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Jim Himes

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 5, 1966 in Lima, Peru

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1988
  • Oxford University, M.Phil, 1990

Career:

  • Financial analyst and VP, Goldman Sachs, 1990-2002
  • Chairman of Greenwich Housing Authority, 2003-2006
  • VP, Enterprise Community Partners, 2004-2008

Elected Office:

  • Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation, 2006-2007


Election Results for Jim Himes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 41 CT D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 12,260 87.0%
2008 41 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 158,475 51.3%
2010 43 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,351 53.1%
2012 45 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 175,929 60.0%
2014 47 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,873 53.8%
2016 49 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 187,811 59.9%
2018 51 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 168,726 61.2%
2020 53 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 223,832 62.2%
2022 55 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 140,262 59.4%
2024 57 CT D U.S. House District 04 General 1 200,791 61.1%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Himes


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
2009 42 House 88 10 D 93 7 98 95 4
2010 43 House 85 10 D 90 2 96 89 13
2011 44 House 89 10 D 85 14 99 85 0
2012 45 House 90 10 D 85 15 99 80 4
2013 46 House 89 9 D 84 15 98 75 12
2014 47 House 93 6 D 91 8 99 85 4
2015 48 House 93 6 D 92 6 99 80 13
2016 49 House 94 5 D 87 13 99 95 4
2017 50 House 94 4 R 17 81 98 95 4
2018 51 House 91 8 R 48 48 99 50 20
2019 52 House 97 0 R 4 90 98 90 0
2020 53 House 98 1 R 6 94 99 90 0
2021 54 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 55 House 96 3 D 100 0 99 6
2023 56 House 92 8 D 99 1
2024 57 House 85 13 D 98 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.