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Vin Weber

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 24, 1952 in Slayton, MN

Education:

  • Attended University of Minnesota, 1970-1974

Career:

  • Press secretary for Rep. Tom Hagedorn, 1974-1976
  • Newspaper publisher, 1976-1978
  • Campaign manager/aide to Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, 1978-1980


Election Results for Vin Weber


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 27 MN IR U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,154 87.2%
1980 27 MN IR U.S. House District 06 General 1 140,402 52.7%
1982 29 MN IR U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,157 88.4%
1982 29 MN IR U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,508 54.5%
1984 31 MN IR U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,061 100.0%
1984 31 MN IR U.S. House District 02 General 1 153,308 63.1%
1986 33 MN IR U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,648 100.0%
1986 33 MN IR U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,249 51.6%
1988 35 MN IR U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,185 100.0%
1988 35 MN IR U.S. House District 02 General 1 131,639 57.8%
1990 37 MN IR U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,940 100.0%
1990 37 MN IR U.S. House District 02 General 1 126,367 61.8%


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



Ideology Data for Vin Weber


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
1981 28 House 76 24 79 20 R 55 41 97 30 100
1982 29 House 74 25 80 18 R 61 38 96 20 77
1983 30 House 72 25 79 16 R 63 35 96 16 82
1984 31 House 80 17 85 11 R 60 37 96 15 82
1985 32 House 73 18 79 12 R 64 33 92 15 83
1986 33 House 80 20 80 17 R 69 31 97 15 73
1987 34 House 84 16 86 14 R 62 38 99 20 87
1988 35 House 92 8 84 11 R 61 37 97 15 96
1989 36 House 80 17 84 14 R 77 22 97 5 89
1990 37 House 80 17 80 15 R 63 33 94 22 83
1991 38 House 92 8 84 11 R 73 25 96 5 85
1992 39 House 77 10 71 9 R 62 13 81 11 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.