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Joel Hefley

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1935 in Ardmore, OK

Education:

  • Oklahoma Baptist University, B.A., 1957
  • Oklahoma State University, M.S., 1962

Career:

  • Community Planning & Research Council, 1966-1986
  • Pikes Peak Health Planning, 1971-1973

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1977-1978
  • CO Senate, 1979-1986


Election Results for Joel Hefley


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 51 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 24,160 57.4%
1986 51 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 121,153 69.8%
1988 53 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 27,661 100.0%
1988 53 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 181,612 75.1%
1990 55 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,711 100.0%
1990 55 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 127,740 66.4%
1992 57 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 27,480 100.0%
1992 57 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 173,096 71.1%
1994 59 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,374 100.0%
1994 59 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 138,674 100.0%
1996 61 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,994 76.7%
1996 61 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 188,805 71.9%
1998 63 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,781 100.0%
1998 63 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 155,790 72.7%
2000 65 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,121 100.0%
2000 65 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 253,330 82.7%
2002 67 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,133 100.0%
2002 67 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 128,118 69.4%
2004 69 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 52,282 84.2%
2004 69 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 193,333 70.5%


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



Ideology Data for Joel Hefley


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 52 House 81 14 85 12 R 71 29 98 4 96
1988 53 House 92 3 91 8 R 60 35 98 5 100
1989 54 House 90 5 89 9 R 65 31 97 5 93
1990 55 House 91 9 90 6 R 71 29 98 6 92
1991 56 House 95 5 88 9 R 71 29 98 10 100
1992 57 House 90 8 92 7 R 74 25 97 20 91
1993 58 House 95 5 94 6 D 28 72 99 5 100
1994 59 House 89 11 95 4 D 32 65 99 0 100
1995 60 House 91 7 93 6 D 20 79 99 5 84
1996 61 House 94 6 95 5 D 30 70 99 10 100
1997 62 House 93 7 94 5 D 25 75 99 5 96
1998 63 House 88 12 91 8 D 21 78 98 0 100
1999 64 House 89 9 D 26 72 99 20 100
2000 65 House 89 7 D 12 86 91 10 100
2001 66 House 88 7 R 79 19 96 5 96
2002 67 House 88 8 R 86 14 98 0 100
2003 68 House 90 8 R 85 15 99 10 84
2004 69 House 89 9 R 85 15 97 15 92
2005 70 House 90 7 R 78 17 96 6 84
2006 71 House 91 8 R 76 21 97 0 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.