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Harold Runnels

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 17, 1924 in Dallas, TX
Died: August 5, 1980 in New York City, NY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Force Reserve, 1942-1943

Career:

  • Manager of Magnolia Amusement Co., 1945-1951
  • Formed Runnels Mud Company, 1953

Elected Office:

  • NM Senate, 1960-1970


Election Results for Harold Runnels


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 44 NM D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 25,621 48.0%
1970 46 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 64,518 50.8%
1972 48 NM D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 49,943 100.0%
1972 48 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 116,152 72.2%
1974 50 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,127 66.7%
1976 52 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,563 70.3%
1978 54 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,710 99.9%
1980 56 NM D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,560 80.2%


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



Ideology Data for Harold Runnels


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
1971 47 House 47 21 32 32 R 32 21 61 25 60
1972 48 House 57 23 42 42 R 32 49 81 27 83
1973 49 House 68 17 39 45 R 26 50 82 36 68
1974 50 House 67 13 22 58 R 58 28 82 13* 67
1975 51 House 81 9 23 66 R 53 43 91 0* 86
1976 52 House 80 5 15 73 R 57 39 85 11 84
1977 53 House 88 5 20 74 D 28 57 90 5 95
1978 54 House 57 3 10 46 D 24 52 56 8 82
1979 55 House 74 4 14 60 D 23 54 72 7 85
1980 56 House 24 5 8 36 D 19 27 42 20 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.