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Arlan Stangeland

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 8, 1930 in Fargo, ND
Died: July 2, 2013 in Detroit Lakes, MN

Career:

  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • MN House, 1966-1975
  • Barnesville school board, 1976-1977


Election Results for Arlan Stangeland


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1977 47 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Special 1 71,340 57.6%
1978 48 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,470 100.0%
1978 48 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 1 109,456 52.4%
1980 50 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 27,979 100.0%
1980 50 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 1 135,084 52.1%
1982 52 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,740 100.0%
1982 52 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 1 108,254 50.3%
1984 54 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 22,103 100.0%
1984 54 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 1 135,087 57.0%
1986 56 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,651 100.0%
1986 56 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 1 94,024 49.7%
1988 58 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 18,095 100.0%
1988 58 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 1 121,396 54.6%
1990 60 MN IR U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,774 100.0%
1990 60 MN IR U.S. House District 07 General 2 92,876 46.4%


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



Ideology Data for Arlan Stangeland


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 47 House 88 5 84 12 D 36 53 94 0 100
1978 48 House 90 6 86 9 D 27 70 95 10 100
1979 49 House 94 5 90 8 D 31 66 97 5 87
1980 50 House 83 16 85 12 D 38 62 97 0 79
1981 51 House 93 7 83 14 R 71 28 96 0 92
1982 52 House 85 10 80 17 R 57 31 92 10 86
1983 53 House 75 21 75 20 R 68 28 93 5 77
1984 54 House 90 7 74 21 R 63 36 95 5 78
1985 55 House 89 9 82 14 R 65 33 96 16 79
1986 56 House 84 10 71 22 R 68 29 92 10 80
1987 57 House 84 9 83 12 R 58 36 94 4 83
1988 58 House 87 11 85 11 R 62 38 96 5 92
1989 59 House 88 10 86 7 R 78 16 93 0 96
1990 60 House 89 11 80 17 R 59 40 98 17 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.