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Tim Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 23, 1946 in Champaign, IL
Died: May 9, 2022 in Urbana, IL

Education:

  • Attended U.S. Military Academy, 1964
  • University of Illinois, B.A., 1969, J.D., 1972

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Realtor

Elected Office:

  • Urbana city council, 1971-1976
  • IL House, 1976-2000


Election Results for Tim Johnson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 53 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 31,485 43.6%
2000 53 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 125,943 53.2%
2002 55 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 70,520 100.0%
2002 55 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 134,650 65.2%
2004 57 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 53,150 100.0%
2004 57 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 178,114 61.1%
2006 59 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 55,833 100.0%
2006 59 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 116,810 57.6%
2008 61 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 64,635 100.0%
2008 61 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 187,121 64.2%
2010 63 IL R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 68,621 100.0%
2010 63 IL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 136,915 64.3%
2012 65 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 35,655 68.7%


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



Ideology Data for Tim 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
2001 54 House 84 15 R 74 26 99 15 68
2002 55 House 85 15 R 75 25 99 15 76
2003 56 House 80 18 R 73 25 98 30 58
2004 57 House 77 22 R 64 36 99 40 64
2005 58 House 76 23 R 54 46 98 37 52
2006 59 House 77 20 R 71 24 96 20 76
2007 60 House 66 28 R 41 57 88 35 63
2008 61 House 71 25 R 42 57 93 53 68
2009 62 House 79 19 D 26 71 93 15 80
2010 63 House 81 18 D 32 68 96 25 79
2011 64 House 78 19 D 22 78 98 40 64
2012 65 House 69 24 D 42 58 85 50 54
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.