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Jim Florio

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 29, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: September 25, 2022 in Vorhees, NJ

Education:

  • Trenton State College, B.A., 1962
  • Attended Columbia University, 1962-1963
  • Rutgers University, J.D., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1955-1958
  • U.S. Navy Reserve, 1958-1975

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Camden city attorney, 1967-1971

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1970-1974


Election Results for Jim Florio


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 34 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 12,946 79.7%
1972 34 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 2 87,492 47.0%
1974 36 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,671 83.0%
1974 36 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,768 57.5%
1976 38 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,525 100.0%
1976 38 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 136,624 70.1%
1977 39 NJ D Governor Primary 4 87,743 15.2%
1978 40 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,480 100.0%
1978 40 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 106,096 79.4%
1980 42 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,181 100.0%
1980 42 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 147,352 76.7%
1981 43 NJ D Governor Primary 1 164,179 25.9%
1981 43 NJ D Governor General 2 1,144,205 49.4%
1982 44 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,016 100.0%
1982 44 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 110,570 73.3%
1984 46 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,509 93.4%
1984 46 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 152,125 71.9%
1986 48 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,581 95.7%
1986 48 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,497 75.6%
1988 50 NJ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,745 100.0%
1988 50 NJ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 141,988 69.9%
1989 51 NJ D Governor Primary 1 251,979 68.2%
1989 51 NJ D Governor General 1 1,379,937 61.2%
1993 55 NJ D Governor Primary 1 200,420 100.0%
1993 55 NJ D Governor General 2 1,210,031 48.3%
2000 62 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 182,212 42.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Florio


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
1975 37 House 16 76 80 13 R 28 69 93 68* 26
1976 38 House 21 71 82 11 R 24 73 93 79 9
1977 39 House 17 59 60 16 D 57 20 73 67 14
1978 40 House 29 68 75 22 D 66 29 94 55 13
1979 41 House 19 75 85 12 D 75 19 92 84 18
1980 42 House 19 73 85 11 D 74 23 94 76 16
1981 43 House 16 41 52 10 R 20 37 59 71 30
1982 44 House 18 75 87 7 R 32 66 93 89 14
1983 45 House 26 70 81 9 R 13 80 91 95 23
1984 46 House 19 76 87 7 R 26 70 90 80 22
1985 47 House 22 75 89 5 R 25 73 94 85 11
1986 48 House 28 66 87 6 R 19 80 94 74 10
1987 49 House 14 81 86 3 R 13 86 89 92 4
1988 50 House 24 68 83 8 R 23 71 90 84 9
1989 51 House 5 12 18 1 R 8 22 19 86 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.