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James Moran

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 16, 1945 in Buffalo, NY

Education:

  • College of Holy Cross, B.A., 1967
  • University of Pittsburgh, M.P.A., 1970

Career:

  • Budget analyst/auditor, Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, 1968-1974
  • Library of Congress, 1974-1976
  • Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, 1976-1979

Elected Office:

  • Alexandria city council, 1979-1982
  • Alexandria Vice-Mayor, 1982-1984
  • Mayor of Alexandria, 1985-1990


Election Results for James Moran


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 45 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 88,475 51.7%
1992 47 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 138,542 56.1%
1994 49 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 120,281 59.3%
1996 51 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 152,334 66.4%
1998 53 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,545 66.7%
2000 55 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 164,178 63.3%
2002 57 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 102,759 59.8%
2004 59 VA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,121 58.6%
2004 59 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 171,986 59.7%
2006 61 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 144,700 66.4%
2008 63 VA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 11,792 87.0%
2008 63 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 222,986 67.9%
2010 65 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 116,404 61.0%
2012 67 VA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,018 74.2%
2012 67 VA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 226,847 64.6%


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



Ideology Data for James Moran


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
1991 46 House 30 68 79 16 R 40 58 96 70 10
1992 47 House 48 50 83 10 R 30 66 93 94 13
1993 48 House 36 64 90 6 D 89 11 97 80 8
1994 49 House 53 47 84 8 D 86 12 93 58 29
1995 50 House 54 43 77 19 D 78 22 96 68 12
1996 51 House 41 51 82 17 D 77 23 96 68 20
1997 52 House 53 44 78 19 D 75 25 95 68 13
1998 53 House 67 33 78 20 D 80 18 97 75 8
1999 54 House 80 20 D 70 28 98 90 12
2000 55 House 79 16 D 72 22 95 70 12
2001 56 House 78 20 R 40 60 98 85 8
2002 57 House 82 15 R 46 54 96 70 21
2003 58 House 87 11 R 25 71 96 95 25
2004 59 House 86 11 R 42 58 96 95 24
2005 60 House 88 7 R 24 76 95 94 4
2006 61 House 87 9 R 32 68 94 95 16
2007 62 House 93 2 R 5 93 94 95 0
2008 63 House 94 2 R 17 81 93 100 0
2009 64 House 87 1 D 88 3 86 94 0
2010 65 House 95 3 D 83 15 94 100 8
2011 66 House 94 5 D 85 14 97 90 4
2012 67 House 93 6 D 83 17 98 85 0
2013 68 House 91 8 D 91 9 96 85 16
2014 69 House 91 4 D 89 6 94 84 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.