RightDataUSA


Dennis DeConcini

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 8, 1937 in Tucson, AZ

Education:

  • University of Arizona, B.A., 1959, LL.B., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1959-1960
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1960-1967

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Special counsel to AZ Governor, 1965-1967
  • Pima County attorney, 1973-1976


Election Results for Dennis DeConcini


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 39 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 121,423 53.4%
1976 39 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 400,334 54.0%
1982 45 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 140,328 84.4%
1982 45 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 411,970 56.9%
1988 51 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 195,540 100.0%
1988 51 AZ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 660,403 56.7%


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



Ideology Data for Dennis DeConcini


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
1977 40 Senate 51 40 55 35 D 68 19 89 47 29
1978 41 Senate 60 33 47 46 D 44 48 92 35 33
1979 42 Senate 58 36 56 36 D 57 34 91 26 50
1980 43 Senate 49 37 59 28 D 64 31 91 71 35
1981 44 Senate 63 24 59 24 R 51 38 85 50 57
1982 45 Senate 74 20 52 36 R 61 34 92 50 58
1983 46 Senate 52 32 55 31 R 32 47 84 47 43
1984 47 Senate 45 21 50 24 R 42 39 82 71 41
1985 48 Senate 63 28 62 31 R 45 49 94 45 35
1986 49 Senate 61 37 62 35 R 43 53 97 45 57
1987 50 Senate 34 59 73 26 R 46 51 97 65 27
1988 51 Senate 65 30 61 30 R 52 36 93 55 33
1989 52 Senate 55 45 64 35 R 61 38 99 60 32
1990 53 Senate 35 59 74 21 R 40 57 97 65 23
1991 54 Senate 48 45 75 23 R 41 54 96 56 45
1992 55 Senate 50 45 68 29 R 28 67 97 79 21
1993 56 Senate 24 73 83 15 D 76 19 97 75 13
1994 57 Senate 44 56 79 17 D 82 16 97 80 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


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.