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Dave McCurdy

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 30, 1950 in Canadian, TX

Education:

  • University of Oklahoma, B.A, 1972, J.D., 1975

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1969-1972

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant OK Attorney General, 1975-1977


Election Results for Dave McCurdy


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 30 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 26,173 34.1%
1980 30 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 33,520 51.2%
1980 30 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,245 51.0%
1982 32 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,205 65.0%
1984 34 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 109,447 63.6%
1986 36 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 71,876 81.1%
1986 36 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,984 76.2%
1988 38 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,366 83.0%
1988 38 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 40 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 100,879 73.6%
1992 42 OK D U.S. House District 04 General 1 140,841 70.7%
1994 44 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 283,095 64.9%
1994 44 OK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 2 392,488 40.0%


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



Ideology Data for Dave McCurdy


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 31 House 88 12 55 43 R 57 42 97 35 42
1982 32 House 79 19 48 43 R 58 36 90 26 67
1983 33 House 79 13 55 37 R 41 51 91 53 52
1984 34 House 71 12 56 29 R 46 45 85 37 32
1985 35 House 85 15 68 27 R 44 56 95 30 47
1986 36 House 72 24 70 21 R 31 62 92 39 38
1987 37 House 70 21 74 20 R 36 57 92 50 27
1988 38 House 79 13 73 22 R 33 58 94 63 30
1989 39 House 73 24 69 25 R 55 44 93 41 40
1990 40 House 78 17 73 25 R 44 56 97 56 33
1991 41 House 84 14 75 20 R 41 55 95 30 26
1992 42 House 77 21 67 24 R 42 51 92 74 29
1993 43 House 77 14 71 20 D 84 10 92 50 30
1994 44 House 69 6 54 23 D 71 18 76 35 42
Lifetime conservative rating:   38%


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.