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Earl Pomeroy

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 2, 1952 in Valley City, ND

Education:

  • University of North Dakota, B.A., 1974, J.D., 1979

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • ND House, 1981-1985
  • NC Insurance Commissioner, 1985-1992


Election Results for Earl Pomeroy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 31 ND D Insurance Commissioner Primary 1 21,394 57.1%
1984 31 ND D Insurance Commissioner General 1 157,542 52.3%
1988 35 ND D Insurance Commissioner Primary 1 42,670 100.0%
1988 35 ND D Insurance Commissioner General 1 196,092 67.8%
1992 39 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 63,937 100.0%
1992 39 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 169,273 56.8%
1994 41 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 60,319 100.0%
1994 41 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 123,134 52.3%
1996 43 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 49,558 100.0%
1996 43 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 144,833 55.1%
1998 45 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 42,512 100.0%
1998 45 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 119,668 56.2%
2000 47 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 35,701 100.0%
2000 47 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 151,173 52.9%
2002 49 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 52,403 100.0%
2002 49 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 121,073 52.4%
2004 51 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 38,925 100.0%
2004 51 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 185,130 59.6%
2006 53 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 57,316 100.0%
2006 53 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 142,934 65.7%
2008 55 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 43,293 100.0%
2008 55 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 194,577 62.0%
2010 57 ND D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 28,329 100.0%
2010 57 ND D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 106,542 44.9%


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



Ideology Data for Earl Pomeroy


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
1993 40 House 50 45 86 13 D 76 24 98 65 21
1994 41 House 72 28 86 14 D 76 21 98 67 14
1995 42 House 57 42 80 18 D 79 20 99 80 27
1996 43 House 65 31 78 20 D 77 19 98 80 11
1997 44 House 69 25 74 20 D 69 28 94 70 38
1998 45 House 79 21 78 20 D 72 24 97 90 21
1999 46 House 80 18 D 70 28 99 89 12
2000 47 House 85 12 D 80 18 96 85 8
2001 48 House 77 22 R 35 65 97 85 28
2002 49 House 78 22 R 61 39 98 70 32
2003 50 House 75 24 R 51 49 98 65 40
2004 51 House 82 18 R 42 58 99 85 28
2005 52 House 77 19 R 41 59 97 89 36
2006 53 House 81 19 R 50 50 99 80 38
2007 54 House 91 7 R 9 90 98 89 4
2008 55 House 96 3 R 22 77 99 85 4
2009 56 House 93 5 D 94 4 97 85 8
2010 57 House 91 6 D 80 20 96 85 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.