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Duncan Hunter

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 31, 1948 in Riverside, CA

Education:

  • Western State University, B.S.I., 1968, J.D., 1976

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Airborne, 1969-1971

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Duncan Hunter


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 32 CA R U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 15,870 51.9%
1980 32 CA R U.S. House District 42 General 1 79,713 53.3%
1982 34 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 53,491 100.0%
1982 34 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 117,771 68.6%
1984 36 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 44,156 100.0%
1984 36 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 149,011 75.1%
1986 38 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 46,465 100.0%
1986 38 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 118,900 76.9%
1988 40 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 61,582 100.0%
1988 40 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 166,451 74.0%
1990 42 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 57,405 100.0%
1990 42 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 123,591 72.8%
1992 44 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 35,681 59.8%
1992 44 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 112,995 52.9%
1994 46 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 45,675 100.0%
1994 46 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 109,201 64.0%
1996 48 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 52,091 100.0%
1996 48 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 116,746 65.5%
1998 50 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 84,703 100.0%
1998 50 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 116,251 75.7%
2000 52 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 103,667 100.0%
2000 52 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 131,345 64.7%
2002 54 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 60,793 100.0%
2002 54 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 118,561 70.2%
2004 56 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 83,638 100.0%
2004 56 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 187,799 69.2%
2006 58 CA R U.S. House District 52 Primary 1 60,772 100.0%
2006 58 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 1 123,696 64.6%


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



Ideology Data for Duncan Hunter


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 33 House 95 5 89 11 R 74 25 98 10 100
1982 34 House 90 5 84 10 R 83 14 95 5 84
1983 35 House 93 7 88 10 R 74 24 96 15 91
1984 36 House 90 8 80 15 R 73 24 95 5 91
1985 37 House 87 11 75 12 R 74 20 91 10 84
1986 38 House 90 8 85 11 R 78 20 96 0 82
1987 39 House 88 7 86 6 R 72 22 91 4 91
1988 40 House 95 3 89 5 R 65 30 94 0 100
1989 41 House 90 7 85 7 R 76 22 92 10 96
1990 42 House 87 9 84 11 R 69 28 95 6 96
1991 43 House 92 5 84 6 R 80 16 90 6 100
1992 44 House 98 2 90 6 R 80 19 94 15 100
1993 45 House 86 5 91 2 D 25 71 92 5 100
1994 46 House 92 6 88 6 D 33 67 96 0 100
1995 47 House 95 2 91 4 D 16 81 95 0 88
1996 48 House 96 2 91 4 D 29 68 93 10 100
1997 49 House 95 0 93 4 D 24 73 94 0 88
1998 50 House 88 10 91 7 D 20 78 95 5 100
1999 51 House 90 8 D 20 76 96 15 84
2000 52 House 92 6 D 20 78 96 10 76
2001 53 House 91 4 R 86 12 94 5 100
2002 54 House 93 6 R 75 25 96 10 88
2003 55 House 92 4 R 91 9 92 10 88
2004 56 House 86 5 R 73 18 90 6 87
2005 57 House 94 3 R 85 13 94 5 92
2006 58 House 89 5 R 87 8 91 5 88
2007 59 House 65 6 R 63 15 69 0 100
2008 60 House 87 1 R 64 27 86 18 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.