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Dan Schaefer

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 25, 1936 in Guttenberg, IA
Died: April 16, 2006 in Wheat Ridge, CO

Education:

  • Niagara University, B.A., 1961
  • Attended Potsdam University, 1961-1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Educator, 1961-1967
  • Public relations consultant, 1967-1983

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1977-1978
  • CO Senate, 1979-1983


Election Results for Dan Schaefer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1983 47 CO R U.S. House District 06 Special 1 49,816 63.3%
1984 48 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 171,427 89.4%
1986 50 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,192 100.0%
1986 50 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 104,359 65.0%
1988 52 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 16,904 100.0%
1988 52 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 136,487 63.0%
1990 54 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 38,439 100.0%
1990 54 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 105,312 64.5%
1992 56 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,126 100.0%
1992 56 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 142,021 60.9%
1994 58 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,364 100.0%
1994 58 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 124,079 69.8%
1996 60 CO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,682 100.0%
1996 60 CO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 146,018 62.2%


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



Ideology Data for Dan Schaefer


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
1983 47 House 92 7 93 5 R 74 20 96 0 100
1984 48 House 95 5 93 6 R 70 30 98 10 91
1985 49 House 91 4 84 10 R 76 20 96 11 78
1986 50 House 90 4 84 11 R 76 21 95 0 95
1987 51 House 79 12 89 7 R 65 27 94 8 87
1988 52 House 87 8 82 17 R 56 41 98 16 83
1989 53 House 88 2 84 12 R 69 29 96 5 89
1990 54 House 89 9 88 11 R 64 36 98 11 79
1991 55 House 92 5 90 9 R 71 27 99 5 95
1992 56 House 96 2 95 3 R 82 17 99 5 87
1993 57 House 89 11 94 5 D 33 67 98 0 92
1994 58 House 92 8 92 4 D 35 65 96 11 90
1995 59 House 98 1 98 2 D 19 80 99 5 92
1996 60 House 98 2 97 3 D 33 66 98 0 100
1997 61 House 96 4 96 3 D 24 76 99 0 92
1998 62 House 90 2 90 4 D 16 80 93 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.