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Roger Wicker

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 5, 1951 in Pontotoc, MS

Education:

  • University of Mississippi, B.A., 1973, J.D., 1975

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1976-1980
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1980-2003

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Judge advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1976-1980
  • Staff counsel, U.S. House Rules Committee, 1980-1982
  • Lee County public defender, 1984-1987
  • Tupelo municipal judge, 1986-1987

Elected Office:

  • MS Senate, 1988-1994
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 31, 2007 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Trent Lott


Election Results for Roger Wicker


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 42 MS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 7,156 26.6%
1994 42 MS R U.S. House District 01 Primary Runoff 1 11,905 53.1%
1994 42 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,553 63.1%
1996 44 MS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,906 100.0%
1996 44 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,724 67.6%
1998 46 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 66,738 67.2%
2000 48 MS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,224 100.0%
2000 48 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 146,967 70.0%
2002 50 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,404 71.4%
2004 52 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 219,328 79.0%
2006 54 MS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,098 65.9%
2008 56 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 683,409 55.0%
2012 60 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 254,936 89.2%
2012 60 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 709,626 57.2%
2018 66 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 130,118 82.8%
2018 66 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 547,619 58.5%
2024 72 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 152,086 61.4%
2024 72 MS R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 761,934 62.8%


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



Ideology Data for Roger Wicker


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 43 House 100 0 96 3 D 20 78 99 0 80
1996 44 House 100 0 96 4 D 34 65 98 0 100
1997 45 House 96 0 94 5 D 28 71 99 0 80
1998 46 House 98 0 91 6 D 23 74 96 0 96
1999 47 House 96 3 D 22 76 98 0 92
2000 48 House 92 7 D 24 76 97 0 84
2001 49 House 99 1 R 95 5 99 0 96
2002 50 House 97 1 R 86 14 98 0 100
2003 51 House 97 3 R 96 4 99 10 92
2004 52 House 89 5 R 67 15 95 0 87
2005 53 House 94 2 R 80 17 97 5 96
2006 54 House 95 3 R 100 0 98 0 88
2007 55 House 86 10 R 77 20 97 5 96
2008 56 Senate 92 6 R 67 33 95 11 80
2009 57 Senate 88 12 D 49 50 99 15 88
2010 58 Senate 94 4 D 41 59 98 0 96
2011 59 Senate 88 12 D 47 45 97 15 75
2012 60 Senate 84 15 D 48 48 98 10 64
2013 61 Senate 83 14 D 45 50 97 11 60
2014 62 Senate 90 9 D 58 37 98 16 65
2015 63 Senate 95 4 D 55 41 99 5 75
2016 64 Senate 89 11 D 45 48 96 0 71
2017 65 Senate 99 0 R 99 1 99 0 80
2018 66 Senate 96 4 R 100 0 99 0 86
2019 67 Senate 97 3 R 98 2 99 5 71
2020 68 Senate 99 1 R 96 4 100 0 74
2021 69 Senate 89 11 D 50 50 99 0 71
2022 70 Senate 80 17 D 30 66 97 59
2023 71 Senate 87 9 D 99 68
2024 72 Senate 85 13 D 97
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.