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Joe Skeen

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 30, 1927 in Roswell, NM
Died: December 7, 2003 in Roswell, NM

Education:

  • Texas A&M University, B.S., 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1949-1952

Career:

  • Engineer, 1950-1951
  • Sheep rancher

Elected Office:

  • NM Senate, 1960-1970


Election Results for Joe Skeen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 43 NM R Lt. Governor General 2 0 0.0%
1974 47 NM R Governor Primary 1 28,227 55.4%
1974 47 NM R Governor General 2 160,430 48.8%
1978 51 NM R Governor Primary 1 38,638 81.2%
1978 51 NM R Governor General 2 170,848 49.4%
1980 53 NM R (write-in) U.S. House District 02 General 1 61,564 38.0%
1982 55 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 71,021 58.4%
1984 57 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 116,006 74.3%
1986 59 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,787 62.9%
1988 61 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,324 100.0%
1990 63 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,507 100.0%
1990 63 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 80,677 100.0%
1992 65 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,413 100.0%
1992 65 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,838 56.4%
1994 67 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,240 100.0%
1994 67 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 89,966 63.3%
1996 69 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,520 70.2%
1996 69 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,091 55.9%
1998 71 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,493 100.0%
1998 71 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,077 57.9%
2000 73 NM R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,112 100.0%
2000 73 NM R U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,742 58.1%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Skeen


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
1981 54 House 96 4 83 15 R 75 24 96 0 100
1982 55 House 100 0 90 10 R 82 16 98 5 82
1983 56 House 94 4 89 8 R 82 17 97 5 91
1984 57 House 93 7 84 15 R 62 38 98 15 74
1985 58 House 93 4 81 17 R 68 31 98 0 74
1986 59 House 94 6 79 20 R 68 30 99 10 82
1987 60 House 93 7 76 24 R 63 34 99 12 83
1988 61 House 89 11 80 19 R 56 43 99 5 100
1989 62 House 100 0 70 29 R 86 14 99 0 96
1990 63 House 91 9 63 35 R 68 32 99 6 71
1991 64 House 89 11 69 30 R 75 25 99 0 85
1992 65 House 92 8 67 32 R 76 24 99 20 75
1993 66 House 80 5 78 11 D 45 51 89 6 87
1994 67 House 100 0 82 17 D 53 47 99 0 95
1995 68 House 100 0 95 4 D 20 80 99 0 76
1996 69 House 98 2 89 11 D 42 58 99 5 90
1997 70 House 98 2 91 9 D 32 68 99 0 76
1998 71 House 93 7 89 11 D 27 73 99 10 84
1999 72 House 90 10 D 22 78 99 10 83
2000 73 House 93 7 D 30 70 100 0 84
2001 74 House 98 1 R 98 2 99 0 96
2002 75 House 92 8 R 96 4 99 5 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.