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Bob Dornan

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 3, 1933 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Attended Loyola University, 1950-1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1953-1958
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1958-1975

Career:

  • Commercial pilot
  • Journalist/talk show host, 1967-1973


Election Results for Bob Dornan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 43 CA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 24,957 34.4%
1976 43 CA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 114,623 54.7%
1978 45 CA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 70,012 100.0%
1978 45 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 4 1,928 2.6%
1978 45 CA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 89,392 51.0%
1980 47 CA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 52,438 100.0%
1980 47 CA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 109,807 51.0%
1982 49 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 4 181,970 8.0%
1984 51 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 20,733 62.3%
1984 51 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 86,545 53.5%
1986 53 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 26,481 100.0%
1986 53 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 66,032 55.3%
1988 55 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 31,572 100.0%
1988 55 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 87,690 59.5%
1990 57 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 24,692 100.0%
1990 57 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 60,561 58.1%
1992 59 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 17,558 59.6%
1992 59 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 55,659 50.2%
1994 61 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 18,659 100.0%
1994 61 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 88,697 70.0%
1996 63 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 16,933 65.4%
1996 63 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 2 46,980 45.8%
1998 65 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 14,893 48.7%
1998 65 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 2 33,388 39.3%
2004 71 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 2 13,630 16.5%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Dornan


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 44 House 88 6 86 7 D 30 61 89 0 94
1978 45 House 84 10 84 10 D 26 63 89 5 100
1979 46 House 82 9 78 10 D 30 59 90 17 89
1980 47 House 75 16 73 14 D 33 52 85 12 89
1981 48 House 63 8 67 9 R 57 26 72 20 92
1982 49 House 73 4 68 5 R 61 5 67 7 89
1985 52 House 82 13 79 10 R 80 13 92 11 95
1986 53 House 88 12 82 10 R 80 13 94 5 95
1987 54 House 88 9 82 8 R 73 21 90 0 100
1988 55 House 84 5 84 6 R 65 26 92 0 100
1989 56 House 85 12 81 9 R 70 23 91 0 96
1990 57 House 87 7 83 6 R 68 27 93 6 92
1991 58 House 95 5 87 5 R 76 17 92 11 95
1992 59 House 96 0 88 4 R 79 14 92 6 100
1993 60 House 93 5 92 2 D 30 66 93 0 96
1994 61 House 94 3 88 3 D 35 60 92 0 100
1995 62 House 90 3 92 1 D 14 77 93 0 96
1996 63 House 86 10 92 5 D 29 66 94 10 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.