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Tim Roemer

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1956 in South Bend, IN

Education:

  • University of California (San Diego), B.A., 1979
  • University of Notre Dame, M.A., 1981, Ph.D., 1985

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. John Brademas, 1978-1979
  • Assistant to Sen. Dennis DeConcini, 1985-1989

Other notes:

  • Son-in-law of Bennett Johnston


Election Results for Tim Roemer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 33 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,898 63.9%
1990 33 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 80,740 50.9%
1992 35 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,540 87.7%
1992 35 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,269 57.5%
1994 37 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,941 86.2%
1994 37 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 72,497 55.2%
1996 39 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 27,812 100.0%
1996 39 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,288 57.9%
1998 41 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,974 100.0%
1998 41 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 84,625 58.1%
2000 43 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,823 88.4%
2000 43 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 107,438 51.6%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Roemer


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 34 House 76 24 75 25 R 43 56 99 50 30
1992 35 House 71 29 70 29 R 40 58 99 55 38
1993 36 House 50 50 81 18 D 74 25 99 45 38
1994 37 House 69 31 85 14 D 83 17 99 63 14
1995 38 House 75 24 64 36 D 65 35 99 75 32
1996 39 House 63 37 64 36 D 68 32 99 60 40
1997 40 House 55 44 68 31 D 55 45 98 55 32
1998 41 House 71 29 66 33 D 61 39 99 65 44
1999 42 House 67 33 D 63 37 99 80 36
2000 43 House 66 30 D 46 52 97 45 38
2001 44 House 73 27 R 42 58 99 70 40
2002 45 House 80 20 R 39 61 99 65 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


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.