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Daniel Akaka

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1924 in Honolulu, HI
Died: April 6, 2018 in Honolulu, HI

Education:

  • University of Hawaii, B.Ed., 1952, M.Ed., 1966

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1945-1947

Career:

  • School teacher/principal, 1953-1971
  • HI Office of Economic Opportunity, 1971-1974
  • Assistant to HI Governor, 1975-1976

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on May 16, 1990 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Spark Matsunaga


Election Results for Daniel Akaka


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 49 HI D Lt. Governor Primary 2 77,383 40.8%
1976 51 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 52,584 46.8%
1976 51 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,116 79.5%
1978 53 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,272 85.7%
1980 55 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 141,477 89.9%
1982 57 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,072 89.2%
1984 59 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 80,859 88.0%
1984 59 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,377 82.2%
1986 61 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,830 76.1%
1988 63 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 144,802 88.9%
1990 65 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Primary 1 180,235 73.5%
1990 65 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 188,901 54.0%
1994 69 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 168,877 100.0%
1994 69 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 256,189 71.8%
2000 75 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 150,507 90.2%
2000 75 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 251,215 72.7%
2006 81 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 129,158 54.7%
2006 81 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 210,330 61.3%


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



Ideology Data for Daniel Akaka


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
1977 52 House 18 75 89 6 D 68 22 94 65 3
1978 53 House 24 70 84 9 D 70 27 94 58 13
1979 54 House 28 67 86 8 D 76 19 94 72 6
1980 55 House 29 59 84 7 D 79 14 92 72 16
1981 56 House 52 48 81 17 R 46 54 97 65 8
1982 57 House 32 58 81 8 R 40 53 88 75 18
1983 58 House 42 56 86 9 R 28 66 94 85 5
1984 59 House 22 75 85 8 R 31 63 91 85 14
1985 60 House 35 58 86 7 R 26 68 91 65 16
1986 61 House 28 68 89 6 R 18 79 94 90 9
1987 62 House 37 58 87 4 R 23 67 91 82 0
1988 63 House 13 82 88 2 R 22 74 92 95 0
1989 64 House 22 78 96 2 R 35 62 97 85 7
1990 65 House 14 0 R 3 17 18 100 0
1990 65 Senate 23 73 88 10 R 23 75 99 100 10
1991 66 Senate 25 75 91 9 R 35 64 99 90 5
1992 67 Senate 26 74 92 8 R 30 70 100 90 0
1993 68 Senate 29 71 95 5 D 94 6 100 90 4
1994 69 Senate 31 69 94 6 D 97 3 100 85 0
1995 70 Senate 21 75 93 5 D 83 11 98 100 0
1996 71 Senate 26 74 95 5 D 88 12 100 95 5
1997 72 Senate 20 80 95 3 D 90 10 98 95 4
1998 73 Senate 38 38 89 4 D 81 8 93 89 10
1999 74 Senate 96 4 97 3 D 89 11 100 100 4
2000 75 Senate 98 2 95 2 D 97 3 90 89 12
2001 76 Senate 93 2 R 63 29 96 100 13
2002 77 Senate 84 7 R 54 31 90 89 0
2003 78 Senate 97 3 R 51 49 100 90 15
2004 79 Senate 79 3 R 51 37 83 100 5
2005 80 Senate 96 4 R 42 58 99 95 8
2006 81 Senate 93 4 R 46 49 95 95 0
2007 82 Senate 94 5 R 39 61 99 95 0
2008 83 Senate 99 0 R 33 67 99 100 0
2009 84 Senate 98 2 D 97 3 100 95 0
2010 85 Senate 97 2 D 98 2 99 85 0
2011 86 Senate 95 2 D 93 4 97 95 0
2012 87 Senate 96 3 D 94 4 98 95 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.