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Tim Penny

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 19, 1951 in Albert Lea, MN

Education:

  • Kiester High School (Kiester, MN), 1969
  • Winona State University, B.A., 1974
  • Attended University of Minnesota, 1975

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Reserve

Elected Office:

  • MN Senate, 1976-1982


Election Results for Tim Penny


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 30 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,446 85.3%
1982 30 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,257 51.2%
1984 32 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,788 92.0%
1984 32 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 General 1 140,095 57.0%
1986 34 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,896 92.6%
1986 34 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 General 1 125,115 72.4%
1988 36 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,299 100.0%
1988 36 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 General 1 161,118 70.1%
1990 38 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,438 100.0%
1990 38 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 General 1 156,749 78.1%
1992 40 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,816 91.6%
1992 40 MN DFL U.S. House District 01 General 1 206,369 73.9%
2002 50 MN Independence Party Governor General 3 364,534 16.2%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Penny


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 31 House 29 69 84 16 R 13 87 99 75 18
1984 32 House 36 64 69 31 R 35 65 100 75 35
1985 33 House 35 65 53 47 R 25 75 100 60 26
1986 34 House 48 52 61 39 R 34 66 100 75 18
1987 35 House 49 51 59 41 R 35 65 99 64 30
1988 36 House 66 34 59 41 R 37 63 99 60 36
1989 37 House 68 32 67 33 R 57 43 100 55 46
1990 38 House 56 44 66 33 R 34 66 99 67 25
1991 39 House 57 41 66 32 R 50 50 99 50 30
1992 40 House 48 52 60 37 R 41 59 97 45 50
1993 41 House 48 52 61 38 D 60 40 99 65 29
1994 42 House 53 47 57 41 D 54 46 98 47 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   32%


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.