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Mark Udall

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 18, 1950 in Tucson, AZ

Education:

  • Williams College, B.A., 1972

Career:

  • Field coordinator, Udall for President, 1974
  • CO Outward Bound director, 1975-1995

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1995-1998

Other notes:

  • Son of Morris Udall, cousin of Tom Udall, nephew of Stewart Udall, cousin of Gordon Smith


Election Results for Mark Udall


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 47 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,147 44.5%
1998 47 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,946 51.0%
2000 49 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,388 100.0%
2000 49 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,725 55.0%
2002 51 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,205 100.0%
2002 51 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,504 60.1%
2004 53 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,679 100.0%
2004 53 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 207,900 67.2%
2006 55 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,725 100.0%
2006 55 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 157,850 68.2%
2008 57 CO D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 194,227 100.0%
2008 57 CO D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,230,994 52.8%
2014 63 CO D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 213,746 100.0%
2014 63 CO D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 944,203 46.3%


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



Ideology Data for Mark Udall


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
1999 48 House 92 6 D 81 19 98 100 4
2000 49 House 93 7 D 72 28 99 85 12
2001 50 House 97 3 R 30 70 98 100 0
2002 51 House 92 7 R 39 61 98 95 4
2003 52 House 88 5 R 22 67 93 88 14
2004 53 House 90 6 R 33 58 96 100 8
2005 54 House 91 9 R 20 80 98 89 8
2006 55 House 92 7 R 32 68 98 85 16
2007 56 House 93 5 R 7 92 97 90 4
2008 57 House 82 4 R 19 69 79 84 13
2009 58 Senate 92 7 D 95 3 99 95 16
2010 59 Senate 89 10 D 92 5 99 90 8
2011 60 Senate 90 10 D 94 4 99 90 5
2012 61 Senate 91 7 D 94 3 97 95 4
2013 62 Senate 93 4 D 94 1 97 85 8
2014 63 Senate 90 1 D 95 1 93 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.