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Pat Toomey

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 17, 1961 in Providence, RI

Education:

  • LaSalle Academy (Providence, RI)
  • Harvard University, B.A., 1984

Career:

  • Investment banker, 1984-1989
  • Financial consultant, 1990-1991
  • Restaurant owner, 1990-2001
  • Allentown Government Study Commission, 1994-1996
  • President, Club for Growth, 2005-2009


Election Results for Pat Toomey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 36 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 7,981 27.1%
1998 36 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 81,755 55.0%
2000 38 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 21,487 100.0%
2000 38 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 118,307 53.2%
2002 40 PA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 23,602 100.0%
2002 40 PA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 98,493 57.4%
2004 42 PA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 513,693 49.2%
2010 48 PA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 668,409 81.5%
2010 48 PA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,028,945 51.0%
2016 54 PA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 1,342,941 100.0%
2016 54 PA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,951,702 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Pat Toomey


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
1999 37 House 92 8 D 28 69 99 5 92
2000 38 House 88 8 D 34 66 97 10 96
2001 39 House 92 6 R 93 7 96 0 100
2002 40 House 93 4 R 89 11 97 0 100
2003 41 House 91 6 R 91 7 93 20 96
2004 42 House 89 2 R 85 6 83 0 100
2011 49 Senate 94 5 D 55 39 98 10 90
2012 50 Senate 91 7 D 40 56 98 5 100
2013 51 Senate 94 6 D 40 57 99 5 80
2014 52 Senate 86 8 D 53 43 95 15 88
2015 53 Senate 91 6 D 38 46 94 5 83
2016 54 Senate 84 5 D 42 39 87 0 95
2017 55 Senate 98 0 R 94 3 97 0 84
2018 56 Senate 96 2 R 93 1 93 0 100
2019 57 Senate 95 2 R 94 4 96 5 100
2020 58 Senate 97 1 R 94 6 96 0 83
2021 59 Senate 82 8 D 32 48 90 5 86
2022 60 Senate 73 14 D 25 62 87 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.