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Orrin Hatch

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 22, 1934 in Homestead Park, PA
Died: April 23, 2022 in Salt Lake City, UT

Education:

  • Brigham Young University, B.S., 1959
  • University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1962

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Orrin Hatch


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 42 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 104,490 64.6%
1976 42 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 290,221 53.7%
1982 48 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 309,332 58.3%
1988 54 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 430,089 67.1%
1994 60 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 357,297 68.8%
2000 66 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 504,803 65.6%
2006 72 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 356,238 62.4%
2012 78 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 160,359 66.5%
2012 78 UT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 657,608 65.3%


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



Ideology Data for Orrin Hatch


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
1977 43 Senate 91 1 88 1 D 41 49 89 0 97
1978 44 Senate 93 3 93 3 D 19 71 96 5 96
1979 45 Senate 90 3 90 3 D 27 68 92 11 97
1980 46 Senate 82 15 79 15 D 31 65 94 18 90
1981 47 Senate 91 7 89 8 R 87 11 97 0 93
1982 48 Senate 90 6 80 12 R 79 13 92 5 83
1983 49 Senate 93 7 90 9 R 72 28 99 5 76
1984 50 Senate 98 2 91 9 R 78 19 98 16 95
1985 51 Senate 85 15 85 12 R 82 16 97 10 90
1986 52 Senate 95 5 92 8 R 92 8 100 5 95
1987 53 Senate 91 6 88 8 R 71 24 94 5 92
1988 54 Senate 100 0 82 16 R 78 17 96 5 96
1989 55 Senate 97 3 85 15 R 81 18 99 5 92
1990 56 Senate 97 3 89 11 R 77 22 99 11 87
1991 57 Senate 88 10 90 7 R 86 7 95 10 86
1992 58 Senate 95 5 88 4 R 82 12 93 5 96
1993 59 Senate 95 5 94 4 D 27 71 99 5 88
1994 60 Senate 94 6 94 5 D 37 63 98 5 100
1995 61 Senate 89 7 94 5 D 26 72 99 0 83
1996 62 Senate 97 3 94 6 D 32 68 99 5 100
1997 63 Senate 88 12 86 13 D 63 37 99 15 71
1998 64 Senate 100 0 87 13 D 47 51 99 5 80
1999 65 Senate 92 8 90 8 D 30 70 97 0 84
2000 66 Senate 94 6 91 6 D 55 45 98 0 96
2001 67 Senate 94 5 R 91 4 98 5 96
2002 68 Senate 89 7 R 96 2 96 6 95
2003 69 Senate 98 2 R 97 1 99 10 80
2004 70 Senate 98 2 R 93 2 99 10 96
2005 71 Senate 95 4 R 89 9 99 5 92
2006 72 Senate 90 7 R 76 10 94 5 84
2007 73 Senate 81 17 R 74 23 98 32 75
2008 74 Senate 92 7 R 76 24 99 10 80
2009 75 Senate 84 15 D 56 40 98 20 87
2010 76 Senate 94 3 D 43 49 97 0 100
2011 77 Senate 91 3 D 52 39 94 11 100
2012 78 Senate 81 7 D 34 49 86 0 95
2013 79 Senate 74 19 D 48 45 97 10 75
2014 80 Senate 80 16 D 64 34 98 15 79
2015 81 Senate 89 10 D 69 30 99 0 65
2016 82 Senate 85 13 D 65 35 99 5 60
2017 83 Senate 98 1 R 99 1 99 0 76
2018 84 Senate 93 6 R 99 0 99 5 73
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.