Karen Thurman, former Representative for Florida's 5th Congressional District

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Thurman was the representative for Florida’s 5^th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 1993 to 2002.

Photo of Rep. Karen Thurman [D-FL5, 1993-2002]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Thurman is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Thurman sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Thurman sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (19%) Commerce (19%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Agriculture and Food (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Science, Technology, Communications (9%) Environmental Protection (9%) Taxation (9%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Thurman recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Nov 2002, Thurman missed 130 of 5,859 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	2	1.6%	39^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	1	0.5%	14^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	3	1.8%	54^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	1	0.7%	29^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	20^th
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	6	2.2%	68^th
1995 Apr-Jun	189	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	35	15.1%	97^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	2	1.1%	32^nd
1996 Jan-Mar	110	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	16^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	1	0.6%	14^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	1	1.1%	27^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	20^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	34	16.7%	98^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	1	1.1%	23^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	4	1.4%	33^rd
2000 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	43^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	35^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	2	1.3%	34^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	67^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	1	0.5%	12^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	24	17.0%	94^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	1	1.6%	35^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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