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Tim Wirth

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1939 in Santa Fe, NM

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1961, M.Ed., 1964
  • Stanford University, Ph.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1961-1967

Career:

  • Special assistant to HEW Secretary, 1967-1968
  • Deputy assistant Secretary of Education, 1969-1970
  • Businessman, 1970-1974
  • Counselor in State Department, 1993-1997
  • Named president of United Nations Foundation, 1997


Election Results for Tim Wirth


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 34 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,734 100.0%
1974 34 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,728 51.9%
1976 36 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,224 100.0%
1976 36 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 121,336 50.5%
1978 38 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,739 100.0%
1978 38 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 98,889 52.9%
1980 40 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 153,618 56.4%
1980 40 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,132 100.0%
1982 42 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,875 100.0%
1982 42 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,202 61.8%
1984 44 CO D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,768 100.0%
1984 44 CO D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,580 53.2%
1986 46 CO D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 529,449 49.9%


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



Ideology Data for Tim Wirth


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
1975 35 House 19 76 82 13 R 33 64 95 79* 11
1976 36 House 24 69 79 11 R 27 67 90 79 10
1977 37 House 17 76 76 17 D 70 24 92 80 21
1978 38 House 20 71 71 19 D 71 21 88 55 8
1979 39 House 22 73 82 11 D 74 18 92 82 23
1980 40 House 20 65 81 13 D 79 16 91 78 21
1981 41 House 23 61 78 14 R 38 51 86 85 0
1982 42 House 19 79 84 9 R 34 62 95 95 0
1983 43 House 16 81 82 7 R 18 78 91 95 0
1984 44 House 10 83 89 7 R 27 65 93 89 4
1985 45 House 20 73 81 10 R 21 71 92 74 11
1986 46 House 24 66 76 15 R 27 72 91 79 14
1987 47 Senate 44 56 84 14 R 33 60 94 89 0
1988 48 Senate 27 68 86 11 R 47 52 98 95 0
1989 49 Senate 29 71 85 13 R 56 41 99 95 8
1990 50 Senate 14 81 88 10 R 37 60 98 88 10
1991 51 Senate 20 75 81 15 R 36 58 95 80 14
1992 52 Senate 16 53 68 9 R 33 52 79 92 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.