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John Duncan, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 21, 1947 in Lebanon, TN

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, B.S., 1969
  • George Washington University, J.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army National Guard, 1970-1987
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1970-1987

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Knox County judge, 1981-1988

Other notes:

  • Son of John Duncan


Election Results for John Duncan, Jr.


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 40 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,246 86.9%
1988 40 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,631 56.2%
1988 40 TN R U.S. House District 02 Special 1 92,929 56.1%
1990 42 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 62,797 80.6%
1992 44 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,377 72.2%
1994 46 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 67,752 100.0%
1994 46 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 128,937 90.5%
1996 48 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,241 100.0%
1996 48 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 150,953 70.7%
1998 50 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,250 100.0%
1998 50 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,860 88.6%
2000 52 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,450 100.0%
2000 52 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 187,154 89.3%
2002 54 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 67,582 91.7%
2002 54 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 146,887 79.0%
2004 56 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,362 91.5%
2004 56 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 215,795 79.1%
2006 58 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,295 87.4%
2006 58 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 157,095 77.7%
2008 60 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 50,722 100.0%
2008 60 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 227,120 78.1%
2010 62 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 92,414 100.0%
2010 62 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 141,796 81.8%
2012 64 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,335 83.4%
2012 64 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 196,894 74.4%
2014 66 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 50,532 60.5%
2014 66 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 120,883 72.5%
2016 68 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,806 100.0%
2016 68 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 212,455 75.6%


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



Ideology Data for John Duncan, Jr.


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
1989 41 House 95 5 73 27 R 64 35 99 20 75
1990 42 House 87 13 87 13 R 74 26 100 11 88
1991 43 House 86 11 84 14 R 65 34 98 21 100
1992 44 House 71 29 87 12 R 63 37 99 25 83
1993 45 House 66 34 88 11 D 25 75 99 20 92
1994 46 House 67 33 95 5 D 24 74 99 21 76
1995 47 House 72 27 85 14 D 26 74 99 5 96
1996 48 House 59 39 81 18 D 32 66 99 30 85
1997 49 House 73 25 89 10 D 29 69 99 10 88
1998 50 House 76 24 88 13 D 22 78 99 15 84
1999 51 House 86 14 D 22 78 99 25 92
2000 52 House 88 10 D 8 90 98 16 84
2001 53 House 92 8 R 74 23 99 10 92
2002 54 House 90 9 R 68 32 99 5 92
2003 55 House 87 11 R 76 24 99 15 76
2004 56 House 90 8 R 79 21 97 5 88
2005 57 House 93 7 R 70 30 100 5 92
2006 58 House 83 11 R 74 24 94 11 88
2007 59 House 93 6 R 73 26 99 21 84
2008 60 House 94 6 R 66 34 99 15 84
2009 61 House 92 8 D 17 83 99 10 92
2010 62 House 94 4 D 22 76 99 5 100
2011 63 House 90 10 D 12 87 99 20 96
2012 64 House 88 11 D 29 69 99 35 80
2013 65 House 88 12 D 18 81 99 15 96
2014 66 House 90 10 D 12 88 99 20 76
2015 67 House 87 10 D 14 84 98 10 91
2016 68 House 92 8 D 26 74 99 20 88
2017 69 House 93 7 R 83 17 98 20 78
2018 70 House 89 11 R 67 30 98 17 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.