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Harley Staggers, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 22, 1951 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1974
  • West Virginia University, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Administrative assistant at Democratic National Convention, 1976
  • Assistant WV Attorney General, 1977-1980

Elected Office:

  • WV Senate, 1980-1982

Other notes:

  • Son of Harley Staggers


Election Results for Harley Staggers, Jr.


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 29 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 35,265 40.6%
1982 31 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,194 100.0%
1982 31 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,904 64.0%
1984 33 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 71,443 79.6%
1984 33 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,345 56.0%
1986 35 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 50,533 86.4%
1986 35 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,355 69.5%
1988 37 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 66,180 100.0%
1988 37 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,356 100.0%
1990 39 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,637 100.0%
1990 39 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 63,174 55.5%
1992 41 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 36,038 38.5%


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



Ideology Data for Harley Staggers, Jr.


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 32 House 30 70 86 12 R 16 84 97 85 14
1984 33 House 29 71 88 10 R 30 70 99 65 13
1985 34 House 33 65 88 9 R 29 70 98 70 21
1986 35 House 32 68 89 8 R 18 82 97 85 5
1987 36 House 28 72 92 5 R 17 81 98 96 4
1988 37 House 47 53 89 11 R 23 77 100 80 12
1989 38 House 39 61 84 13 R 40 59 97 80 18
1990 39 House 28 72 88 10 R 17 80 98 76 13
1991 40 House 38 62 83 11 R 32 65 95 80 10
1992 41 House 33 54 70 14 R 16 65 85 87 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.