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Charles Hatcher

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 1, 1939 in Doerun, GA

Education:

  • Georgia Southern College, B.S., 1965
  • University of Georgia, J.D., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1958-1962

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1973-1980


Election Results for Charles Hatcher


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 41 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,315 38.1%
1980 41 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 1 49,144 52.5%
1980 41 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 92,264 73.6%
1982 43 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 53,553 52.3%
1982 43 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,897 100.0%
1984 45 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 91,759 100.0%
1984 45 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 110,561 100.0%
1986 47 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 58,033 100.0%
1986 47 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 72,482 100.0%
1988 49 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 77,789 66.8%
1988 49 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,029 61.7%
1990 51 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 71,560 100.0%
1990 51 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,910 73.0%
1992 53 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,833 39.8%
1992 53 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 2 36,778 46.9%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Hatcher


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
1981 42 House 80 13 50 40 R 59 36 90 25 50
1982 43 House 79 8 53 35 R 43 42 84 29 56
1983 44 House 76 12 62 29 R 51 40 90 47 45
1984 45 House 66 10 58 20 R 43 41 80 38 21
1985 46 House 78 13 73 17 R 49 45 89 37 47
1986 47 House 78 16 67 18 R 34 54 86 33 58
1987 48 House 91 7 70 21 R 37 61 93 44 27
1988 49 House 84 5 72 19 R 31 55 89 56 43
1989 50 House 73 20 70 20 R 49 45 91 35 31
1990 51 House 85 13 76 19 R 37 59 93 28 50
1991 52 House 68 22 70 14 R 43 41 82 47 35
1992 53 House 40 13 51 6 R 19 37 60 86 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   40%


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.