Congressional Attendance : IN-09 Sodrel (R)
#9 in the 9 part series (better late than never) looking at the stats for Indiana's congressional delegation gets us to the guy who knocked off incumbent Baron Hill in one of the closest House races in recent Hoosier memory and has Baron itching for a rematch. I give you Mike Sodrel! Stats below the fold:
Data for votes as of 6/6/2006
IN-09 Sodrel (R)
2005
Final stats for Congressperson Sodrel (R - IN) for the year 2005
Total Votes: 671
Votes Missed: 5
Votes Made: 666
Votes Present: 4
Votes With Winner: 602
Winning Percentage: 90.94
Votes With Loser: 60
Losing Percentage: 9.06
Attendance: 99.25
2006
Final stats for Congressperson Sodrel (R - IN) for the year 2006
Total Votes: 222
Votes Missed: 1
Votes Made: 221
Votes Present: 1
Votes With Winner: 194
Winning Percentage: 88.18
Votes With Loser: 26
Losing Percentage: 11.82
Attendance: 99.55
2005-2006 Totals
Winning Percent 90.2%
Losing Percent 9.8%
Attendance 99.3%
Quick & Dirty Analysis: If anyone was going to be a 90%+ winner, it was going to be Sodrel. Dude's a party line man in every sense of the word. I certainly hope his tendancy to be a rubber stamp for Bush & the extreme right can be used against him in the race this year.
Look for a wrapup post after this one. I'm going to try and do averages of the GOP delegation.