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Tom Emmer

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 3, 1961 in South Bend, IN

Education:

  • St. Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights, MN), 1979
  • Attended Boston College, 1980
  • University of Alaska-Fairbanks, B.A., 1984
  • William Mitchell College, J.D., 1988

Career:

  • Lawyer, Radio talk show host

Elected Office:

  • Independence city council, 1995-2002
  • Delano city council, 2003-2004
  • MN House, 2004-2010


Election Results for Tom Emmer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 49 MN R Governor Primary 1 107,558 82.5%
2010 49 MN R Governor General 2 910,462 43.2%
2014 53 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,557 73.3%
2014 53 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 133,328 56.3%
2016 55 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,590 68.7%
2016 55 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 235,380 65.6%
2018 57 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,250 76.6%
2018 57 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 192,931 61.1%
2020 59 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 30,464 87.1%
2020 59 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 270,901 65.7%
2022 61 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 198,145 62.0%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Emmer


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
2015 54 House 92 7 D 12 88 99 0 83
2016 55 House 95 4 D 4 96 98 0 76
2017 56 House 96 4 R 92 8 99 0 85
2017 56 House 94 2 R 14 83 95 0 85
2018 57 House 96 3 R 74 19 98 0 76
2018 57 House 94 1 R 22 78 94 0 76
2019 58 House 88 3 R 94 0 93 0 88
2019 58 House 99 0 R 0 100 99 0 88
2020 59 House 77 6 R 64 14 86 11 77
2020 59 House 96 2 R 6 79 97 11 77
2021 60 House 94 5 D 0 100 96 0 74
2022 61 House 92 5 D 20 80 97 73
2023 62 House 95 4 D 99 89
2024 63 House 93 6 D 99 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.