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Tim Hutchinson

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 11, 1949 in Gravette, AR

Education:

  • Bob Jones University, B.A., 1972
  • University of Arkanses, M.A., 1990

Career:

  • Baptist minister and school founder, 1975-1985
  • Co-owner/manager of radio station, 1982-1989
  • Professor, 1989-1992

Elected Office:

  • AR House, 1985-1992

Other notes:

  • Brother of Asa Hutchinson


Election Results for Tim Hutchinson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 42 AR R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,380 53.0%
1992 42 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 125,295 50.2%
1994 44 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 129,800 67.7%
1996 46 AR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 445,942 52.7%
2002 52 AR R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 71,576 77.7%
2002 52 AR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 370,653 46.1%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Hutchinson


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 43 House 91 9 91 8 D 31 69 99 5 100
1994 44 House 86 14 93 5 D 38 62 98 5 95
1995 45 House 91 6 95 4 D 17 81 99 0 92
1996 46 House 88 12 93 5 D 30 67 98 5 100
1997 47 Senate 92 8 92 5 D 59 40 98 0 100
1998 48 Senate 63 13 94 2 D 24 68 95 5 100
1999 49 Senate 95 5 93 4 D 24 76 98 5 100
2000 50 Senate 98 2 90 2 D 38 62 96 6 92
2001 51 Senate 88 12 R 89 9 99 10 92
2002 52 Senate 82 12 R 80 0 90 5 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.