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Johnny Isakson

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1944 in Atlanta, GA
Died: December 19, 2021 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia, B.B.A., 1966

Military Service:

  • GA Air National Guard, 1966-1972

Career:

  • Realtor, 1967-1999

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1976-1990
  • GA Senate, 1993-1996


Election Results for Johnny Isakson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 45 GA R Governor Primary 1 87,795 74.3%
1990 45 GA R Governor General 2 645,625 44.5%
1996 51 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 155,141 34.7%
1996 51 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 2 151,560 47.2%
1999 54 GA R U.S. House District 06 Special 1 51,548 65.1%
2000 55 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,378 100.0%
2000 55 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 256,595 74.8%
2002 57 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 59,186 100.0%
2002 57 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 163,209 79.7%
2004 59 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 346,670 53.3%
2004 59 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,864,202 56.5%
2010 65 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 558,298 100.0%
2010 65 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,489,904 58.3%
2016 71 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 447,661 77.5%
2016 71 GA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,135,806 54.8%


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



Ideology Data for Johnny Isakson


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 54 House 85 11 D 19 78 99 11 67
2000 55 House 90 9 D 26 72 97 5 72
2001 56 House 96 3 R 88 9 99 5 88
2002 57 House 93 6 R 86 14 99 5 96
2003 58 House 97 1 R 96 4 95 5 88
2004 59 House 78 1 R 67 15 78 6 95
2005 60 Senate 94 5 R 89 11 99 5 100
2006 61 Senate 95 3 R 91 7 98 0 96
2007 62 Senate 94 3 R 85 14 98 10 96
2008 63 Senate 93 5 R 69 31 99 25 76
2009 64 Senate 95 2 D 42 51 97 5 96
2010 65 Senate 71 5 D 40 54 80 5 91
2011 66 Senate 89 10 D 52 42 97 25 75
2012 67 Senate 91 8 D 44 54 99 0 80
2013 68 Senate 79 14 D 48 44 95 10 54
2014 69 Senate 80 17 D 62 35 97 10 68
2015 70 Senate 95 5 D 57 42 99 0 83
2016 71 Senate 85 15 D 42 48 98 5 68
2017 72 Senate 85 1 R 74 1 84 0 77
2018 73 Senate 93 4 R 96 1 95 5 77
2019 74 Senate 71 2 R 66 0 67 0 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.