83
1996 63 Senate 95 5 96 2 D 29 69 99 5 100
1997 64 Senate 88 12 98 2 D 57 43 99 10 88
1998 65 Senate 75 25 94 5 D 39 60 99 5 84
1999 66 Senate 96 4 93 3 D 31 69 96 0 88
2000 67 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 40 60 97 0 92
2001 68 Senate 94 3 R 91 4 96 5 96
2002 69 Senate 95 4 R 89 2 97 11 100
2003 70 Senate 99 0 R 95 2 98 0 85
2004 71 Senate 97 1 R 95 5 99 5 100
2005 72 Senate 93 6 R 87 13 98 10 92
2006 73 Senate 88 3 R 83 9 93 5 96
2007 74 Senate 31 2 R 34 1 37 17 88
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.