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Owen Pickett

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 31, 1930 in Richmond, VA
Died: October 27, 2010 in Virginia Beach, VA

Education:

  • Virginia Tech University, B.S., 1952
  • University of Richmond, LL.B., 1955

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Accountant

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1972-1986


Election Results for Owen Pickett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 55 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 54,491 49.5%
1988 57 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,666 60.5%
1990 59 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 55,179 75.0%
1992 61 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,253 56.0%
1994 63 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 81,372 59.0%
1996 65 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,215 64.8%
1998 67 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 67,975 94.3%


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



Ideology Data for Owen Pickett


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
1987 56 House 70 30 78 19 R 39 61 98 72 22
1988 57 House 82 16 80 16 R 34 65 97 50 40
1989 58 House 83 15 72 26 R 52 47 97 45 37
1990 59 House 78 22 72 27 R 47 52 99 50 42
1991 60 House 89 8 70 26 R 52 46 96 25 35
1992 61 House 73 23 68 30 R 65 35 98 35 50
1993 62 House 82 18 75 22 D 82 18 95 20 50
1994 63 House 89 8 68 29 D 76 22 97 37 48
1995 64 House 94 5 49 49 D 64 35 98 55 28
1996 65 House 92 8 56 43 D 68 32 99 45 50
1997 66 House 93 7 63 35 D 76 23 97 68 20
1998 67 House 90 10 59 40 D 60 39 98 55 16
1999 68 House 63 35 D 67 33 97 60 28
2000 69 House 61 34 D 60 38 92 50 24
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


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.