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Steve Horn

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 31, 1931 in San Juan Bautista, CA
Died: February 17, 2011 in Long Beach, CA

Education:

  • Stanford University, A.B., 1953, Ph.D., 1958
  • Harvard University, M.P.A., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1954-1962

Career:

  • Assistant to U.S. Labor Secretary James Mitchell, 1959-1960
  • Assistant to CA Sen. Thomas Kuchel, 1960-1966
  • Brookings Institution, 1966-1969
  • U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1969-1980
  • Dean/president of Cal State University-Long Beach, 1970-1988
  • National Institute of Corrections advisory board, 1972-1988


Election Results for Steve Horn


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 57 CA R U.S. House District 42 Primary 3 15,911 20.3%
1992 61 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 13,423 29.8%
1992 61 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 92,038 48.6%
1994 63 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 28,323 76.1%
1994 63 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 85,225 58.5%
1996 65 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 36,342 100.0%
1996 65 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 88,136 52.6%
1998 67 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 48,462 86.0%
1998 67 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 71,386 52.9%
2000 69 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 59,209 100.0%
2000 69 CA R U.S. House District 38 General 1 87,266 48.4%


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



Ideology Data for Steve Horn


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
1993 62 House 68 32 69 28 D 64 35 98 45 63
1994 63 House 81 14 65 30 D 65 29 95 33 57
1995 64 House 77 22 80 19 D 35 62 99 25 58
1996 65 House 73 27 71 28 D 49 49 98 40 63
1997 66 House 73 27 71 29 D 47 53 99 50 44
1998 67 House 83 17 73 27 D 34 63 99 20 56
1999 68 House 68 32 D 33 67 99 55 44
2000 69 House 70 29 D 42 56 97 35 56
2001 70 House 79 19 R 72 26 98 30 48
2002 71 House 77 21 R 71 25 98 30 72
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.