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Don Albosta

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 5, 1925 in Saginaw, MI
Died: December 18, 2014 in St. Charles, MI

Education:

  • Attended Delta College

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1945

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Owner/developer of Misteguay Creek Farms

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for Saginaw County commissioner, 1968
  • Saginaw County commissioner, 1970-1974
  • MI House, 1974-1976


Election Results for Don Albosta


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 50 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,437 49.5%
1976 50 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 2 89,980 42.8%
1978 52 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 16,266 58.8%
1978 52 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 94,913 51.5%
1980 54 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 126,962 52.4%
1982 56 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 1 102,048 60.1%
1984 58 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 2 103,636 49.4%
1986 60 MI D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 16,923 87.8%
1986 60 MI D U.S. House District 10 General 2 74,941 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Don Albosta


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
1979 53 House 53 42 66 26 D 65 30 91 61 22
1980 54 House 55 42 69 26 D 64 32 93 28 32
1981 55 House 71 23 62 31 R 46 49 90 42 45
1982 56 House 36 63 83 12 R 27 68 92 75 24
1983 57 House 49 51 79 15 R 16 82 95 90 27
1984 58 House 34 63 81 14 R 27 66 93 70 35
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.