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Don Fuqua

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 20, 1933 in Jacksonville, FL

Education:

  • University of Florida, 1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1953-1955

Career:

  • Farm & dairy operator

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1958-1962


Election Results for Don Fuqua


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 28 FL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,588 35.7%
1962 28 FL D U.S. House District 09 Primary Runoff 1 29,284 58.5%
1962 28 FL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 23,651 75.3%
1964 30 FL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 44,917 98.8%
1966 32 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 57,144 53.8%
1966 32 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 71,565 76.3%
1968 34 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,313 100.0%
1970 36 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 38 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 84,270 73.8%
1972 38 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1974 40 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,226 85.9%
1974 40 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 42 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,505 50.3%
1976 42 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1978 44 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 83,308 85.5%
1978 44 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,649 81.7%
1980 46 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 138,252 70.6%
1982 48 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 76,678 64.7%
1982 48 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,143 61.7%
1984 50 FL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 117,418 82.3%
1984 50 FL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Don Fuqua


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
1963 29 House 67 7 53 22 D 58 25 80 33 71
1964 30 House 92 8 52 37 D 62 35 91 23 60
1965 31 House 84 4 33 51 D 47 40 88 0 88
1966 32 House 57 3 23 36 D 36 29 59 0 84
1967 33 House 78 7 43 44 D 50 35 84 0 92
1968 34 House 80 12 40 50 D 61 31 90 17 57
1969 35 House 80 4 35 49 R 47 45 90 7 100
1970 36 House 91 7 42 54 R 55 35 92 11 78
1971 37 House 73 18 45 43 R 61 26 85 19 84
1972 38 House 73 10 33 52 R 54 35 82 15 67
1973 39 House 67 15 43 42 R 41 39 82 25 61
1974 40 House 72 17 49 43 R 66 28 92 17* 50
1975 41 House 68 22 51 38 R 44 51 90 37 56
1976 42 House 67 17 42 43 R 47 45 86 21 67
1977 43 House 73 16 46 43 D 51 34 88 10 65
1978 44 House 70 20 49 41 D 41 42 88 21 58
1979 45 House 72 17 61 29 D 52 36 85 32 34
1980 46 House 72 22 64 29 D 62 30 90 33 44
1981 47 House 79 12 55 33 R 54 29 83 22 33
1982 48 House 75 16 54 36 R 47 40 87 26 68
1983 49 House 80 15 64 30 R 57 37 92 30 50
1984 50 House 81 12 62 27 R 49 39 87 28 52
1985 51 House 82 9 65 20 R 52 44 87 40 53
1986 52 House 76 18 64 16 R 40 51 83 47 52
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.