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Cliff Stearns

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 16, 1941 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • George Washington University, B.S., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1963-1967

Career:

  • Corporate president


Election Results for Cliff Stearns


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 47 FL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 10,875 26.4%
1988 47 FL R U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 15,205 54.1%
1988 47 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 136,415 53.5%
1990 49 FL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,265 77.9%
1990 49 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,588 59.2%
1992 51 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 144,195 65.4%
1994 53 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 148,698 99.1%
1996 55 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 161,517 67.2%
1998 57 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 59 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 178,789 99.9%
2002 61 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 141,570 65.4%
2004 63 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 211,137 64.4%
2006 65 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 136,601 59.9%
2008 67 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 228,302 60.9%
2010 69 FL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,432 71.5%
2010 69 FL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 179,349 71.5%
2012 71 FL R U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 21,398 33.0%


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



Ideology Data for Cliff Stearns


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
1989 48 House 95 5 85 15 R 78 22 99 0 89
1990 49 House 91 7 89 10 R 71 29 99 17 83
1991 50 House 95 5 88 10 R 71 29 99 25 90
1992 51 House 94 6 92 4 R 79 19 96 5 91
1993 52 House 93 5 91 6 D 33 66 98 15 96
1994 53 House 89 11 98 1 D 35 64 99 0 100
1995 54 House 96 3 96 3 D 15 83 99 0 96
1996 55 House 90 10 93 6 D 33 67 99 5 100
1997 56 House 93 7 93 5 D 25 75 99 10 100
1998 57 House 90 7 91 8 D 18 82 98 5 96
1999 58 House 94 6 D 22 78 99 10 92
2000 59 House 94 4 D 18 82 97 5 100
2001 60 House 92 7 R 81 16 97 5 96
2002 61 House 89 3 R 68 14 93 5 96
2003 62 House 92 6 R 89 9 99 5 88
2004 63 House 96 4 R 85 15 99 0 96
2005 64 House 93 6 R 83 15 99 11 88
2006 65 House 93 7 R 84 16 99 10 96
2007 66 House 94 6 R 79 20 99 5 92
2008 67 House 95 3 R 73 25 99 15 100
2009 68 House 94 5 D 28 72 98 5 96
2010 69 House 97 2 D 34 66 99 0 96
2011 70 House 94 5 D 16 84 99 0 96
2012 71 House 95 4 D 17 83 99 10 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.