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Bart Gordon

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 24, 1949 in Murfreesboro, TN

Education:

  • Middle Tennessee State University, B.S., 1971
  • University of Tennessee, J.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1971-1972

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Bart Gordon


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 35 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,280 28.4%
1984 35 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 103,989 62.8%
1986 37 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 102,180 76.8%
1988 39 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 123,652 76.5%
1990 41 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 60,538 66.7%
1992 43 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 45,576 83.1%
1992 43 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,177 56.6%
1994 45 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,751 68.4%
1994 45 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 90,933 50.6%
1996 47 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,324 88.9%
1996 47 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 123,846 54.4%
1998 49 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,960 99.9%
1998 49 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 75,055 54.6%
2000 51 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 31,546 100.0%
2000 51 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 168,861 62.1%
2002 53 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 69,121 91.7%
2002 53 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 117,034 65.9%
2004 55 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,524 93.2%
2004 55 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 167,448 64.2%
2006 57 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 53,916 92.3%
2006 57 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 129,069 67.1%
2008 59 TN D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,752 100.0%
2008 59 TN D U.S. House District 06 General 1 194,264 74.4%


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



Ideology Data for Bart Gordon


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
1985 36 House 42 56 79 13 R 33 66 93 58 22
1986 37 House 56 40 83 12 R 27 72 96 75 9
1987 38 House 63 37 82 10 R 27 69 94 70 0
1988 39 House 53 45 84 8 R 23 73 94 80 12
1989 40 House 59 39 91 7 R 35 64 98 75 11
1990 41 House 46 52 93 6 R 25 73 98 67 13
1991 42 House 68 32 89 11 R 37 62 98 60 15
1992 43 House 67 31 86 10 R 24 69 96 74 22
1993 44 House 70 30 87 11 D 83 16 99 60 21
1994 45 House 75 19 83 15 D 73 23 98 53 24
1995 46 House 77 23 67 33 D 66 33 99 75 44
1996 47 House 80 20 66 34 D 62 37 99 45 50
1997 48 House 82 18 68 30 D 63 33 98 63 36
1998 49 House 71 24 72 25 D 61 38 97 90 36
1999 50 House 68 30 D 52 41 97 70 36
2000 51 House 67 28 D 46 54 95 60 44
2001 52 House 65 32 R 51 44 93 65 42
2002 53 House 72 25 R 57 43 95 70 40
2003 54 House 78 18 R 35 60 96 79 48
2004 55 House 69 27 R 55 42 97 75 42
2005 56 House 73 26 R 46 54 97 89 40
2006 57 House 73 25 R 63 37 97 50 60
2007 58 House 87 11 R 11 86 96 85 20
2008 59 House 89 6 R 22 73 94 84 4
2009 60 House 90 7 D 93 7 96 75 16
2010 61 House 88 2 D 90 5 88 84 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.