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Glenn Thompson

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 27, 1959 in Bellefonte, PA

Education:

  • Penn State University, B.S., 1981
  • Temple University, M.Ed, 1988

Career:

  • Rehabilitation therapist, 1982-1995
  • Community college faculty, 1997-1999
  • Rehabilitation services manager, 1995-2008
  • Firefighter/EMT
  • Chairman, Centre County Republican Party, 2002-2008

Elected Office:

  • Bald Eagle school board, 1990-1995
  • Candidate for PA House, 1998, 2000


Election Results for Glenn Thompson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 48 PA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 13,988 19.2%
2008 48 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 155,513 56.7%
2010 50 PA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 48,483 100.0%
2010 50 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 127,427 68.7%
2012 52 PA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,941 100.0%
2012 52 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 177,740 62.9%
2014 54 PA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,564 100.0%
2014 54 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 115,018 63.6%
2016 56 PA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 89,000 100.0%
2016 56 PA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 206,761 67.2%
2018 58 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 45,322 100.0%
2018 58 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 165,245 67.8%
2020 60 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 88,364 100.0%
2020 60 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 255,055 73.5%
2022 62 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 99,270 100.0%
2022 62 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 213,417 69.9%
2024 64 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 75,645 100.0%
2024 64 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 278,941 71.5%


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



Ideology Data for Glenn Thompson


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
2009 49 House 85 15 D 28 71 99 15 88
2010 50 House 91 7 D 29 63 98 0 100
2011 51 House 92 7 D 23 76 99 5 68
2012 52 House 87 12 D 17 83 99 0 76
2013 53 House 94 6 D 13 87 99 10 56
2014 54 House 87 10 D 17 83 97 0 48
2015 55 House 89 10 D 18 82 99 0 50
2016 56 House 97 3 D 9 89 99 0 84
2017 57 House 95 5 R 100 0 99 0 74
2018 58 House 95 3 R 96 4 98 8 64
2019 59 House 85 13 R 98 0 97 5 72
2020 60 House 94 3 R 92 6 96 5 81
2021 61 House 93 5 D 11 89 98 0 76
2022 62 House 89 9 D 33 67 97 74
2023 63 House 80 19 D 99 66
2024 64 House 85 15 D 99 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.