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Bill Hefner

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 11, 1930 in Elora, TN
Died: September 2, 2009 in Huntsville, AL

Career:

  • Radio station owner
  • Radio/television entertainer, 1954-1974


Election Results for Bill Hefner


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 44 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 61,591 57.0%
1976 46 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 99,296 65.7%
1978 48 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 63,168 59.0%
1980 50 NC D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 45,794 73.8%
1980 50 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,013 58.5%
1982 52 NC D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 44,860 79.7%
1982 52 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 71,691 57.4%
1984 54 NC D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 62,475 83.9%
1984 54 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 99,731 50.9%
1986 56 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 80,959 57.9%
1988 58 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 99,214 51.5%
1990 60 NC D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,832 80.8%
1990 60 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 98,700 55.0%
1992 62 NC D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,790 66.7%
1992 62 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 113,162 59.3%
1994 64 NC D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 39,828 65.2%
1994 64 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 62,845 52.4%
1996 66 NC D U.S. House District 08 General 1 103,129 55.2%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Hefner


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
1975 45 House 70 24 52 42 R 27 72 93 33 60
1976 46 House 80 11 42 48 R 43 45 89 21 57
1977 47 House 68 26 55 41 D 62 34 95 39 46
1978 48 House 77 19 51 47 D 56 44 95 25 54
1979 49 House 69 28 68 28 D 69 26 93 42 36
1980 50 House 74 14 58 32 D 54 32 87 25 63
1981 51 House 76 23 57 33 R 53 41 92 35 42
1982 52 House 87 10 57 39 R 47 48 92 21 67
1983 53 House 72 22 66 21 R 40 54 88 53 27
1984 54 House 80 17 64 25 R 48 45 89 40 35
1985 55 House 60 7 63 12 R 35 49 73 36 42
1986 56 House 64 26 80 13 R 30 67 92 53 36
1987 57 House 84 16 81 15 R 33 65 97 64 4
1988 58 House 68 16 76 15 R 29 61 91 68 25
1989 59 House 78 10 75 19 R 41 55 95 68 26
1990 60 House 89 11 79 19 R 33 67 98 44 38
1991 61 House 78 19 79 16 R 34 59 92 55 10
1992 62 House 38 21 61 8 R 13 53 69 80 7
1993 63 House 64 32 88 8 D 79 19 95 65 13
1994 64 House 67 28 90 7 D 79 21 97 63 19
1995 65 House 67 24 75 16 D 74 25 92 79 9
1996 66 House 94 6 75 24 D 71 29 99 55 30
1997 67 House 60 31 78 14 D 57 25 90 68 23
1998 68 House 43 38 80 8 D 70 18 81 95 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   34%


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.