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John Larson

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1948 in Hartford, CT

Education:

  • Central Connecticut State, B.S., 1971

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1972-1977
  • Insurance broker, 1977-1998
  • Senior fellow, Yale Bush Center, 1995-1998

Elected Office:

  • East Hartford board of education, 1977-1979
  • East Hartford town council, 1979-1983
  • CT Senate, 1986-1998


Election Results for John Larson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 45 CT D Governor Primary 2 77,165 45.3%
1998 49 CT D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,877 46.4%
1998 49 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,681 58.1%
2000 51 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 151,932 71.9%
2002 53 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 134,698 66.8%
2004 55 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 198,802 73.0%
2006 57 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 154,539 74.4%
2008 59 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 211,493 71.6%
2010 61 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,440 61.2%
2012 63 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 206,973 69.7%
2014 65 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,825 62.3%
2016 67 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 200,686 64.1%
2018 69 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 175,085 63.9%
2020 71 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 222,668 63.8%
2022 73 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 149,556 61.5%
2024 75 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 208,649 63.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Larson


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 50 House 92 6 D 80 19 97 100 4
2000 51 House 92 7 D 86 12 96 95 13
2001 52 House 88 11 R 21 74 97 90 8
2002 53 House 94 5 R 29 71 98 95 0
2003 54 House 91 3 R 16 76 93 100 16
2004 55 House 95 5 R 30 70 99 100 16
2005 56 House 89 2 R 15 85 91 100 0
2006 57 House 86 3 R 24 74 90 95 8
2007 58 House 94 1 R 3 93 94 95 0
2008 59 House 95 1 R 14 82 95 100 0
2009 60 House 92 0 D 90 1 93 100 0
2010 61 House 99 0 D 88 12 97 100 0
2011 62 House 89 4 D 82 17 93 90 4
2012 63 House 95 4 D 85 12 98 95 0
2013 64 House 96 3 D 87 12 98 80 13
2014 65 House 95 3 D 83 14 97 85 8
2015 66 House 93 2 D 89 7 95 95 8
2016 67 House 92 4 D 87 9 96 100 0
2017 68 House 92 2 R 19 75 94 83 4
2018 69 House 94 4 R 41 56 97 73 8
2019 70 House 99 0 R 4 94 99 89 0
2020 71 House 96 1 R 6 92 97 90 0
2021 72 House 97 1 D 100 0 98 85 8
2022 73 House 97 2 D 97 3 99 3
2023 74 House 92 5 D 97 1
2024 75 House 86 10 D 96 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.