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Joseph Pitts

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 10, 1939 in Lexington, KY

Education:

  • Asbury College, B.A., 1961
  • West Chester University, M.Ed., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1963-1969

Career:

  • School teacher, 1962-1963, 1969-1972
  • Nursery owner, 1974-1990

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1973-1997


Election Results for Joseph Pitts


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 56 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 26,515 45.2%
1996 56 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 124,511 59.4%
1998 58 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 22,529 100.0%
1998 58 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 95,979 70.5%
2000 60 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 34,781 100.0%
2000 60 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 162,403 66.9%
2002 62 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,759 100.0%
2002 62 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 119,046 88.4%
2004 64 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 54,345 100.0%
2004 64 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 183,620 64.4%
2006 66 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 46,273 100.0%
2006 66 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 115,741 56.6%
2008 68 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 49,740 100.0%
2008 68 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 170,329 55.8%
2010 70 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 50,629 100.0%
2010 70 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 134,113 65.4%
2012 72 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 44,110 100.0%
2012 72 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 156,192 54.8%
2014 74 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 25,611 100.0%
2014 74 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 101,722 57.7%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Pitts


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
1997 57 House 95 5 97 3 D 28 72 100 5 96
1998 58 House 90 10 96 4 D 21 78 99 0 96
1999 59 House 97 2 D 20 76 98 0 92
2000 60 House 96 2 D 20 80 97 0 100
2001 61 House 95 4 R 91 9 99 0 100
2002 62 House 94 3 R 89 11 97 0 100
2003 63 House 95 2 R 96 2 96 5 92
2004 64 House 93 3 R 88 12 96 5 100
2005 65 House 96 3 R 83 17 99 0 100
2006 66 House 92 5 R 82 13 98 6 86
2007 67 House 96 2 R 93 6 98 0 100
2008 68 House 88 1 R 66 22 90 6 100
2009 69 House 96 3 D 23 77 98 5 96
2010 70 House 96 2 D 24 71 97 0 100
2011 71 House 96 3 D 19 79 99 0 84
2012 72 House 92 5 D 19 81 97 5 79
2013 73 House 96 3 D 13 87 99 0 92
2014 74 House 95 3 D 12 86 99 5 88
2015 75 House 95 4 D 16 84 99 0 75
2016 76 House 96 1 D 9 89 97 0 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.