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Doc Hastings

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 7, 1941 in Spokane, WA

Education:

  • Attended Columbia Basin College, 1959-1961, and Central Washington State University, 1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1963-1969

Career:

  • President of paper company

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1979-1987


Election Results for Doc Hastings


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 51 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 28,952 23.9%
1992 51 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 2 103,028 49.2%
1994 53 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 50,343 49.5%
1994 53 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 92,828 53.3%
1996 55 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 65,939 55.0%
1996 55 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,647 53.0%
1998 57 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 71,557 69.3%
1998 57 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,684 69.1%
2000 59 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 79,683 60.8%
2000 59 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 143,259 60.9%
2002 61 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 75,745 69.9%
2002 61 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,257 66.9%
2004 63 WA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 65,213 100.0%
2004 63 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 154,627 62.6%
2006 65 WA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,968 56.3%
2006 65 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,246 59.9%
2008 67 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 93,241 62.2%
2008 67 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 169,940 63.1%
2010 69 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 82,909 58.7%
2010 69 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 156,726 67.6%
2012 71 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 60,774 59.3%
2012 71 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 154,749 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for Doc 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
1995 54 House 100 0 99 0 D 16 83 99 0 92
1996 55 House 98 2 96 3 D 33 66 98 0 100
1997 56 House 96 0 96 2 D 28 69 98 0 92
1998 57 House 100 0 97 3 D 22 76 99 0 100
1999 58 House 98 2 D 19 80 99 0 92
2000 59 House 96 2 D 26 74 98 0 92
2001 60 House 97 1 R 93 7 96 0 96
2002 61 House 96 2 R 89 7 96 0 92
2003 62 House 97 3 R 96 4 99 10 92
2004 63 House 90 4 R 91 6 95 0 100
2005 64 House 89 4 R 70 13 93 7 92
2006 65 House 97 3 R 95 3 99 0 88
2007 66 House 93 4 R 78 20 97 11 100
2008 67 House 95 2 R 66 29 96 16 96
2009 68 House 86 11 D 19 77 97 0 96
2010 69 House 94 2 D 27 71 96 0 100
2011 70 House 86 4 D 21 65 90 0 77
2012 71 House 90 10 D 19 81 99 5 84
2013 72 House 94 5 D 15 85 99 5 64
2014 73 House 89 9 D 14 83 97 0 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.