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Collin Peterson

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 29, 1944 in Fargo, ND

Education:

  • Moorhead State University, B.A., 1966

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army National Guard, 1963-1969

Career:

  • Accountant, 1966-1990

Elected Office:

  • MN Senate, 1977-1986


Election Results for Collin Peterson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 40 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,858 85.9%
1984 40 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 2 101,720 42.9%
1986 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 39,567 85.2%
1986 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 2 93,903 49.6%
1988 44 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 12,164 39.0%
1990 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,663 100.0%
1990 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 107,126 53.5%
1992 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,917 71.3%
1992 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,886 50.4%
1994 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,517 100.0%
1994 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 108,023 51.2%
1996 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,943 100.0%
1996 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 170,936 67.9%
1998 54 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,530 73.8%
1998 54 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 169,907 71.7%
2000 56 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,948 100.0%
2000 56 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 185,771 68.7%
2002 58 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,130 100.0%
2002 58 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 170,234 65.3%
2004 60 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 16,036 100.0%
2004 60 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 207,628 66.1%
2006 62 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,372 85.9%
2006 62 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 179,162 69.7%
2008 64 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,791 100.0%
2008 64 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 227,179 72.2%
2010 66 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,104 100.0%
2010 66 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,096 55.2%
2012 68 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 197,791 60.4%
2014 70 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 130,546 54.2%
2016 72 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 16,253 100.0%
2016 72 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 173,589 52.5%
2018 74 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 39,990 100.0%
2018 74 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 1 146,672 52.1%
2020 76 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,925 75.6%
2020 76 MN DFL U.S. House District 07 General 2 144,840 39.8%


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



Ideology Data for Collin Peterson


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 47 House 57 43 76 20 R 39 60 97 65 15
1992 48 House 44 54 82 17 R 35 64 99 68 25
1993 49 House 48 52 67 30 D 56 43 98 60 38
1994 50 House 72 25 58 41 D 58 42 99 47 52
1995 51 House 70 29 49 50 D 49 50 98 47 60
1996 52 House 63 37 60 39 D 58 38 98 55 53
1997 53 House 71 29 60 39 D 51 49 99 65 52
1998 54 House 76 24 53 46 D 55 45 99 60 56
1999 55 House 52 48 D 43 57 99 40 52
2000 56 House 59 39 D 44 56 99 55 32
2001 57 House 61 35 R 42 58 95 56 43
2002 58 House 63 35 R 61 36 97 47 48
2003 59 House 64 35 R 56 40 98 70 54
2004 60 House 62 37 R 42 58 99 55 52
2005 61 House 63 35 R 52 48 98 63 56
2006 62 House 62 36 R 58 42 97 35 72
2007 63 House 88 11 R 14 85 99 89 33
2008 64 House 90 6 R 22 76 94 80 20
2009 65 House 87 12 D 83 17 98 55 24
2010 66 House 81 18 D 68 32 98 40 21
2011 67 House 46 52 D 56 42 98 50 40
2012 68 House 45 53 D 25 75 98 20 52
2013 69 House 64 35 D 55 43 99 30 42
2014 70 House 48 52 D 17 83 100 10 48
2015 71 House 59 40 D 34 65 99 25 38
2016 72 House 51 49 D 23 77 98 25 21
2017 73 House 67 33 R 58 36 99 40 26
2018 74 House 63 26 R 85 15 89 8 39
2019 75 House 79 19 R 33 67 99 37 34
2020 76 House 74 22 R 28 61 96 65 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   40%


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.