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Wayne Owens

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 2, 1937 in Panguitch, UT
Died: December 18, 2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel

Education:

  • University of Utah, B.A., 1961. J.D., 1964

Career:

  • Mormon missionary to France, 1957-1960
  • Lawyer
  • Western states coordinator for presidential campaigns of Robert Kennedy in 1968 and Edward Kennedy in 1980
  • Assistant to MA Sen. Edward Kennedy, 1969-1971
  • Assistant to UT Sen. Frank Moss, 1971-1972


Election Results for Wayne Owens


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 35 UT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,832 54.5%
1974 37 UT D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 185,377 44.1%
1984 47 UT D Governor Primary 1 51,302 62.0%
1984 47 UT D Governor General 2 275,669 43.8%
1986 49 UT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,921 55.2%
1988 51 UT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,129 57.4%
1990 53 UT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,167 57.6%
1992 55 UT D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 74,124 61.4%
1992 55 UT D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 301,228 39.7%


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



Ideology Data for Wayne Owens


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
1973 36 House 16 74 81 11 R 32 61 89 83 8
1974 37 House 15 70 76 15 R 38 49 83 70* 10
1987 50 House 26 56 83 7 R 21 69 91 83 0
1988 51 House 47 50 84 12 R 22 72 96 79 16
1989 52 House 20 80 86 4 R 27 63 90 82 11
1990 53 House 30 69 84 10 R 21 74 96 72 13
1991 54 House 27 68 83 11 R 38 59 95 74 11
1992 55 House 46 48 75 17 R 26 61 90 78 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.