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John Hoeven

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 13, 1957 in Bismarck, ND

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1979
  • Northwestern University, M.B.A., 1981

Career:

  • Executive Vice President, First Western Bank, 1986-1993
  • President/CEO, Bank of North Dakota, 1993-2000


Election Results for John Hoeven


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 43 ND R Governor Primary 1 40,308 100.0%
2000 43 ND R Governor General 1 159,255 55.0%
2004 47 ND R Governor Primary 1 42,135 100.0%
2004 47 ND R Governor General 1 220,803 71.3%
2008 51 ND R Governor Primary 1 50,226 100.0%
2008 51 ND R Governor General 1 235,009 74.4%
2010 53 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 65,075 100.0%
2010 53 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 181,689 76.1%
2016 59 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 103,677 99.6%
2016 59 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 268,788 78.5%
2022 65 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 59,529 77.8%
2022 65 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 135,474 56.4%


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



Ideology Data for John Hoeven


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
2011 54 Senate 81 18 D 53 43 97 15 80
2012 55 Senate 66 33 D 56 39 98 25 48
2013 56 Senate 87 13 D 41 55 99 10 60
2014 57 Senate 94 6 D 60 40 99 10 68
2015 58 Senate 94 6 D 54 43 99 5 79
2016 59 Senate 84 13 D 52 48 98 10 68
2017 60 Senate 99 0 R 97 1 99 0 80
2018 61 Senate 96 4 R 99 1 99 5 73
2019 62 Senate 99 1 R 99 1 99 0 62
2020 63 Senate 97 1 R 91 6 97 5 78
2021 64 Senate 92 7 D 43 57 99 0 74
2022 65 Senate 91 3 D 21 75 94 91
2023 66 Senate 90 4 D 98 78
2024 67 Senate 83 15 D 98
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.