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Jo Ann Emerson

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 16, 1950 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Walt Whitman High School (Bethesda, MD), 1968
  • Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1972

Career:

  • Professional advocate for National Restaurant Association, 1991-1994, and American Insurance Association, 1994-1996

Other notes:

  • Wife of Bill Emerson


Election Results for Jo Ann Emerson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 45 MO I U.S. House District 08 General 1 112,472 50.5%
1996 45 MO R U.S. House District 08 Special 1 132,804 63.3%
1998 47 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,097 100.0%
1998 47 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 104,271 62.6%
2000 49 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,957 100.0%
2000 49 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 162,239 69.3%
2002 51 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,605 87.1%
2002 51 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 135,144 71.8%
2004 53 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 194,039 72.2%
2006 55 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 43,527 100.0%
2006 55 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 156,164 71.6%
2008 57 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,801 100.0%
2008 57 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 198,798 71.4%
2010 59 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 47,880 65.6%
2010 59 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 128,499 65.6%
2012 61 MO R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 61,975 67.1%
2012 61 MO R U.S. House District 08 General 1 216,083 71.9%


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



Ideology Data for Jo Ann Emerson


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 46 House 98 2 95 4 D 27 73 98 5 88
1998 47 House 93 7 91 8 D 22 78 99 5 92
1999 48 House 87 11 D 19 81 98 10 80
2000 49 House 88 8 D 24 72 95 0 80
2001 50 House 89 9 R 81 16 97 5 83
2002 51 House 90 7 R 75 18 92 0 96
2003 52 House 84 8 R 76 5 94 12 100
2004 53 House 85 11 R 58 39 95 21 76
2005 54 House 87 9 R 63 33 95 12 88
2006 55 House 88 11 R 74 24 98 15 72
2007 56 House 74 24 R 42 57 98 50 60
2008 57 House 85 14 R 52 47 98 65 56
2009 58 House 75 22 D 42 55 98 10 72
2010 59 House 93 5 D 34 66 98 0 88
2011 60 House 84 10 D 22 73 95 21 56
2012 61 House 91 9 D 17 81 99 10 60
2013 62 House 1 0 D 0 0 2 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.