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Alan Mollohan

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 14, 1943 in Fairmont, WV

Education:

  • College of William & Mary, A.B., 1966
  • West Virginia University, J.D., 1970

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1970-1983

Career:

  • Lawyer

Other notes:

  • Son of Robert Mollohan


Election Results for Alan Mollohan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 39 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,543 41.2%
1982 39 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 79,529 53.2%
1984 41 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 80,193 100.0%
1984 41 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,639 54.4%
1986 43 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 53,018 100.0%
1986 43 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,715 100.0%
1988 45 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 72,776 100.0%
1988 45 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,256 74.5%
1990 47 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 48,310 100.0%
1990 47 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,849 67.1%
1992 49 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,568 61.5%
1992 49 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 172,924 100.0%
1994 51 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 61,152 100.0%
1994 51 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,177 70.3%
1996 53 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 92,260 100.0%
1996 53 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 171,334 100.0%
1998 55 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,425 86.8%
1998 55 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,101 84.7%
2000 57 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 79,036 100.0%
2000 57 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 170,974 87.8%
2002 59 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 60,443 100.0%
2002 59 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 110,941 99.7%
2004 61 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 73,207 100.0%
2004 61 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 166,583 67.8%
2006 63 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 46,143 100.0%
2006 63 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,939 64.3%
2008 65 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 95,674 100.0%
2008 65 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 187,734 99.9%
2010 67 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 28,500 44.1%


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



Ideology Data for Alan Mollohan


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
1983 40 House 54 46 78 21 R 34 66 98 65 27
1984 41 House 63 36 76 22 R 49 50 97 55 35
1985 42 House 69 31 82 17 R 40 60 99 55 32
1986 43 House 70 28 79 15 R 36 61 94 53 35
1987 44 House 67 33 83 12 R 40 56 95 68 17
1988 45 House 61 24 74 19 R 36 59 95 53 46
1989 46 House 76 24 74 25 R 55 43 98 55 36
1990 47 House 50 50 84 11 R 31 66 93 61 21
1991 48 House 62 38 79 17 R 41 59 97 50 30
1992 49 House 58 40 81 14 R 35 60 96 70 22
1993 50 House 77 20 78 19 D 82 17 97 45 29
1994 51 House 58 42 86 11 D 74 24 97 58 38
1995 52 House 62 37 69 27 D 61 34 96 63 33
1996 53 House 73 22 68 28 D 68 27 93 65 15
1997 54 House 69 24 69 28 D 55 33 93 70 33
1998 55 House 67 33 70 25 D 63 28 93 74 32
1999 56 House 59 31 D 54 31 90 63 32
2000 57 House 66 29 D 64 32 90 60 28
2001 58 House 64 33 R 44 53 93 72 48
2002 59 House 77 22 R 25 68 97 75 24
2003 60 House 73 22 R 42 58 92 80 46
2004 61 House 68 16 R 33 55 85 72 24
2005 62 House 77 21 R 33 65 97 74 52
2006 63 House 72 22 R 53 47 95 63 46
2007 64 House 91 6 R 10 89 98 95 17
2008 65 House 95 2 R 22 78 95 85 4
2009 66 House 94 3 D 88 6 96 85 13
2010 67 House 88 3 D 90 5 89 76 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.