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Baron Hill

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 23, 1953 in Seymour, IN

Education:

  • Furman University, B.A., 1975

Career:

  • Insurance agent, 1975-1990
  • Director, IN Student Assistance, 1990-1994
  • Financial analyst, 1994-1998

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1982-1990


Election Results for Baron Hill


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 37 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 271,071 100.0%
1990 37 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 2 696,639 46.3%
1998 45 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 43,970 70.4%
1998 45 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 92,973 50.8%
2000 47 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 42,235 85.5%
2000 47 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 126,420 54.2%
2002 49 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,910 100.0%
2002 49 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 96,654 51.2%
2004 51 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 47,514 88.2%
2004 51 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 2 140,772 49.0%
2006 53 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 53,883 79.2%
2006 53 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,454 50.0%
2008 55 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 99,332 67.6%
2008 55 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 181,281 57.8%
2010 57 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,493 69.6%
2010 57 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 2 95,353 42.3%
2016 63 IN D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 516,183 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Baron Hill


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
1999 46 House 75 24 D 61 39 99 75 16
2000 47 House 79 19 D 70 26 97 72 16
2001 48 House 71 27 R 33 63 97 79 32
2002 49 House 75 24 R 54 46 98 70 28
2003 50 House 83 17 R 38 62 99 90 36
2004 51 House 83 16 R 39 61 99 85 20
2007 54 House 82 17 R 11 89 99 85 20
2008 55 House 70 27 R 19 78 96 75 20
2009 56 House 71 26 D 83 16 97 75 20
2010 57 House 71 26 D 85 15 97 70 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   22%


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.