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Steven Schiff

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 18, 1947 in Chicago, IL
Died: March 25, 1998 in Albuquerque, NM

Education:

  • University of Illinois, B.A., 1968
  • University of New Mexico, J.D., 1972

Military Service:

  • NM Air National Guard, 1969-1988

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Bernalillo County district attorney, 1972-1977
  • Assistant city attorney & Albuquerque police counsel, 1979-1981
  • Bernalillo County district attorney, 1980-1988


Election Results for Steven Schiff


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 41 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,028 41.0%
1988 41 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,985 50.6%
1990 43 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,497 100.0%
1990 43 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,375 70.2%
1992 45 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,941 100.0%
1992 45 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 128,426 62.6%
1994 47 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,137 100.0%
1994 47 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,996 73.9%
1996 49 NM R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,504 100.0%
1996 49 NM R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,290 56.6%


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



Ideology Data for Steven Schiff


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
1989 42 House 78 22 63 37 R 69 30 99 15 86
1990 43 House 78 22 56 41 R 55 44 98 22 58
1991 44 House 86 14 64 33 R 67 33 98 20 65
1992 45 House 85 15 72 26 R 67 31 97 25 71
1993 46 House 82 14 81 17 D 51 47 98 5 88
1994 47 House 89 11 79 19 D 53 47 97 16 80
1995 48 House 91 8 85 13 D 30 70 98 16 64
1996 49 House 78 12 71 22 D 51 41 92 26 63
1997 50 House 0 0 8 2 D 7 7 10 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.