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Dennis Hastert

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 2, 1942 in Aurora, IL

Education:

  • Wheaton College, B.A., 1964
  • Northern Illinois University, M.S., 1967

Career:

  • High school teacher/coach, 1964-1980
  • Restaurant businessman

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1980-1986


Election Results for Dennis Hastert


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 44 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 77,288 52.4%
1988 46 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 161,146 73.7%
1990 48 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 112,383 66.9%
1992 50 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 155,271 67.3%
1994 52 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 46,897 80.0%
1994 52 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 110,204 76.5%
1996 54 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 54,546 100.0%
1996 54 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 134,432 64.4%
1998 56 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 56,514 100.0%
1998 56 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,304 69.8%
2000 58 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 50,055 100.0%
2000 58 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 188,597 74.0%
2002 60 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 74,976 100.0%
2002 60 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 135,198 74.1%
2004 62 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 54,168 100.0%
2004 62 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 191,618 68.6%
2006 64 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 69,198 100.0%
2006 64 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,870 59.8%


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



Ideology Data for Dennis Hastert


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
1987 45 House 91 9 90 7 R 66 33 98 8 87
1988 46 House 95 3 92 6 R 62 34 98 11 92
1989 47 House 90 10 90 9 R 76 23 98 10 86
1990 48 House 91 9 91 6 R 67 31 97 6 79
1991 49 House 95 3 90 6 R 84 14 96 0 95
1992 50 House 88 13 89 10 R 78 19 98 5 92
1993 51 House 93 7 92 6 D 35 64 99 5 100
1994 52 House 94 6 92 5 D 45 50 97 5 95
1995 53 House 94 2 94 2 D 19 80 96 0 92
1996 54 House 98 0 95 4 D 37 62 99 0 100
1997 55 House 98 0 95 4 D 32 68 98 0 88
1998 56 House 98 2 95 4 D 21 78 98 0 100
1999 57 House 31 1 D 4 35 22 0 91
2000 58 House 28 0 D 10 28 18 0 100
2001 59 House 29 0 R 60 0 15 0 100
2002 60 House 24 0 R 32 0 13 0 100
2003 61 House 19 0 R 44 0 12 0 75
2004 62 House 13 0 R 18 0 10 0 100
2005 63 House 13 0 R 28 2 9 0 100
2006 64 House 14 0 R 42 0 10 0 88
2007 65 House 67 4 R 56 13 70 7 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.