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Peter Hoekstra

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1953 in Groningen, Netherlands

Education:

  • Hope College, B.A., 1975
  • University of Michigan, M.B.A., 1977

Career:

  • Furniture company executive, 1977-1992


Election Results for Peter Hoekstra


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 38 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,470 46.0%
1992 38 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,577 63.0%
1994 40 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,387 99.8%
1994 40 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 146,164 75.3%
1996 42 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,725 99.8%
1996 42 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 165,608 65.3%
1998 44 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,435 100.0%
1998 44 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 146,854 68.7%
2000 46 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 57,170 100.0%
2000 46 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 186,762 64.4%
2002 48 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 57,882 100.0%
2002 48 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 156,937 70.4%
2004 50 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 59,066 100.0%
2004 50 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 225,343 69.3%
2006 52 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 48,946 100.0%
2006 52 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 183,006 66.5%
2008 54 MI R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 53,322 100.0%
2008 54 MI R U.S. House District 02 General 1 214,100 62.4%
2010 56 MI R Governor Primary 2 281,695 26.9%
2012 58 MI R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 398,873 54.3%
2012 58 MI R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,767,386 38.0%


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



Ideology Data for Peter Hoekstra


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
1993 39 House 82 18 86 14 D 38 62 99 20 88
1994 40 House 81 19 94 6 D 40 60 99 21 86
1995 41 House 78 22 91 9 D 20 80 99 5 84
1996 42 House 65 33 91 9 D 34 66 99 10 95
1997 43 House 71 25 90 8 D 27 69 97 15 88
1998 44 House 83 17 93 7 D 24 76 99 5 100
1999 45 House 94 6 D 19 81 98 5 88
2000 46 House 92 7 D 18 82 98 10 88
2001 47 House 91 9 R 74 26 99 10 88
2002 48 House 91 9 R 89 11 97 5 92
2003 49 House 89 5 R 82 7 95 11 82
2004 50 House 95 2 R 73 15 97 5 96
2005 51 House 95 4 R 89 11 97 0 100
2006 52 House 92 5 R 89 8 97 5 92
2007 53 House 93 5 R 80 17 97 5 92
2008 54 House 93 4 R 72 23 97 22 88
2009 55 House 94 4 D 20 78 93 10 96
2010 56 House 45 0 D 12 44 41 8 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.