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Robert Torricelli

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 26, 1951 in Paterson, NJ

Education:

  • Rutgers University, A.B., 1974, J.D., 1977
  • Harvard University, M.P.A., 1980

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to NJ Governor, 1975-1977
  • Counsel to Vice-President Walter Mondale, 1978-1981


Election Results for Robert Torricelli


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 30 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,612 76.7%
1982 30 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 99,090 53.0%
1984 32 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 36,937 93.6%
1984 32 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 149,493 62.6%
1986 34 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 14,201 96.5%
1986 34 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 89,634 69.0%
1988 36 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 30,995 100.0%
1988 36 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 142,012 67.1%
1990 38 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 12,734 96.3%
1990 38 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 82,535 53.3%
1992 40 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,010 79.6%
1992 40 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 139,188 58.3%
1994 42 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 15,564 91.1%
1994 42 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 99,984 62.5%
1996 44 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 223,444 100.0%
1996 44 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,519,328 52.7%
2002 50 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 181,468 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Torricelli


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
1983 31 House 16 80 82 6 R 17 78 91 85 5
1984 32 House 31 66 76 17 R 31 61 92 70 14
1985 33 House 18 78 87 4 R 24 71 92 85 5
1986 34 House 20 68 85 7 R 19 74 92 78 9
1987 35 House 33 63 81 5 R 18 78 88 88 5
1988 36 House 39 58 88 6 R 23 71 93 85 4
1989 37 House 29 66 86 5 R 34 56 89 79 0
1990 38 House 35 57 83 8 R 20 65 89 88 10
1991 39 House 38 54 81 10 R 33 60 91 63 20
1992 40 House 48 40 82 10 R 25 66 91 85 17
1993 41 House 43 55 83 9 D 91 6 91 90 9
1994 42 House 42 42 83 9 D 72 21 91 75 6
1995 43 House 38 56 78 14 D 75 17 91 80 13
1996 44 House 51 35 62 19 D 67 18 79 88 21
1997 45 Senate 32 68 90 10 D 89 11 100 80 17
1998 46 Senate 63 38 83 14 D 75 21 98 89 8
1999 47 Senate 91 9 89 8 D 84 16 97 95 8
2000 48 Senate 81 19 79 18 D 87 13 96 75 29
2001 49 Senate 78 22 R 61 33 96 90 28
2002 50 Senate 82 7 R 61 26 85 89 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.