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Fred Upton

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 23, 1953 in St. Joseph, MI

Education:

  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1975

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. David Stockman, 1976-1980
  • U.S. ]Office of Management & Budget, 1981-1985
  • Director, 1984-1985


Election Results for Fred Upton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 33 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,800 54.6%
1986 33 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 70,331 61.9%
1988 35 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 132,270 70.8%
1990 37 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 29,480 63.2%
1990 37 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 75,850 57.8%
1992 39 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,097 99.9%
1992 39 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 144,083 61.8%
1994 41 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,560 99.9%
1994 41 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 121,923 73.5%
1996 43 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 41,900 99.8%
1996 43 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 146,170 67.7%
1998 45 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,881 100.0%
1998 45 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 113,292 70.1%
2000 47 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 45,192 100.0%
2000 47 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 159,373 67.9%
2002 49 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 44,487 66.0%
2002 49 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 126,936 69.2%
2004 51 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 59,786 100.0%
2004 51 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 197,425 65.3%
2006 53 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 40,425 100.0%
2006 53 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 142,125 60.6%
2008 55 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 47,753 100.0%
2008 55 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 188,157 58.9%
2010 57 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 42,182 57.1%
2010 57 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 123,142 62.0%
2012 59 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 45,919 66.6%
2012 59 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 174,955 54.6%
2014 61 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,731 71.2%
2014 61 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,801 55.9%
2016 63 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 49,733 100.0%
2016 63 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 193,259 58.6%
2018 65 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 64,512 100.0%
2018 65 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 147,436 50.2%
2020 67 MI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 53,495 62.7%
2020 67 MI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 211,496 55.8%


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



Ideology Data for Fred Upton


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
1987 34 House 91 9 90 10 R 60 40 99 16 70
1988 35 House 87 13 86 14 R 60 40 100 30 64
1989 36 House 88 12 85 15 R 74 26 99 20 75
1990 37 House 85 15 89 11 R 61 39 99 17 71
1991 38 House 86 14 78 21 R 60 40 99 25 80
1992 39 House 73 27 78 22 R 57 43 99 30 71
1993 40 House 66 34 76 24 D 51 49 100 35 67
1994 41 House 64 36 83 17 D 49 51 100 37 67
1995 42 House 76 24 85 15 D 29 71 100 25 76
1996 43 House 55 45 82 18 D 39 61 100 10 85
1997 44 House 78 22 83 17 D 37 63 99 25 80
1998 45 House 79 21 79 21 D 33 67 100 15 56
1999 46 House 80 20 D 33 67 100 25 68
2000 47 House 79 21 D 34 66 100 25 60
2001 48 House 88 12 R 77 24 100 10 76
2002 49 House 92 8 R 82 18 100 5 92
2003 50 House 86 13 R 91 9 99 10 80
2004 51 House 87 11 R 79 21 99 35 76
2005 52 House 87 13 R 74 26 100 11 80
2006 53 House 81 19 R 79 21 100 10 80
2007 54 House 86 14 R 50 50 99 40 56
2008 55 House 83 16 R 46 53 99 60 44
2009 56 House 80 20 D 55 45 99 30 72
2010 57 House 94 6 D 37 63 100 10 92
2011 58 House 91 9 D 22 78 100 5 64
2012 59 House 93 7 D 14 86 100 0 76
2013 60 House 96 4 D 15 85 100 5 72
2014 61 House 86 9 D 14 82 96 6 56
2015 62 House 90 10 D 16 84 100 0 54
2016 63 House 93 7 D 6 94 100 0 44
2017 64 House 91 8 R 97 0 99 0 67
2018 65 House 89 9 R 96 4 96 8 60
2019 66 House 71 29 R 71 29 99 20 52
2020 67 House 74 26 R 64 36 99 25 43
2021 68 House 79 21 D 39 61 100 20 38
2022 69 House 69 31 D 70 30 99 35
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.