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Cecil Heftel

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 30, 1924 in Chicago, IL
Died: February 4, 2010 in Honolulu, HI

Education:

  • Arizona State University, B.S., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • President of Heftel Broadcasting


Election Results for Cecil Heftel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 45 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 78,934 62.4%
1970 45 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 116,597 48.4%
1976 51 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,551 47.2%
1976 51 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 60,050 43.6%
1978 53 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 92,597 87.3%
1978 53 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 84,552 73.3%
1980 55 HI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 73,162 72.3%
1980 55 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 98,256 79.8%
1982 57 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 134,779 89.9%
1984 59 HI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,844 82.7%
1986 61 HI D Governor Primary 2 83,939 36.2%


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



Ideology Data for Cecil Heftel


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 52 House 32 59 80 12 D 68 23 88 60 8
1978 53 House 44 52 70 26 D 69 28 95 35 17
1979 54 House 45 45 68 19 D 68 23 87 50 17
1980 55 House 41 47 73 18 D 76 17 86 50 39
1981 56 House 52 44 71 22 R 46 53 88 53 17
1982 57 House 41 42 71 14 R 39 47 80 67 16
1983 58 House 17 25 30 7 R 16 17 34 75 15
1984 59 House 46 37 49 15 R 31 34 58 56 30
1985 60 House 42 36 55 18 R 35 52 75 47 33
1986 61 House 19 31 55 4 R 6 36 65 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.