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John Hostettler

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 19, 1961 in Evansville, IN

Education:

  • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, B.S., 1983

Career:

  • Mechanical engineer, 1983-1994


Election Results for John Hostettler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 32 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 12,557 34.9%
1994 32 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 1 93,529 52.4%
1996 34 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 38,807 82.0%
1996 34 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 1 109,860 50.0%
1998 36 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,353 100.0%
1998 36 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 1 92,785 52.1%
2000 38 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,806 100.0%
2000 38 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 1 116,879 52.7%
2002 40 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,673 100.0%
2002 40 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 1 98,952 51.3%
2004 42 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 39,721 100.0%
2004 42 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 1 145,576 53.4%
2006 44 IN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,018 100.0%
2006 44 IN R U.S. House District 08 General 2 83,704 39.0%
2010 48 IN R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 3 124,494 22.6%


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



Ideology Data for John Hostettler


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
1995 33 House 90 8 95 3 D 21 78 99 5 84
1996 34 House 88 10 91 5 D 38 61 96 20 95
1997 35 House 89 11 96 4 D 25 75 98 5 88
1998 36 House 88 12 91 9 D 24 76 99 10 92
1999 37 House 90 9 D 13 83 98 15 96
2000 38 House 92 8 D 18 82 99 15 88
2001 39 House 91 5 R 81 14 93 11 92
2002 40 House 88 12 R 68 32 99 15 84
2003 41 House 92 8 R 76 24 99 35 88
2004 42 House 92 7 R 61 39 99 20 88
2005 43 House 90 9 R 63 35 97 11 100
2006 44 House 88 12 R 71 26 98 16 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.