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Paul Fannin

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 29, 1907 in Ashland, KY
Died: January 13, 2002 in Phoenix, AZ (stroke)

Education:

  • Graduated from Stanford University

Career:

  • Petroleum equipment distribution businessman


Election Results for Paul Fannin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 51 AZ R Governor General 1 160,136 55.1%
1960 53 AZ R Governor Primary 1 51,769 100.0%
1960 53 AZ R Governor General 1 235,502 59.3%
1962 55 AZ R Governor Primary 1 64,959 100.0%
1962 55 AZ R Governor General 1 200,578 54.8%
1964 57 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 93,949 100.0%
1964 57 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 241,089 51.4%
1970 63 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 76,497 100.0%
1970 63 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 228,284 56.0%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Fannin


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
1965 58 Senate 95 5 90 7 D 43 52 96 6 80
1966 59 Senate 96 1 88 5 D 38 54 94 0 89
1967 60 Senate 89 4 87 6 D 46 44 87 0 100
1968 61 Senate 76 6 72 9 D 24 51 75 14 83
1969 62 Senate 94 0 93 3 R 63 29 92 0 86
1970 63 Senate 80 4 72 7 R 54 18 77 0 95
1971 64 Senate 96 1 86 9 R 79 13 90 0 100
1972 65 Senate 88 1 82 4 R 85 9 89 0 100
1973 66 Senate 93 1 87 2 R 75 14 90 0 96
1974 67 Senate 90 4 84 7 R 63 18 90 0 94
1975 68 Senate 95 2 86 3 R 81 10 91 11* 97
1976 69 Senate 97 2 93 4 R 83 8 96 5 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.