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Joel Pritchard

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 5, 1925 in Seattle, WA
Died: October 9, 1997 in Olympia, WA

Education:

  • Attended Marietta College, 1946-1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946

Career:

  • President of Griffin Envelope Co., 1948-1971

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1953-1966
  • WA Senate, 1966-1970
  • WA Lt. Governor, 1989-1996


Election Results for Joel Pritchard


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 45 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 2 48,724 40.1%
1972 47 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 52,007 46.0%
1972 47 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 107,581 50.3%
1974 49 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 42,971 66.3%
1974 49 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,391 69.5%
1976 51 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 91,260 72.8%
1976 51 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 161,354 71.9%
1978 53 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 32,444 58.3%
1978 53 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,942 64.0%
1980 55 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 97,329 80.3%
1980 55 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 180,475 78.3%
1982 57 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 51,567 60.9%
1982 57 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,956 67.6%
1988 63 WA R Lt. Governor Open Primary 1 302,459 35.2%
1988 63 WA R Lt. Governor General 1 960,655 53.4%
1992 67 WA R Lt. Governor Open Primary 1 564,915 54.5%
1992 67 WA R Lt. Governor General 1 1,072,968 49.7%


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



Ideology Data for Joel Pritchard


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 48 House 44 56 46 50 R 48 48 97 68 39
1974 49 House 26 67 38 47 R 62 36 85 76 19
1975 50 House 65 29 59 33 R 67 21 88 50 42
1976 51 House 62 37 58 31 R 57 39 97 45 43
1977 52 House 44 48 48 45 D 53 33 87 50 49
1978 53 House 49 43 50 43 D 64 29 86 40 42
1979 54 House 35 46 39 50 D 65 28 87 40 44
1980 55 House 40 53 42 46 D 60 27 82 72 16
1981 56 House 48 35 49 38 R 55 26 83 38 64
1982 57 House 49 41 47 41 R 44 45 87 58 28
1983 58 House 45 29 38 25 R 50 28 64 38 39
1984 59 House 61 24 45 32 R 61 26 75 47 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.