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John Linder

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 9, 1942 in Deer River, MN

Education:

  • University of Minnesota, B.S., 1964, D.D.S., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1967-1969

Career:

  • Dentist, 1969-1982
  • Founder/president of financial company, 1977-1992

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1976-1980, 1982-1990


Election Results for John Linder


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 47 GA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,646 100.0%
1990 47 GA R U.S. House District 04 General 2 87,589 47.6%
1992 49 GA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,628 34.3%
1992 49 GA R U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 21,807 62.0%
1992 49 GA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 126,495 50.5%
1994 51 GA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,833 100.0%
1994 51 GA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 90,063 57.9%
1996 53 GA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 55,326 100.0%
1996 53 GA R U.S. House District 11 General 1 145,821 64.3%
1998 55 GA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 49,588 100.0%
1998 55 GA R U.S. House District 11 General 1 120,919 69.3%
2000 57 GA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 43,563 86.6%
2000 57 GA R U.S. House District 11 General 1 199,652 100.0%
2002 59 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 56,892 64.5%
2002 59 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 138,997 78.9%
2004 61 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 71,349 100.0%
2004 61 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 258,982 100.0%
2006 63 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 40,940 100.0%
2006 63 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 130,561 70.9%
2008 65 GA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 48,668 100.0%
2008 65 GA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 209,354 62.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Linder


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
1993 50 House 100 0 97 3 D 32 68 99 5 100
1994 51 House 100 0 95 4 D 46 54 99 0 95
1995 52 House 95 4 96 3 D 18 82 99 0 88
1996 53 House 98 2 94 4 D 34 65 98 0 100
1997 54 House 91 0 91 6 D 31 67 97 0 87
1998 55 House 95 5 92 4 D 20 76 96 0 100
1999 56 House 94 4 D 24 76 98 10 88
2000 57 House 92 3 D 24 76 96 0 88
2001 58 House 93 0 R 91 2 95 0 96
2002 59 House 91 2 R 93 7 95 0 100
2003 60 House 95 2 R 100 0 98 5 92
2004 61 House 93 2 R 91 3 96 0 100
2005 62 House 96 3 R 85 13 97 0 96
2006 63 House 91 2 R 95 5 94 0 96
2007 64 House 95 3 R 90 7 97 0 100
2008 65 House 92 2 R 71 22 94 0 100
2009 66 House 93 3 D 10 86 94 0 100
2010 67 House 83 2 D 20 59 87 6 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.