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Patsy Mink

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 6, 1927 in Paia, HI
Died: September 28, 2002 in Honolulu, HI

Education:

  • University of Hawaii, B.A., 1948
  • University of Chicago, J.D., 1951

Career:

  • Lecturer at University of Hawaii, 1952-1956, 1959-1962, 1979-1981
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1977-1978
  • President of Americans for Democratic Action, 1978-1981

Elected Office:

  • HI Territorial House, 1956-1958
  • HI Territorial Senate, 1958-1959
  • HI Senate, 1962-1964
  • Honolulu city council, 1983-1987


Election Results for Patsy Mink


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 36 HI D U.S. House District AL Primary 2 45,816 22.2%
1964 36 HI D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 106,909 46.6%
1966 38 HI R U.S. House District AL Primary 1 103,713 44.4%
1966 38 HI D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 140,880 67.7%
1968 40 HI D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 149,207 61.4%
1970 42 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,038 100.0%
1972 44 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,729 74.8%
1972 44 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,856 57.1%
1974 46 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 76,596 79.3%
1974 46 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,916 62.6%
1976 48 HI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 84,732 40.9%
1986 58 HI D Governor Primary 3 37,998 16.4%
1990 62 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,998 40.0%
1990 62 HI D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 51,841 37.4%
1990 62 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,155 66.3%
1992 64 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 80,570 83.1%
1992 64 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 131,454 72.6%
1994 66 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,351 84.8%
1994 66 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,431 70.1%
1996 68 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,371 60.3%
1996 68 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,178 60.3%
1998 70 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 61,382 89.6%
1998 70 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 144,254 69.4%
2000 72 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 66,255 86.1%
2000 72 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,856 61.6%
2002 74 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 67,246 82.6%
2002 74 HI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,671 56.2%


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



Ideology Data for Patsy Mink


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
1965 37 House 6 92 93 4 D 92 7 99 100 6
1966 38 House 0 81 71 4 D 67 4 72 100 9
1967 39 House 0 98 91 4 D 86 10 86 100 0
1968 40 House 85 1 D 82 11 87 100 0
1969 41 House 9 91 89 9 R 53 47 99 93 13
1970 42 House 2 93 89 8 R 63 37 96 94 6
1971 43 House 4 88 85 6 R 23 68 89 92 0
1972 44 House 4 89 88 4 R 51 46 92 100 0
1973 45 House 7 92 90 8 R 29 70 97 96 16
1974 46 House 6 94 92 6 R 40 58 96 91* 10
1975 47 House 7 82 85 4 R 29 63 88 100 3
1976 48 House 5 71 69 1 R 14 71 66 88 0
1990 62 House R 0 0
1991 63 House 3 97 96 3 R 19 77 98 100 0
1992 64 House 13 79 94 3 R 14 81 98 100 0
1993 65 House 2 98 95 3 D 73 26 98 100 4
1994 66 House 3 94 97 1 D 74 26 98 100 0
1995 67 House 12 87 94 6 D 81 17 99 95 8
1996 68 House 25 75 94 5 D 77 22 97 95 5
1997 69 House 20 78 93 6 D 72 27 99 100 12
1998 70 House 14 86 93 5 D 83 15 98 95 8
1999 71 House 93 7 D 74 20 98 95 8
2000 72 House 88 10 D 60 40 97 85 17
2001 73 House 93 6 R 21 79 97 100 4
2002 74 House 72 4 R 29 54 75 88 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.