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Lynn Westmoreland

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 2, 1950 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • Attended Georgia State University, 1969-1971

Career:

  • Real estate developer

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1993-2004


Election Results for Lynn Westmoreland


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 43,005 45.8%
2004 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 Primary Runoff 1 34,250 55.5%
2004 54 GA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 227,524 75.6%
2006 56 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,572 100.0%
2006 56 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 130,428 67.6%
2008 58 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 55,128 100.0%
2008 58 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 225,055 65.7%
2010 60 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,787 100.0%
2010 60 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 168,304 69.5%
2012 62 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,765 71.6%
2012 62 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 232,380 100.0%
2014 64 GA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,106 69.5%
2014 64 GA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 156,277 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Lynn Westmoreland


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
2005 55 House 92 2 R 78 11 95 5 96
2006 56 House 94 3 R 82 18 96 5 92
2007 57 House 88 1 R 82 8 89 0 100
2008 58 House 97 2 R 73 24 97 0 100
2009 59 House 90 1 D 13 81 91 0 100
2010 60 House 95 1 D 27 71 96 0 100
2011 61 House 96 2 D 19 80 98 0 96
2012 62 House 97 3 D 15 83 99 10 100
2013 63 House 90 3 D 10 87 93 5 76
2014 64 House 93 3 D 9 85 95 0 87
2015 65 House 94 3 D 6 92 95 6 75
2016 66 House 66 2 D 2 55 68 0 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.