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Tim Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1946 in Canton, SD

Education:

  • University of South Dakota, B.A., 1969, M.A., 1970, J.D., 1975
  • Attended Michigan State University, 1970-1971

Career:

  • Budget advisor to MI Senate, 1971-1972
  • Lawyer
  • Clay County deputy state's attorney, 1985

Elected Office:

  • SD House, 1983-1986


Election Results for Tim Johnson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 39 SD D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 33,364 47.9%
1986 39 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 171,462 59.2%
1988 41 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 223,759 71.7%
1990 43 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 173,814 67.6%
1992 45 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 230,070 69.1%
1994 47 SD D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 183,036 59.8%
1996 49 SD D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 166,533 51.3%
2002 55 SD D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 65,438 94.8%
2002 55 SD D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 167,481 49.6%
2008 61 SD D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 237,889 62.5%


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
1987 40 House 56 44 84 14 R 26 74 98 80 13
1988 41 House 66 34 77 22 R 25 75 99 70 28
1989 42 House 41 59 83 17 R 34 66 99 85 25
1990 43 House 54 46 82 17 R 25 75 99 67 25
1991 44 House 54 46 80 19 R 34 66 99 65 20
1992 45 House 40 60 81 17 R 29 71 99 74 33
1993 46 House 50 45 85 13 D 73 26 99 60 21
1994 47 House 58 36 89 10 D 81 18 99 58 24
1995 48 House 46 53 81 18 D 76 23 99 85 32
1996 49 House 51 49 76 20 D 65 29 96 58 37
1997 50 Senate 24 72 86 14 D 84 13 98 80 13
1998 51 Senate 13 88 93 7 D 89 11 100 85 4
1999 52 Senate 93 7 93 7 D 78 22 100 95 8
2000 53 Senate 91 9 91 9 D 98 2 99 80 16
2001 54 Senate 87 13 R 67 30 99 85 32
2002 55 Senate 83 12 R 69 30 98 90 15
2003 56 Senate 93 7 R 50 50 99 80 15
2004 57 Senate 67 7 R 66 29 83 94 11
2005 58 Senate 81 17 R 47 53 98 95 13
2006 59 Senate 83 17 R 54 41 99 85 12
2007 60 Senate 24 3 R 11 30 30 80 0
2008 61 Senate 81 19 R 44 56 100 80 12
2009 62 Senate 93 5 D 92 4 97 95 8
2010 63 Senate 97 2 D 98 0 99 89 0
2011 64 Senate 97 3 D 99 1 99 95 5
2012 65 Senate 95 5 D 99 1 99 90 0
2013 66 Senate 97 2 D 97 1 99 85 8
2014 67 Senate 99 1 D 99 1 99 90 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.