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Clair Burgener

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 5, 1921 in Vernal, UT
Died: September 9, 2006 in Encinitas, CA

Education:

  • Cal State University-San Diego, B.A., 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1943-1946, 1951

Career:

  • President of Clair W. Burgener Co., realtors
  • Worked on committees dealing with mental retardation, 1959-1962, 1970-1973
  • CA state Personnel Board, 1983-1993

Elected Office:

  • San Diego city council, 1953-1957 (Vice-Mayor, 1955-1956)
  • CA Assembly, 1962-1966
  • CA Senate, 1967-1972


Election Results for Clair Burgener


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 50 CA R U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 68,496 78.4%
1972 50 CA R U.S. House District 42 General 1 158,475 67.5%
1974 52 CA R U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 64,657 100.0%
1974 52 CA R U.S. House District 43 General 1 114,102 60.4%
1976 54 CA R U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 94,706 100.0%
1976 54 CA R U.S. House District 43 General 1 173,576 65.0%
1978 56 CA R U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 84,234 75.7%
1978 56 CA R U.S. House District 43 General 1 167,150 68.7%
1980 58 CA R U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 92,931 100.0%
1980 58 CA R U.S. House District 43 General 1 299,037 86.5%


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



Ideology Data for Clair Burgener


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
1973 51 House 89 9 88 8 R 67 25 92 4 88
1974 52 House 82 8 72 16 R 75 21 91 9 81
1975 53 House 92 4 87 9 R 62 35 96 0* 89
1976 54 House 90 6 84 13 R 75 22 93 10 79
1977 55 House 81 4 80 10 D 35 53 87 5 91
1978 56 House 84 10 77 17 D 33 59 92 10 91
1979 57 House 94 5 88 9 D 29 67 96 11 95
1980 58 House 81 9 70 15 D 37 49 87 6 89
1981 59 House 73 15 76 13 R 66 18 87 5 83
1982 60 House 71 5 64 10 R 65 4 74 6 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.