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Alan Wheat

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 16, 1951 in San Antonio, TX

Education:

  • Grinnell College, B.A., 1972

Career:

  • Economist for Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1973-1974
  • Aide to Jackson County executive, 1974-1975

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1977-1982


Election Results for Alan Wheat


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 30 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 21,279 31.4%
1982 30 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 96,059 57.9%
1984 32 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 53,141 81.6%
1984 32 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 150,675 66.0%
1986 34 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,030 70.9%
1988 36 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 44,364 100.0%
1988 36 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 149,166 70.3%
1990 38 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,664 80.1%
1990 38 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 71,890 62.1%
1992 40 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,873 58.3%
1992 40 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 151,014 59.1%
1994 42 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 215,171 41.0%
1994 42 MO D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 633,697 35.7%


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



Ideology Data for Alan Wheat


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
1983 31 House 10 90 97 3 R 12 87 99 95 0
1984 32 House 3 97 96 4 R 23 77 99 100 0
1985 33 House 5 95 97 1 R 15 84 99 100 0
1986 34 House 12 88 96 3 R 14 86 99 95 0
1987 35 House 5 95 97 2 R 9 91 99 100 0
1988 36 House 5 92 79 18 R 15 83 98 100 0
1989 37 House 7 90 80 17 R 27 71 97 100 0
1990 38 House 11 87 95 3 R 13 86 98 100 4
1991 39 House 5 95 97 3 R 23 77 99 100 0
1992 40 House 10 85 93 3 R 12 88 96 95 0
1993 41 House 5 93 95 1 D 80 17 96 100 5
1994 42 House 14 67 81 1 D 68 18 82 94 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   1%


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.