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Steven Rothman

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 13, 1952 in Englewood, NJ

Education:

  • Syracuse University, B.A., 1974
  • Washington University of St. Louis, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Bergen County judge, 1993-1996

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Englewood, 1983-1989


Election Results for Steven Rothman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 43 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 17,016 79.5%
1996 43 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 117,646 55.8%
1998 45 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 14,364 100.0%
1998 45 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 91,330 64.6%
2000 47 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,686 100.0%
2000 47 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 140,462 67.9%
2002 49 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 16,362 100.0%
2002 49 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 97,108 69.8%
2004 51 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,366 100.0%
2004 51 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 146,038 67.5%
2006 53 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,513 100.0%
2006 53 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 105,583 71.3%
2008 55 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,418 100.0%
2008 55 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 151,182 67.5%
2010 57 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 14,973 100.0%
2010 57 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 83,564 60.7%
2012 59 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 19,947 38.8%


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



Ideology Data for Steven Rothman


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 44 House 49 51 87 12 D 77 21 97 90 13
1998 45 House 29 64 84 13 D 80 17 96 100 8
1999 46 House 88 10 D 78 22 98 100 4
2000 47 House 86 10 D 68 26 97 90 13
2001 48 House 83 7 R 26 70 90 94 13
2002 49 House 87 12 R 29 64 95 95 12
2003 50 House 87 9 R 24 71 97 84 16
2004 51 House 86 5 R 33 61 92 95 5
2005 52 House 85 7 R 28 70 92 100 5
2006 53 House 94 2 R 5 82 96 95 8
2007 54 House 95 2 R 6 93 95 100 0
2008 55 House 94 2 R 16 84 95 100 8
2009 56 House 97 0 D 96 3 97 100 0
2010 57 House 96 1 D 93 5 97 95 0
2011 58 House 92 6 D 91 8 99 75 0
2012 59 House 86 3 D 85 8 88 84 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.