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Brian Schatz

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 20, 1972 in Ann Arbor, MI

Education:

  • School for International Training (Kenya), 1992
  • Pomona College, B.A., 1994

Career:

  • CEO, Helping Hands HI, 2004-2010
  • Chairman, HI Democrat party, 2008-2010

Elected Office:

  • HI House, 1998-2006
  • HI Lt. Governor, 2010-2012
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on June 11, 1996 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Inouye


Election Results for Brian Schatz


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 33 HI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 6 8,254 7.4%
2010 37 HI D Lt. Governor Primary 1 83,476 36.9%
2010 37 HI D Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
2014 41 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 115,445 42.8%
2014 41 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 246,827 66.8%
2016 43 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 162,905 86.2%
2016 43 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 306,604 73.6%
2022 49 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 228,595 93.6%
2022 49 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 290,894 71.2%


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



Ideology Data for Brian Schatz


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
2012 39 Senate 11 0 D 4 1 8 100 0
2013 40 Senate 99 0 D 98 0 99 100 4
2014 41 Senate 88 0 D 86 1 87 86 0
2015 42 Senate 96 3 D 86 12 99 95 4
2016 43 Senate 99 1 D 90 10 100 100 0
2017 44 Senate 96 3 R 31 68 99 95 0
2018 45 Senate 95 4 R 30 70 97 90 14
2019 46 Senate 98 1 R 28 72 99 100 0
2020 47 Senate 87 1 R 21 62 89 100 4
2021 48 Senate 98 0 D 95 5 99 100 3
2022 49 Senate 97 0 D 97 0 98 0
2023 50 Senate 92 1 D 97 0
2024 51 Senate 90 10 D 99
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.