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Ben Nighthorse Campbell

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 13, 1933 in Auburn, CA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1951-1954 (Korea)

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1983-1986

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican on March 3, 1995


Election Results for Ben Nighthorse Campbell


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 53 CO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,422 100.0%
1986 53 CO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 95,353 51.9%
1988 55 CO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 31,828 100.0%
1988 55 CO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 169,284 78.0%
1990 57 CO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,722 100.0%
1990 57 CO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 124,487 70.2%
1992 59 CO D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 117,634 45.5%
1992 59 CO D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 803,725 51.8%
1998 65 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 154,702 70.6%
1998 65 CO R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 829,370 62.5%


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



Ideology Data for Ben Nighthorse Campbell


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
1987 54 House 65 33 78 18 R 34 66 97 64 9
1988 55 House 47 45 85 11 R 26 65 93 72 21
1989 56 House 66 32 70 25 R 45 50 94 53 36
1990 57 House 67 31 72 23 R 35 64 95 56 33
1991 58 House 62 24 75 21 R 34 56 92 65 45
1992 59 House 42 17 57 15 R 27 45 72 61 35
1993 60 Senate 46 51 77 19 D 82 17 96 75 12
1994 61 Senate 44 47 74 21 D 81 16 94 58 25
1995 62 Senate 79 19 79 20 D 38 62 98 30 59
1996 63 Senate 79 13 76 16 D 42 46 92 50 78
1997 64 Senate 96 4 83 17 D 65 33 99 25 71
1998 65 Senate 100 0 82 18 D 47 53 99 25 76
1999 66 Senate 88 12 88 12 D 32 68 99 15 88
2000 67 Senate 97 3 94 3 D 50 50 97 5 96
2001 68 Senate 88 11 R 92 5 99 16 92
2002 69 Senate 75 17 R 91 7 95 32 88
2003 70 Senate 85 10 R 90 7 95 30 70
2004 71 Senate 75 4 R 78 7 81 28 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.