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Joe Courtney

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 6, 1953 in West Hartford, CT

Education:

  • Tufts University, B.A., 1975
  • University of Connecticut, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1978-2006
  • CT coordinator for John Edwards presidential campaign, 2004

Elected Office:

  • CT House, 1987-1994


Election Results for Joe Courtney


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 45 CT D Lt. Governor General 2 0 0.0%
2002 49 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 2 99,674 45.9%
2006 53 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 121,248 50.0%
2008 55 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 212,148 65.7%
2010 57 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 147,748 59.9%
2012 59 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 204,708 68.2%
2014 61 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 141,948 62.3%
2016 63 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 208,818 63.2%
2018 65 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 179,731 62.2%
2020 67 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 217,982 59.4%
2022 69 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 165,946 58.2%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Courtney


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
2007 54 House 97 3 R 2 98 99 100 0
2008 55 House 99 1 R 12 88 99 95 8
2009 56 House 97 1 D 96 4 98 100 0
2010 57 House 95 4 D 95 5 99 90 0
2011 58 House 91 8 D 92 8 99 84 0
2012 59 House 94 6 D 90 10 99 90 4
2013 60 House 93 6 D 90 10 99 80 8
2014 61 House 92 4 D 85 11 97 80 8
2015 62 House 93 5 D 87 12 99 75 8
2016 63 House 96 3 D 87 11 99 95 0
2017 64 House 97 3 R 19 81 99 90 4
2018 65 House 95 3 R 37 56 98 73 4
2019 66 House 100 0 R 4 96 99 90 0
2020 67 House 99 1 R 6 94 100 90 0
2021 68 House 99 1 D 100 0 100 85 8
2022 69 House 97 3 D 100 0 100 3
2023 70 House 92 8 D 99 1
2024 71 House 78 21 D 99 5
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.