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Thomas Allen

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 16, 1945 in Portland, ME

Education:

  • Bowdoin College, B.A., 1967
  • Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, Ph.B., 1970
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Staff, Gov. Kenneth Curtis, 1968
  • Staff. Sen. Edmund Muskie, 1970-1971
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Portland city council, 1989-1995 (Mayor, 1991-1992)


Election Results for Thomas Allen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 49 ME D Governor Primary 2 24,095 23.8%
1996 51 ME D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,182 51.6%
1996 51 ME D U.S. House District 01 General 1 173,745 55.3%
1998 53 ME D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,370 100.0%
1998 53 ME D U.S. House District 01 General 1 134,335 60.3%
2000 55 ME D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,115 100.0%
2000 55 ME D U.S. House District 01 General 1 202,823 59.8%
2002 57 ME D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,085 100.0%
2002 57 ME D U.S. House District 01 General 1 172,646 63.8%
2004 59 ME D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,524 100.0%
2004 59 ME D U.S. House District 01 General 1 219,077 59.7%
2006 61 ME D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,801 100.0%
2006 61 ME D U.S. House District 01 General 1 170,949 60.8%
2008 63 ME D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 69,932 85.6%
2008 63 ME D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 279,510 38.6%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Allen


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 52 House 36 64 94 6 D 81 17 99 95 8
1998 53 House 19 81 91 7 D 82 16 98 100 0
1999 54 House 97 3 D 80 19 99 100 0
2000 55 House 92 6 D 82 18 98 85 4
2001 56 House 95 3 R 28 72 97 95 0
2002 57 House 92 5 R 36 61 97 95 0
2003 58 House 93 5 R 20 78 97 95 8
2004 59 House 95 5 R 39 61 99 100 8
2005 60 House 95 3 R 13 87 99 95 0
2006 61 House 94 5 R 24 76 99 95 8
2007 62 House 96 2 R 1 96 98 100 0
2008 63 House 97 2 R 19 81 97 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.