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Pat Danner

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 13, 1934 in Louisville, KY

Education:

  • NE Missouri State University, B.A., 1973

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Jerry Litton, 1973-1976
  • Ozarks Regional Planning Commission, 1977-1981

Elected Office:

  • MO Senate, 1983-1993

Other notes:

  • Mother of Steve Danner


Election Results for Pat Danner


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 42 MO D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 26,715 23.5%
1992 58 MO D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,821 52.3%
1992 58 MO D U.S. House District 06 General 1 148,887 55.4%
1994 60 MO D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 53,460 77.2%
1994 60 MO D U.S. House District 06 General 1 140,108 66.1%
1996 62 MO D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 42,450 76.9%
1996 62 MO D U.S. House District 06 General 1 169,006 68.6%
1998 64 MO D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,783 100.0%
1998 64 MO D U.S. House District 06 General 1 136,774 70.9%


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



Ideology Data for Pat Danner


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
1993 59 House 52 48 87 13 D 72 28 99 60 25
1994 60 House 75 22 80 19 D 69 29 98 68 29
1995 61 House 68 32 64 36 D 56 44 99 70 48
1996 62 House 63 37 67 33 D 63 37 98 55 45
1997 63 House 71 27 60 38 D 41 56 98 50 56
1998 64 House 86 12 58 40 D 45 52 97 60 52
1999 65 House 61 38 D 46 48 95 60 52
2000 66 House 46 30 D 28 58 75 44 57
Lifetime conservative rating:   46%


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.