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Tim Holden

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 5, 1957 in Pottsville, PA

Education:

  • Bloomsburg State University, B.A., 1980

Career:

  • Insurance broker/real estate agent, 1980-1985
  • Schuylkill County sheriff, 1985-1993


Election Results for Tim Holden


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 35 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 20,057 39.4%
1992 35 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 108,312 52.1%
1994 37 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 29,371 100.0%
1994 37 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 90,023 56.7%
1996 39 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,829 100.0%
1996 39 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,193 58.6%
1998 41 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 20,758 100.0%
1998 41 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 85,374 61.0%
2000 43 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,610 100.0%
2000 43 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 140,084 66.3%
2002 45 PA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 35,940 100.0%
2002 45 PA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 103,483 51.4%
2004 47 PA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 31,127 100.0%
2004 47 PA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 172,412 59.1%
2006 49 PA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,720 100.0%
2006 49 PA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 137,253 64.5%
2008 51 PA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 79,551 100.0%
2008 51 PA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 192,699 63.7%
2010 53 PA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 30,630 65.3%
2010 53 PA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 118,486 55.5%
2012 55 PA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 2 24,953 42.9%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Holden


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 36 House 57 43 80 19 D 65 35 99 60 38
1994 37 House 72 28 75 25 D 68 32 100 47 43
1995 38 House 73 27 71 29 D 59 41 99 63 46
1996 39 House 76 22 59 36 D 57 37 96 47 47
1997 40 House 80 20 61 37 D 49 49 98 53 54
1998 41 House 67 33 73 27 D 61 39 99 70 24
1999 42 House 65 30 D 54 35 96 72 28
2000 43 House 75 24 D 66 32 99 55 32
2001 44 House 70 28 R 40 60 98 80 48
2002 45 House 68 32 R 64 36 99 65 40
2003 46 House 77 22 R 49 51 99 70 56
2004 47 House 76 24 R 45 52 98 70 48
2005 48 House 74 25 R 52 48 98 79 40
2006 49 House 75 20 R 55 42 95 60 64
2007 50 House 88 8 R 12 86 96 84 16
2008 51 House 94 5 R 20 78 98 85 16
2009 52 House 92 7 D 87 12 98 75 16
2010 53 House 85 14 D 80 20 96 55 17
2011 54 House 63 31 D 60 36 94 70 28
2012 55 House 68 21 D 59 34 88 59 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   36%


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.