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Dennis Hertel

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 7, 1948 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • Eastern Michigan University, B.A., 1971
  • Wayne State University, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1975-1980


Election Results for Dennis Hertel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 31 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 20,595 62.4%
1980 31 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 90,362 53.3%
1982 33 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 116,421 94.9%
1984 35 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 113,610 59.1%
1986 37 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 31,898 95.9%
1986 37 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 92,328 72.9%
1988 39 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 111,612 62.6%
1990 41 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 24,113 100.0%
1990 41 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 78,506 63.6%


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



Ideology Data for Dennis Hertel


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 32 House 27 73 80 12 R 25 64 96 80 8
1982 33 House 21 68 80 9 R 32 64 88 79 26
1983 34 House 20 78 87 11 R 20 80 98 90 14
1984 35 House 20 75 84 13 R 27 71 98 75 17
1985 36 House 16 84 88 12 R 29 71 99 80 16
1986 37 House 10 90 90 8 R 14 83 97 85 9
1987 38 House 21 79 93 5 R 20 78 99 92 0
1988 39 House 24 76 92 6 R 22 78 99 95 4
1989 40 House 12 83 86 7 R 28 67 93 95 11
1990 41 House 7 91 93 6 R 18 82 99 94 17
1991 42 House 14 86 94 3 R 24 76 97 95 0
1992 43 House 17 71 83 4 R 19 75 89 94 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.