Bob Dornan

Robert Kenneth Dornan is an American politician and actor from California. A Republican, Dornan served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1997. He has become well known for publicly outing Republican U.S. Representative Steve Gunderson as gay on the House of Representatives floor in 1994. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 1996. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Bob Dornan has 642 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1984 Interview as a Republican Representative for California's 27th district. The year with the most videos was 1995 with 91 videos as a Republican Representative for California's 46th district. Most appearances with Alan Keyes (15), Richard G. Lugar (14), Bob Dole (13). Most common tags: Abortion, Republican Party, Reproductive Health.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, R-CA 38th January 3, 1985 - January 5, 1993 Videos: 348 U.S. Representative, R-CA 27th January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1983 Videos: 11 U.S. Representative, R-CA 46th January 5, 1993 - January 3, 1997 Videos: 280

Recent Appearances

  • Rolling Thunder Rally

    Rolling Thunder Rally

    Rolling Thunder held its annual Memorial Day rally honoring U.S. veterans, prisoners of war and those missing in action. It w…

  • "March for Life" Rally

    "March for Life" Rally

    In an annual rally at the Ellipse on the Nation’s Mall, “pro-life” advocates and lawmakers talked about the anniversary of Ro

  • Patriot Rally for America

    Patriot Rally for America

    Participants spoke at a rally on the National Mall to promote freedom and democracy in Iraq, empower Iraqi Americans, and sup…

  • "March For Life" Rally

    "March For Life" Rally

    “Pro-life” advocates met on the National Mall to voice their opposition to abortion on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Sup…

  • Dishonors Award Ceremony

    Dishonors Award Ceremony

    Syndicated Columnist Cal Thomas moderated the celebrity speakers' roast of 2001 media coverage.

  • "March for Life" Rally

    "March for Life" Rally

    “Pro-life” supporters gathered to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized a…

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Historical Member of Congress Record

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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