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Robert Aderholt

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1965 in Haleyville, AL

Education:

  • Birmingham Southern College, B.A., 1987
  • Samford University Cumberland Law School, J.D., 1990

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Haleyville municipal judge, 1992-1995
  • Asst. legal advisor to Gov. Fob James, 1995-1996


Election Results for Robert Aderholt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 30 AL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 10,410 48.8%
1996 30 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 102,741 49.9%
1998 32 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,297 56.4%
2000 34 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 140,009 60.6%
2002 36 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 139,705 86.7%
2004 38 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 191,110 74.7%
2006 40 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 128,484 70.2%
2008 42 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 196,741 74.8%
2010 44 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 167,714 98.8%
2012 46 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 199,071 74.0%
2014 48 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 132,831 98.6%
2016 50 AL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 86,660 81.2%
2016 50 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 235,925 98.5%
2018 52 AL R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 93,959 81.5%
2018 52 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 184,255 79.8%
2020 54 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 261,553 82.2%
2022 56 AL R U.S. House District 04 General 1 164,655 84.1%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Aderholt


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
1997 31 House 96 4 97 3 D 24 76 99 0 96
1998 32 House 93 5 90 9 D 21 79 99 10 96
1999 33 House 95 4 D 17 83 98 5 84
2000 34 House 90 9 D 24 76 99 15 88
2001 35 House 92 3 R 81 14 97 11 91
2002 36 House 94 4 R 82 18 98 0 92
2003 37 House 93 4 R 89 7 97 10 88
2004 38 House 90 7 R 85 15 95 0 92
2005 39 House 97 3 R 91 9 100 0 92
2006 40 House 94 5 R 89 11 99 10 84
2007 41 House 88 11 R 72 26 98 20 84
2008 42 House 91 4 R 63 33 96 28 92
2009 43 House 80 16 D 28 68 95 6 92
2010 44 House 93 5 D 29 71 99 0 92
2011 45 House 94 6 D 22 78 99 11 76
2012 46 House 87 11 D 14 86 99 0 76
2013 47 House 91 5 D 13 83 94 6 67
2014 48 House 85 6 D 11 80 88 0 61
2015 49 House 93 5 D 9 87 98 5 67
2016 50 House 95 4 D 6 94 98 0 67
2017 51 House 93 3 R 100 0 96 0 81
2018 52 House 95 2 R 93 4 96 0 72
2019 53 House 89 7 R 96 0 96 5 76
2020 54 House 83 2 R 89 0 82 0 85
2021 55 House 98 1 D 6 94 98 0 92
2022 56 House 96 3 D 17 83 99 79
2023 57 House 88 9 D 97 77
2024 58 House 94 6 D 98 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.