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Rush Holt

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 15, 1948 in Weston, WV

Education:

  • Carleton College, B.A., 1970
  • NYU., M.S., Ph.D., 1981

Career:

  • Professor at Swarthmore College, 1980-1988
  • U.S. State Department, Nuclear and Scientific Division,1987-1989
  • Director of Princeton University physics laboratory, 1989-1997

Other notes:

  • Son of Rush D. Holt


Election Results for Rush Holt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 47 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 3 4,771 23.5%
1998 49 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 10,177 63.6%
1998 49 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 92,528 50.1%
2000 51 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 27,104 100.0%
2000 51 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 146,162 48.7%
2002 53 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 9,618 100.0%
2002 53 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 104,806 61.0%
2004 55 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 14,832 100.0%
2004 55 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 171,691 59.2%
2006 57 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 13,315 100.0%
2006 57 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 125,468 65.7%
2008 59 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 23,653 100.0%
2008 59 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 193,732 63.1%
2010 61 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 14,480 100.0%
2010 61 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 108,214 53.0%
2012 63 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 24,339 100.0%
2012 63 NJ D U.S. House District 12 General 1 189,926 69.2%
2013 64 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 3 61,463 16.8%


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



Ideology Data for Rush Holt


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 50 House 91 8 D 74 26 99 95 4
2000 51 House 88 12 D 60 40 99 80 16
2001 52 House 92 8 R 35 65 99 90 0
2002 53 House 93 6 R 29 71 98 90 8
2003 54 House 97 3 R 22 78 99 95 12
2004 55 House 98 2 R 27 73 99 95 4
2005 56 House 97 3 R 11 89 99 100 0
2006 57 House 94 3 R 13 87 98 95 5
2007 58 House 97 2 R 5 95 99 90 0
2008 59 House 96 2 R 17 83 98 100 0
2009 60 House 97 1 D 96 3 98 100 0
2010 61 House 98 1 D 90 10 99 100 0
2011 62 House 97 3 D 84 16 99 100 4
2012 63 House 97 2 D 86 12 99 100 0
2013 64 House 76 1 D 74 9 79 100 12
2014 65 House 96 1 D 85 14 96 100 13
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.