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Ike Skelton

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 20, 1931 in Lexington, MO
Died: October 28, 2013 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • University of Missouri, A.B., 1953, LL.B., 1956

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Lafayette County prosecutor, 1957-1960
  • Assistant MO Attorney General, 1961-1963

Elected Office:

  • MO Senate, 1971-1977


Election Results for Ike Skelton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 44 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,201 40.3%
1976 44 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,955 55.9%
1978 46 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 61,176 87.0%
1978 46 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,748 72.8%
1980 48 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 63,567 88.8%
1980 48 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 151,459 67.8%
1982 50 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,993 100.0%
1982 50 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 96,388 54.8%
1984 52 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,343 83.2%
1984 52 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 150,624 66.9%
1986 54 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,471 100.0%
1988 56 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,392 100.0%
1988 56 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 166,480 71.8%
1990 58 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 49,011 100.0%
1990 58 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,527 61.8%
1992 60 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 60,347 78.9%
1992 60 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 176,977 70.4%
1994 62 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,715 82.1%
1994 62 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 137,876 67.8%
1996 64 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 44,071 100.0%
1996 64 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 153,566 63.8%
1998 66 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,677 100.0%
1998 66 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 133,173 71.0%
2000 68 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 48,531 100.0%
2000 68 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 180,634 66.9%
2002 70 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,631 100.0%
2002 70 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 142,204 67.6%
2004 72 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 77,219 100.0%
2004 72 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 190,800 66.2%
2006 74 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,799 100.0%
2006 74 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 159,303 67.6%
2008 76 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,111 100.0%
2008 76 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 200,009 65.9%
2010 78 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 25,919 80.5%
2010 78 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 2 101,532 45.1%


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



Ideology Data for Ike Skelton


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
1977 45 House 67 27 55 39 D 62 33 94 30 56
1978 46 House 60 27 49 44 D 48 41 90 22 50
1979 47 House 72 21 57 35 D 54 37 88 33 43
1980 48 House 69 23 59 34 D 60 32 90 17 53
1981 49 House 91 5 45 45 R 58 39 93 25 45
1982 50 House 73 14 40 41 R 48 34 83 13 61
1983 51 House 74 22 56 37 R 45 50 93 53 55
1984 52 House 76 15 63 27 R 54 38 90 35 41
1985 53 House 85 15 66 25 R 44 46 93 40 42
1986 54 House 76 20 66 26 R 48 47 93 35 55
1987 55 House 81 19 66 24 R 45 48 92 57 38
1988 56 House 92 8 63 30 R 43 52 93 44 58
1989 57 House 85 12 62 35 R 59 34 95 37 56
1990 58 House 94 4 68 29 R 50 48 96 33 50
1991 59 House 92 5 65 32 R 52 47 97 30 47
1992 60 House 83 15 66 31 R 57 38 97 47 65
1993 61 House 86 14 70 27 D 73 25 96 35 43
1994 62 House 97 0 67 29 D 78 22 96 37 62
1995 63 House 88 10 49 50 D 53 45 99 42 42
1996 64 House 100 0 57 42 D 66 34 98 40 50
1997 65 House 80 16 59 36 D 43 48 95 42 52
1998 66 House 90 7 63 36 D 57 41 99 65 36
1999 67 House 59 38 D 65 35 98 65 42
2000 68 House 67 29 D 62 36 97 42 40
2001 69 House 58 36 R 53 42 97 53 64
2002 70 House 73 26 R 68 32 99 60 32
2003 71 House 74 25 R 62 38 98 80 68
2004 72 House 79 20 R 67 33 99 65 48
2005 73 House 74 23 R 57 39 97 78 38
2006 74 House 73 24 R 61 39 96 55 50
2007 75 House 89 8 R 12 84 97 85 25
2008 76 House 97 3 R 22 78 99 85 4
2009 77 House 89 8 D 87 9 97 74 21
2010 78 House 86 14 D 73 24 98 45 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   46%


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.