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Tim Walberg

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 12, 1951 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Attended Western Illinois University, 1969-1970
  • Fort Wayne Bible College, B.S., 1975
  • Wheaton College, M.A., 1978

Career:

  • Minister, 1973-1982
  • President, Warren Reuther Center, 1999-2000
  • Manager, Moody Bible Institute, 2000-2005

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1983-1998


Election Results for Tim Walberg


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 53 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 3 12,973 17.7%
2006 55 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,245 53.1%
2006 55 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 122,348 49.9%
2008 57 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 39,314 100.0%
2008 57 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 2 149,781 46.5%
2010 59 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 41,784 57.5%
2010 59 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 113,185 50.2%
2012 61 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 45,592 76.0%
2012 61 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 169,668 53.3%
2014 63 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,046 79.3%
2014 63 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 119,564 53.5%
2016 65 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,120 75.2%
2016 65 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 184,321 55.1%
2018 67 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 69,248 100.0%
2018 67 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 158,730 53.8%
2020 69 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 84,397 100.0%
2020 69 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 227,524 58.8%
2022 71 MI R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,582 67.2%
2022 71 MI R U.S. House District 05 General 1 198,020 62.4%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Walberg


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
2007 56 House 97 3 R 83 16 99 0 100
2008 57 House 89 7 R 65 30 97 20 96
2011 60 House 97 3 D 17 83 99 5 96
2012 61 House 97 2 D 14 86 99 5 96
2013 62 House 97 2 D 12 88 98 0 84
2014 63 House 98 1 D 14 86 99 0 88
2015 64 House 97 2 D 12 88 99 0 96
2016 65 House 99 1 D 6 94 99 0 88
2017 66 House 98 2 R 100 0 99 0 85
2018 67 House 100 0 R 100 0 100 0 92
2019 68 House 94 5 R 98 0 99 5 76
2020 69 House 94 1 R 89 3 95 5 89
2021 70 House 97 2 D 6 94 99 0 90
2022 71 House 96 3 D 17 83 99 79
2023 72 House 90 9 D 99 76
2024 73 House 94 6 D 100 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.