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Jim Saxton

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 22, 1943 in Nicholson, PA

Education:

  • East Stroudsburg State College, B.A., 1965

Career:

  • School teacher, 1965-1968
  • Real estate broker, 1968-1984

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1976-1981
  • NJ Senate, 1982-1984


Election Results for Jim Saxton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 41 NJ R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 16,143 44.7%
1984 41 NJ R U.S. House District 13 General 1 141,136 60.7%
1986 43 NJ R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 16,928 100.0%
1986 43 NJ R U.S. House District 13 General 1 82,866 65.4%
1988 45 NJ R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,282 100.0%
1988 45 NJ R U.S. House District 13 General 1 167,470 69.5%
1990 47 NJ R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 16,719 93.4%
1990 47 NJ R U.S. House District 13 General 1 99,688 58.2%
1992 49 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,388 89.3%
1992 49 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 151,368 59.2%
1994 51 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,483 100.0%
1994 51 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,750 66.4%
1996 53 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,949 100.0%
1996 53 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,503 64.2%
1998 55 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,254 100.0%
1998 55 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 97,508 62.0%
2000 57 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,280 100.0%
2000 57 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,053 57.3%
2002 59 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,884 100.0%
2002 59 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 123,375 65.0%
2004 61 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,354 100.0%
2004 61 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 195,938 63.4%
2006 63 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,228 100.0%
2006 63 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,559 58.4%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Saxton


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
1985 42 House 76 24 81 19 R 61 39 99 15 79
1986 43 House 78 22 67 33 R 64 34 99 30 64
1987 44 House 91 9 73 27 R 58 42 99 24 52
1988 45 House 82 16 80 19 R 57 42 99 30 72
1989 46 House 83 15 50 48 R 65 33 98 20 64
1990 47 House 78 22 68 29 R 57 42 98 35 63
1991 48 House 86 11 76 19 R 69 29 96 11 74
1992 49 House 88 10 79 18 R 73 25 97 15 79
1993 50 House 91 9 82 16 D 50 50 98 20 79
1994 51 House 89 11 81 17 D 63 37 98 16 67
1995 52 House 89 10 90 9 D 26 73 98 15 84
1996 53 House 76 16 84 14 D 39 58 98 17 84
1997 54 House 93 7 84 15 D 35 65 98 30 68
1998 55 House 81 17 79 20 D 30 66 98 28 63
1999 56 House 79 19 D 30 70 98 25 68
2000 57 House 77 22 D 30 68 98 20 56
2001 58 House 86 12 R 77 16 97 16 64
2002 59 House 90 9 R 82 11 97 0 92
2003 60 House 86 11 R 84 16 97 21 76
2004 61 House 81 16 R 70 27 96 37 64
2005 62 House 84 15 R 80 20 99 21 60
2006 63 House 79 19 R 84 16 98 20 68
2007 64 House 66 29 R 40 52 95 35 54
2008 65 House 77 13 R 58 36 88 38 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.