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Doug Walgren

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1940 in Rochester, NY

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1963
  • Stanford University, LL.B., 1966

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services in Pittsburgh, 1967-1968
  • Counsel, Behavioral Research Laboratories, Inc., 1973-1975


Election Results for Doug Walgren


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 29 PA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 20,978 49.1%
1970 29 PA D U.S. House District 27 General 2 55,050 38.3%
1972 31 PA D U.S. House District 27 Special 2 25,956 46.3%
1972 31 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 2 53,929 27.2%
1976 35 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 28,955 44.5%
1976 35 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 113,787 59.5%
1978 37 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 46,240 77.2%
1978 37 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 88,299 57.1%
1980 39 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 127,641 68.5%
1982 41 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 101,807 54.2%
1984 43 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 62,217 100.0%
1984 43 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 149,628 62.7%
1986 45 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 104,164 63.0%
1988 47 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 136,924 62.7%
1990 49 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 2 80,880 48.6%


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



Ideology Data for Doug Walgren


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 36 House 24 71 74 20 D 67 23 94 79 18
1978 37 House 26 72 71 23 D 70 24 94 58 17
1979 38 House 22 68 75 19 D 70 22 90 78 16
1980 39 House 31 68 78 19 D 77 21 97 78 16
1981 40 House 28 71 77 21 R 41 57 97 80 17
1982 41 House 23 73 80 16 R 34 61 94 80 30
1983 42 House 17 80 82 14 R 11 83 95 95 10
1984 43 House 19 80 81 15 R 27 72 93 84 14
1985 44 House 16 75 89 5 R 24 74 95 74 11
1986 45 House 24 74 83 10 R 13 81 94 85 14
1987 46 House 28 72 89 6 R 12 83 94 96 0
1988 47 House 27 58 86 8 R 20 75 93 95 4
1989 48 House 39 61 88 8 R 34 65 97 79 7
1990 49 House 33 65 84 12 R 20 76 96 78 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.