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Zach Wamp

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 28, 1957 in Fort Benning, GA

Education:

  • Attended University of North Carolina and University of Tennessee

Career:

  • Regional sales superintendent, 1981-1982
  • Partner in architecture company, 1983-1989
  • Real estate broker, 1989-1994


Election Results for Zach Wamp


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 34 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,506 77.2%
1992 34 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 2 102,763 47.5%
1994 36 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,123 67.2%
1994 36 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 84,583 52.3%
1996 38 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,940 100.0%
1996 38 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 113,408 56.3%
1998 40 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,217 92.7%
1998 40 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 75,100 66.0%
2000 42 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,129 97.9%
2000 42 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 139,840 63.9%
2002 44 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,410 99.1%
2002 44 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 112,254 64.5%
2004 46 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,183 90.1%
2004 46 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 166,154 64.7%
2006 48 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,569 87.3%
2006 48 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 130,791 65.7%
2008 50 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 31,782 91.0%
2008 50 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 184,964 69.4%
2010 52 TN R Governor Primary 2 211,735 29.2%


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



Ideology Data for Zach Wamp


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
1995 37 House 94 5 95 4 D 14 86 99 0 100
1996 38 House 75 25 89 11 D 30 68 99 15 100
1997 39 House 87 9 88 7 D 28 72 97 5 92
1998 40 House 86 14 89 10 D 18 82 98 15 84
1999 41 House 90 9 D 20 78 99 20 96
2000 42 House 89 7 D 16 80 97 10 88
2001 43 House 95 5 R 88 12 97 15 88
2002 44 House 90 10 R 82 18 98 5 96
2003 45 House 93 7 R 89 11 99 15 96
2004 46 House 92 7 R 79 21 96 0 88
2005 47 House 92 6 R 85 15 98 0 88
2006 48 House 93 5 R 89 11 98 5 88
2007 49 House 91 7 R 79 21 97 20 92
2008 50 House 94 4 R 65 30 96 17 96
2009 51 House 89 7 D 26 71 92 5 96
2010 52 House 45 3 D 20 37 46 0 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.