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Curt Weldon

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1947 in Marcus Hook, PA

Education:

  • West Chester State College, B.A., 1969

Career:

  • Teacher/vice-principal, 1969-1976
  • Corporate director, 1976-1981

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Marcus Hook, 1977-1982
  • Delaware County council, 1981-1986


Election Results for Curt Weldon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 36 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 41,303 100.0%
1984 36 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 2 124,046 49.9%
1986 38 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 110,118 61.3%
1988 40 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 155,387 67.8%
1990 42 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 105,868 65.3%
1992 44 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 73,304 77.4%
1992 44 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 180,648 66.0%
1994 46 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 59,109 80.3%
1994 46 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 137,480 69.7%
1996 48 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 49,999 83.5%
1996 48 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 165,087 66.9%
1998 50 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,760 100.0%
1998 50 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 119,491 71.8%
2000 52 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 44,672 100.0%
2000 52 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 172,569 64.8%
2002 54 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,046 100.0%
2002 54 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 146,296 66.1%
2004 56 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 66,816 100.0%
2004 56 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 196,556 58.8%
2006 58 PA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,604 100.0%
2006 58 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 2 114,426 43.6%


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



Ideology Data for Curt Weldon


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
1987 39 House 79 16 69 27 R 52 41 95 42 55
1988 40 House 84 16 66 25 R 45 49 92 33 61
1989 41 House 85 12 56 39 R 65 33 96 37 62
1990 42 House 80 15 67 29 R 50 44 96 33 54
1991 43 House 76 22 71 24 R 54 41 94 30 65
1992 44 House 83 17 82 16 R 68 31 97 25 79
1993 45 House 95 2 86 13 D 47 51 99 25 73
1994 46 House 81 19 77 19 D 63 33 96 11 74
1995 47 House 79 13 79 12 D 21 71 90 17 78
1996 48 House 82 12 74 13 D 39 48 88 19 84
1997 49 House 75 13 76 16 D 36 61 91 30 60
1998 50 House 76 19 77 18 D 28 71 96 26 60
1999 51 House 77 15 D 26 63 92 20 74
2000 52 House 79 14 D 34 66 94 5 76
2001 53 House 83 11 R 77 23 92 15 70
2002 54 House 80 13 R 68 25 93 18 78
2003 55 House 84 10 R 85 9 93 6 75
2004 56 House 78 14 R 82 18 91 16 79
2005 57 House 82 14 R 80 17 95 16 65
2006 58 House 71 22 R 74 24 95 11 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.