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Hank Brown

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 12, 1940 in Denver, CO

Education:

  • University of Colorado, B.S., 1961, J.D., 1969
  • George Washington University, LL.M., 1986

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1962-1966

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • VP, Monfort of Colorado, 1969-1980
  • President, University of Northern Colorado, 1998-2002
  • President, University of Colorado, 2005-2008

Elected Office:

  • CO Senate, 1972-1976


Election Results for Hank Brown


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 38 CO R Lt. Governor Primary 1 112,338 100.0%
1978 38 CO R Lt. Governor General 2 0 0.0%
1980 40 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 178,221 68.4%
1980 40 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,666 100.0%
1982 42 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 26,260 100.0%
1982 42 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,550 69.8%
1984 44 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,791 100.0%
1984 44 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 146,469 71.1%
1986 46 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,510 100.0%
1986 46 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 117,089 69.8%
1988 48 CO R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 16,536 100.0%
1988 48 CO R U.S. House District 04 General 1 156,202 73.1%
1990 50 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 184,159 100.0%
1990 50 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 569,048 55.7%


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



Ideology Data for Hank Brown


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 41 House 71 29 77 23 R 66 34 99 20 100
1982 42 House 75 25 89 11 R 68 32 99 20 86
1983 43 House 75 25 82 18 R 67 33 99 25 64
1984 44 House 83 17 85 15 R 65 35 100 10 83
1985 45 House 82 18 87 11 R 70 29 98 30 63
1986 46 House 84 16 92 7 R 67 32 99 10 77
1987 47 House 77 14 84 11 R 58 39 96 16 73
1988 48 House 87 11 85 12 R 68 29 97 30 72
1989 49 House 83 17 84 15 R 63 35 98 20 86
1990 50 House 87 13 87 11 R 70 29 99 11 83
1991 51 Senate 85 13 85 14 R 75 23 98 10 90
1992 52 Senate 92 8 93 5 R 75 25 99 20 88
1993 53 Senate 83 17 91 9 D 21 79 100 15 92
1994 54 Senate 75 22 93 6 D 21 77 99 30 92
1995 55 Senate 84 16 93 7 D 28 72 100 5 96
1996 56 Senate 74 26 92 8 D 27 73 100 5 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.