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Hal Daub

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 23, 1941 in Fort Bragg, NC

Education:

  • Washington University, B.S., 1963
  • University of Nebraska, J.D., 1966

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1966-1968

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • VP/counsel for chemical company, 1971-1981

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001


Election Results for Hal Daub


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 37 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,618 82.4%
1978 37 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 2 70,309 47.7%
1980 39 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,306 61.1%
1980 39 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,736 53.1%
1982 41 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,047 99.0%
1982 41 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 92,639 56.7%
1984 43 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,309 99.0%
1984 43 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,384 64.9%
1986 45 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,762 98.7%
1986 45 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,569 58.5%
1988 47 NE R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 96,436 45.0%
1990 49 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 178,232 91.3%
1990 49 NE R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 243,013 40.9%


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



Ideology Data for Hal Daub


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 40 House 89 9 85 13 R 71 26 97 16 100
1982 41 House 84 16 86 14 R 74 26 99 10 86
1983 42 House 88 12 89 10 R 76 23 97 10 91
1984 43 House 90 10 85 14 R 65 34 98 10 74
1985 44 House 87 11 91 9 R 74 26 99 5 79
1986 45 House 90 10 89 9 R 78 22 98 5 86
1987 46 House 88 7 86 7 R 63 12 91 4 87
1988 47 House 50 0 64 5 R 40 24 72 16 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.