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Alcee Hastings

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 5, 1936 in Altamonte Springs, FL
Died: April 6, 2021

Education:

  • Fisk University, B.A., 1958
  • Attended Howard University, 1958-1960
  • Florida A&M University, J.D., 1963

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Broward County circuit court judge, 1977-1979
  • U.S. District court judge, 1979-1989

Other notes:

  • Impeached for bribery and perjury by the United States House of Representatives in 1988 and convicted by the United States Senate on October 20, 1989. While Hastings was removed from the bench, the Senate did not bar him from holding public office in the future.


Election Results for Alcee Hastings


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 33 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 4 91,948 12.6%
1990 53 FL D Secretary of State District SOS Primary 2 313,758 33.2%
1990 53 FL D Secretary of State District SOS Primary Runoff 2 146,375 32.8%
1992 55 FL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 2 10,237 28.2%
1992 55 FL D U.S. House District 23 Primary Runoff 1 22,046 57.5%
1992 55 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 84,249 58.5%
1994 57 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 0 0.0%
1996 59 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 102,148 73.5%
1998 61 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 63 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 89,179 76.3%
2002 65 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 96,347 77.5%
2004 67 FL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 49,284 74.2%
2004 67 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 0 0.0%
2006 69 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 0 0.0%
2008 71 FL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 31,182 88.0%
2008 71 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 172,835 82.2%
2010 73 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 100,066 79.1%
2012 75 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 214,727 87.9%
2014 77 FL D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 29,236 79.2%
2014 77 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 128,498 81.6%
2016 79 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 222,914 80.3%
2018 81 FL D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 52,628 73.8%
2018 81 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 202,659 99.9%
2020 83 FL D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 62,759 69.3%
2020 83 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 253,661 78.7%


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



Ideology Data for Alcee Hastings


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
1993 56 House 18 73 90 3 D 89 11 93 90 4
1994 57 House 17 64 77 2 D 64 18 78 94 7
1995 58 House 23 77 92 5 D 82 14 98 95 4
1996 59 House 45 51 89 7 D 82 14 94 95 0
1997 60 House 29 64 84 7 D 69 28 90 100 19
1998 61 House 19 79 85 5 D 84 10 91 89 5
1999 62 House 90 2 D 74 19 91 100 0
2000 63 House 87 5 D 76 18 90 84 4
2001 64 House 84 7 R 16 74 91 100 8
2002 65 House 84 7 R 29 64 86 95 0
2003 66 House 91 3 R 22 75 95 100 21
2004 67 House 59 2 R 21 55 67 92 0
2005 68 House 87 4 R 20 74 87 100 4
2006 69 House 85 6 R 32 66 92 100 8
2007 70 House 94 1 R 3 93 93 100 0
2008 71 House 95 0 R 14 82 95 100 0
2009 72 House 94 0 D 88 1 96 100 0
2010 73 House 84 1 D 68 15 88 94 5
2011 74 House 95 4 D 83 16 99 95 4
2012 75 House 95 3 D 83 10 98 100 0
2013 76 House 88 2 D 88 9 90 95 5
2014 77 House 89 1 D 85 9 91 94 5
2015 78 House 93 3 D 88 8 95 90 8
2016 79 House 66 2 D 81 9 72 100 6
2017 80 House 96 2 R 6 86 98 95 0
2018 81 House 93 1 R 30 70 86 92 4
2019 82 House 75 0 R 4 90 71 94 0
2020 83 House 98 0 R 3 86 97 95 0
2021 84 House 27 0 D 72 0 19 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.