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Hank Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 2, 1954 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Clark College, B.A., 1976
  • Texas Southern University, J.D., 1979

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1980-2006
  • Judge, DeKalb County magistrate court, 1989-2001

Elected Office:

  • DeKalb County commissioner, 2001-2006


Election Results for Hank Johnson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 27,529 44.4%
2006 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 41,281 58.8%
2006 51 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,352 75.4%
2008 53 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 0 0.0%
2008 53 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 224,494 99.9%
2010 55 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 28,095 55.2%
2010 55 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 131,760 74.7%
2012 57 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,982 77.0%
2012 57 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 208,861 73.6%
2014 59 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 26,514 54.8%
2014 59 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 161,211 99.9%
2016 61 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 44,509 100.0%
2016 61 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 220,146 75.7%
2018 63 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 55,060 79.8%
2018 63 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 227,717 78.8%
2020 65 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 102,227 68.4%
2020 65 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 278,906 80.1%
2022 67 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 84,773 100.0%
2022 67 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 216,332 78.5%
2024 69 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 53,269 100.0%
2024 69 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 229,290 75.6%


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



Ideology Data for Hank Johnson


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
2007 52 House 94 1 R 2 94 96 100 0
2008 53 House 97 1 R 13 84 97 100 8
2009 54 House 94 1 D 94 4 96 100 0
2010 55 House 91 2 D 88 10 93 95 0
2011 56 House 92 4 D 88 11 96 95 0
2012 57 House 93 2 D 81 14 94 95 4
2013 58 House 90 6 D 89 8 97 80 13
2014 59 House 91 2 D 92 5 93 90 4
2015 60 House 94 2 D 88 9 96 84 9
2016 61 House 96 2 D 98 0 97 100 0
2017 62 House 95 1 R 14 83 96 95 7
2018 63 House 94 1 R 11 89 97 92 4
2019 64 House 98 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 65 House 98 1 R 8 92 99 90 4
2021 66 House 98 0 D 100 0 98 95 3
2022 67 House 96 0 D 100 0 97 0
2023 68 House 92 6 D 98 0
2024 69 House 87 7 D 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.