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Charlie Stenholm

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 26, 1938 in Stamford, TX
Died: May 17, 2023 in Granbury, TX

Education:

  • Texas Tech University, B.S., 1961, M.S., 1962

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Teacher, 1962-1965
  • Manager of electric co-op, 1968-1976


Election Results for Charlie Stenholm


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 39 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 36,527 35.9%
1978 39 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary Runoff 1 46,599 67.1%
1978 39 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 69,030 68.1%
1980 41 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 130,465 100.0%
1982 43 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 109,359 97.1%
1984 45 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 81,312 88.2%
1984 45 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 143,012 100.0%
1986 47 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 97,791 100.0%
1988 49 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 149,064 100.0%
1990 51 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 104,100 100.0%
1992 53 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 75,719 100.0%
1992 53 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 136,213 66.1%
1994 55 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 40,406 100.0%
1994 55 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 83,497 53.7%
1996 57 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 44,528 100.0%
1996 57 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 99,678 51.6%
1998 59 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 32,399 100.0%
1998 59 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 75,367 53.6%
2000 61 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 36,753 100.0%
2000 61 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 120,670 59.0%
2002 63 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 30,426 100.0%
2002 63 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 84,136 51.4%
2004 65 TX D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 16,576 100.0%
2004 65 TX D U.S. House District 19 General 2 93,531 40.1%


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



Ideology Data for Charlie Stenholm


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
1979 40 House 95 2 25 70 D 33 66 96 0 82
1980 41 House 88 4 24 71 D 39 57 96 0 89
1981 42 House 91 5 28 67 R 75 24 97 0 91
1982 43 House 93 4 17 78 R 74 26 95 5 90
1983 44 House 92 7 21 77 R 63 35 97 15 91
1984 45 House 85 8 23 70 R 58 37 92 10 78
1985 46 House 96 2 35 64 R 66 31 99 20 89
1986 47 House 88 12 32 67 R 66 34 99 5 81
1987 48 House 93 2 39 57 R 64 34 97 12 74
1988 49 House 87 8 45 50 R 57 39 96 22 78
1989 50 House 85 10 54 45 R 71 28 98 25 61
1990 51 House 91 9 52 47 R 56 44 99 22 67
1991 52 House 95 5 48 49 R 66 33 97 5 70
1992 53 House 88 10 52 47 R 68 29 97 30 71
1993 54 House 91 9 52 48 D 60 39 99 10 78
1994 55 House 92 3 41 58 D 53 47 99 5 90
1995 56 House 89 11 42 57 D 43 56 99 35 44
1996 57 House 90 10 49 50 D 52 46 99 50 65
1997 58 House 85 15 52 46 D 52 47 98 40 58
1998 59 House 98 2 49 50 D 49 51 99 40 48
1999 60 House 50 50 D 56 43 99 55 54
2000 61 House 59 41 D 56 42 99 40 52
2001 62 House 54 46 R 53 47 99 50 64
2002 63 House 59 40 R 50 50 99 42 50
2003 64 House 63 36 R 67 33 98 60 60
2004 65 House 56 40 R 61 36 97 45 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.