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Rod Chandler

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 13, 1942 in La Grande, OR

Education:

  • Oregon State University, B.S., 1968

Military Service:

  • OR Army National Guard, 1959-1964

Career:

  • Television reporter, 1968-1973

Elected Office:

  • King County metro council, 1974-1975
  • WA House, 1974-1982


Election Results for Rod Chandler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 39 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 2 20,374 27.1%
1982 39 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 79,209 57.0%
1984 41 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 56,456 59.1%
1984 41 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 146,891 62.4%
1986 43 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 36,654 63.8%
1986 43 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 107,824 65.2%
1988 45 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 76,861 70.0%
1988 45 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 174,942 70.9%
1990 47 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 36,551 58.3%
1990 47 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 96,323 56.2%
1992 49 WA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 2 228,083 20.3%
1992 49 WA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 1,020,829 46.0%


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



Ideology Data for Rod Chandler


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
1983 40 House 78 22 67 28 R 66 33 95 25 45
1984 41 House 80 17 63 32 R 62 36 96 45 43
1985 42 House 76 22 72 22 R 61 35 94 15 63
1986 43 House 74 26 66 25 R 56 37 91 20 71
1987 44 House 88 9 77 19 R 57 42 96 36 61
1988 45 House 82 16 72 24 R 52 47 96 45 56
1989 46 House 76 22 71 27 R 62 34 97 16 70
1990 47 House 74 20 71 25 R 59 37 95 28 50
1991 48 House 84 11 79 17 R 73 23 95 11 79
1992 49 House 77 6 66 9 R 68 15 75 25 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.