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Richard Stallings

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 7, 1940 in Ogden, UT

Education:

  • Weber State College, B.S., 1965
  • Utah State University, M.S., 1968

Career:

  • Mormon missionary in New Zealand, 1960-1962
  • History teacher at Ricks College, 1969-1984


Election Results for Richard Stallings


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 41 ID D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 10,061 58.5%
1982 41 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 2 76,608 47.7%
1984 43 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,287 50.0%
1986 45 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,035 54.4%
1988 47 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 1 127,956 63.4%
1990 49 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 1 98,008 63.6%
1992 51 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 40,102 71.7%
1992 51 ID D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 208,036 43.5%
1998 57 ID D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,062 100.0%
1998 57 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 2 77,736 44.7%
2014 73 ID D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,547 100.0%
2014 73 ID D U.S. House District 02 General 2 82,801 38.6%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Stallings


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
1985 44 House 58 36 69 24 R 41 58 94 42 42
1986 45 House 72 26 62 34 R 42 58 96 45 32
1987 46 House 74 26 71 25 R 41 56 95 52 27
1988 47 House 79 11 71 24 R 35 58 92 58 48
1989 48 House 73 27 69 27 R 45 51 97 47 41
1990 49 House 81 19 67 29 R 42 56 97 39 46
1991 50 House 76 19 68 27 R 50 47 95 45 25
1992 51 House 65 29 66 24 R 40 55 90 58 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   37%


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.