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Ron Wyden

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 3, 1949 in Wichita, KS

Education:

  • Stanford University, A.B., 1971
  • University of Oregon, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Co-founder, OR Gray Panthers, 1974-1980
  • OR Legal Services for the Elderly, 1977-1979
  • OR Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, 1977-1979
  • Professor, 1976, 1979-1980


Election Results for Ron Wyden


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 31 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 55,818 60.0%
1980 31 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 156,371 71.9%
1982 33 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,614 100.0%
1982 33 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 159,416 78.3%
1984 35 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 81,482 100.0%
1984 35 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 173,438 72.3%
1986 37 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 65,416 94.7%
1986 37 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 180,067 85.9%
1988 39 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 84,978 94.6%
1988 39 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 190,684 99.4%
1990 41 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,178 92.7%
1990 41 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 169,731 80.8%
1992 43 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,453 99.3%
1992 43 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 208,028 77.1%
1994 45 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,705 99.1%
1994 45 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 161,624 72.5%
1996 47 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 212,532 26.0%
1996 47 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 571,762 47.8%
1998 49 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 283,654 91.5%
1998 49 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 682,425 61.1%
2004 55 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 345,219 100.0%
2004 55 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,128,728 63.4%
2010 61 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 333,652 90.5%
2010 61 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 825,507 57.2%
2016 67 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 501,903 83.2%
2016 67 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,105,119 56.6%
2022 73 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 439,665 89.4%
2022 73 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,076,424 55.8%


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



Ideology Data for Ron Wyden


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
1981 32 House 12 85 83 10 R 26 68 95 100 17
1982 33 House 8 90 92 7 R 30 69 98 95 18
1983 34 House 15 84 91 8 R 13 85 98 90 9
1984 35 House 20 80 88 12 R 25 75 99 95 9
1985 36 House 36 64 84 14 R 26 74 99 60 32
1986 37 House 38 62 89 11 R 23 76 99 80 14
1987 38 House 23 77 89 8 R 18 79 98 88 9
1988 39 House 34 66 87 13 R 29 70 99 90 16
1989 40 House 20 80 91 7 R 27 69 98 84 18
1990 41 House 22 78 94 6 R 24 76 100 89 4
1991 42 House 24 73 94 5 R 31 68 99 85 5
1992 43 House 19 79 90 8 R 17 81 97 95 0
1993 44 House 11 89 95 4 D 77 22 99 95 4
1994 45 House 33 67 94 4 D 79 19 99 83 0
1995 46 House 28 72 89 10 D 83 17 98 90 12
1996 47 Senate 24 76 92 8 D 95 5 100 95 15
1996 47 House 2 0 D 1 0 1 0 0
1997 48 Senate 28 72 83 17 D 81 13 99 80 8
1998 49 Senate 50 38 86 12 D 79 14 96 100 4
1999 50 Senate 91 9 92 8 D 91 9 99 100 4
2000 51 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 95 5 99 90 8
2001 52 Senate 90 10 R 62 37 99 95 8
2002 53 Senate 87 13 R 78 22 100 85 15
2003 54 Senate 93 7 R 45 52 99 90 15
2004 55 Senate 93 7 R 68 32 100 100 4
2005 56 Senate 94 6 R 27 69 99 95 4
2006 57 Senate 94 6 R 51 49 99 100 8
2007 58 Senate 94 5 R 36 61 98 95 4
2008 59 Senate 95 3 R 31 67 98 100 8
2009 60 Senate 97 3 D 92 3 98 100 4
2010 61 Senate 90 5 D 84 5 93 100 12
2011 62 Senate 97 2 D 94 2 98 90 5
2012 63 Senate 91 5 D 94 4 95 100 0
2013 64 Senate 97 3 D 96 3 100 90 4
2014 65 Senate 99 0 D 97 3 100 95 4
2015 66 Senate 93 6 D 96 3 99 90 8
2016 67 Senate 97 0 D 87 10 98 95 4
2017 68 Senate 99 0 R 27 73 99 95 0
2018 69 Senate 97 2 R 26 74 99 100 5
2019 70 Senate 96 2 R 27 71 98 95 0
2020 71 Senate 99 0 R 21 79 99 100 4
2021 72 Senate 99 0 D 93 7 99 100 3
2022 73 Senate 97 1 D 97 0 98 0
2023 74 Senate 94 2 D 99 2
2024 75 Senate 88 12 D 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.