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Pete Visclosky

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 13, 1949 in Gary, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University Northwest, B.S., 1970
  • Notre Dame University, J.D., 1973
  • Georgetown University, LL.M., 1982

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Aide to Rep. Adam Benjamin, 1976-1982


Election Results for Pete Visclosky


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 34 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,713 34.5%
1984 34 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 147,035 70.7%
1986 36 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,782 57.0%
1986 36 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,983 73.4%
1988 38 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 75,785 83.9%
1988 38 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,251 77.1%
1990 40 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,286 51.4%
1990 40 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 68,920 66.0%
1992 42 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 53,383 71.8%
1992 42 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 147,054 69.4%
1994 44 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,306 77.4%
1994 44 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 68,612 56.5%
1996 46 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,140 84.0%
1996 46 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,553 69.2%
1998 48 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,845 86.7%
1998 48 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,634 72.5%
2000 50 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,507 81.1%
2000 50 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 148,683 71.6%
2002 52 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,099 85.6%
2002 52 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,443 66.9%
2004 54 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,141 100.0%
2004 54 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 178,406 68.3%
2006 56 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 55,144 100.0%
2006 56 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,195 69.6%
2008 58 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 134,505 100.0%
2008 58 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 199,954 70.9%
2010 60 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,982 100.0%
2010 60 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,387 58.6%
2012 62 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,219 100.0%
2012 62 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 187,743 67.3%
2014 64 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,446 100.0%
2014 64 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,579 60.8%
2016 66 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 77,095 80.0%
2016 66 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 207,515 81.5%
2018 68 IN D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,269 80.5%
2018 68 IN D U.S. House District 01 General 1 159,611 65.1%


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



Ideology Data for Pete Visclosky


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 35 House 33 67 90 9 R 30 70 99 80 5
1986 36 House 20 80 93 7 R 19 81 100 90 0
1987 37 House 28 72 94 6 R 19 81 99 92 0
1988 38 House 18 82 91 9 R 22 78 99 100 0
1989 39 House 32 66 89 9 R 30 67 98 100 7
1990 40 House 30 69 90 8 R 22 76 98 72 13
1991 41 House 32 68 92 8 R 29 71 98 80 10
1992 42 House 38 63 91 9 R 22 78 99 85 13
1993 43 House 45 55 90 9 D 82 17 99 75 17
1994 44 House 36 64 93 4 D 91 9 98 74 19
1995 45 House 48 50 83 16 D 80 19 99 70 8
1996 46 House 41 59 80 18 D 71 24 98 85 15
1997 47 House 56 44 80 18 D 65 33 98 65 29
1998 48 House 48 52 82 17 D 79 21 97 80 12
1999 49 House 86 12 D 80 20 98 95 13
2000 50 House 89 8 D 68 32 96 80 12
2001 51 House 81 13 R 30 60 95 94 17
2002 52 House 92 8 R 25 75 99 90 12
2003 53 House 89 9 R 25 75 98 85 20
2004 54 House 88 10 R 18 76 97 95 4
2005 55 House 91 9 R 26 74 99 84 8
2006 56 House 90 9 R 18 82 98 100 12
2007 57 House 96 2 R 3 94 98 100 4
2008 58 House 96 1 R 12 82 97 89 8
2009 59 House 96 3 D 94 6 99 90 8
2010 60 House 93 5 D 80 17 97 95 4
2011 61 House 85 12 D 69 27 97 89 13
2012 62 House 90 7 D 75 22 96 84 0
2013 63 House 88 9 D 82 10 96 79 12
2014 64 House 95 4 D 85 15 98 85 8
2015 65 House 96 3 D 89 9 98 90 0
2016 66 House 96 2 D 100 0 99 100 4
2017 67 House 94 2 R 14 86 95 95 4
2018 68 House 96 4 R 41 59 97 75 8
2019 69 House 99 1 R 2 96 99 95 3
2020 70 House 98 1 R 3 83 99 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.