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Greg Walden

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 10, 1957 in The Dalles, OR

Education:

  • University of Oregon, B.S., 1981

Career:

  • Press secretary/Chief of Staff for Rep. Denny Smith, 1981-1986
  • Owner of broadcasting company

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1989-1995
  • OR Senate, 1995-1997


Election Results for Greg Walden


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 41 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,909 54.7%
1998 41 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,316 61.5%
2000 43 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,985 99.4%
2000 43 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 220,086 73.6%
2002 45 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 78,147 97.9%
2002 45 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 181,295 71.9%
2004 47 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,686 100.0%
2004 47 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 248,461 71.6%
2006 49 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 70,519 90.5%
2006 49 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 181,529 66.8%
2008 51 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 83,087 100.0%
2008 51 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 236,560 69.5%
2010 53 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 74,970 100.0%
2010 53 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 206,245 73.9%
2012 55 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 77,498 99.3%
2012 55 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 228,043 68.6%
2014 57 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,603 75.5%
2014 57 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 202,374 70.4%
2016 59 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 85,039 79.9%
2016 59 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 272,952 71.7%
2018 61 OR R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 71,543 77.3%
2018 61 OR R U.S. House District 02 General 1 207,597 56.3%


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



Ideology Data for Greg Walden


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 42 House 91 9 D 22 78 99 10 80
2000 43 House 95 4 D 26 74 98 5 88
2001 44 House 98 2 R 91 9 99 10 84
2002 45 House 95 5 R 93 7 99 5 96
2003 46 House 89 7 R 93 5 96 15 80
2004 47 House 93 7 R 82 18 99 15 80
2005 48 House 91 8 R 78 22 98 21 76
2006 49 House 92 7 R 89 11 99 15 80
2007 50 House 81 17 R 60 39 99 30 68
2008 51 House 88 7 R 55 34 96 33 75
2009 52 House 80 16 D 45 54 97 15 80
2010 53 House 91 7 D 34 66 99 0 96
2011 54 House 90 9 D 28 72 99 10 68
2012 55 House 92 8 D 15 85 99 0 72
2013 56 House 94 6 D 13 87 100 0 64
2014 57 House 89 8 D 14 83 98 0 56
2015 58 House 91 8 D 15 85 99 0 50
2016 59 House 96 4 D 6 94 99 0 68
2017 60 House 93 6 R 100 0 99 0 70
2018 61 House 96 4 R 100 0 99 0 64
2019 62 House 80 19 R 88 12 98 15 62
2020 63 House 86 10 R 81 6 97 20 59
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.