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Gary Ackerman

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 19, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY

Education:

  • Queens College, B.A., 1965

Career:

  • School teacher, 1966-1970
  • Newspaper publisher, 1970-1978
  • Advertising agency president, 1972-1978

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for New York city council, 1977
  • NY Senate, 1979-1983


Election Results for Gary Ackerman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1983 40 NY D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 18,388 49.7%
1984 41 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 97,674 69.3%
1986 43 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 62,836 77.4%
1988 45 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 93,120 100.0%
1990 47 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 51,091 100.0%
1992 49 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,328 61.8%
1992 49 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,476 52.4%
1994 51 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,896 55.0%
1996 53 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 125,918 63.7%
1998 55 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 97,404 65.0%
2000 57 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 137,684 68.0%
2002 59 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,773 92.3%
2004 61 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 119,726 71.3%
2006 63 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 77,190 100.0%
2008 65 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 112,724 71.0%
2010 67 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,394 75.6%
2010 67 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 72,239 63.0%


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



Ideology Data for Gary Ackerman


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
1983 40 House 12 87 91 4 R 20 79 94 89 0
1984 41 House 5 86 85 5 R 22 66 90 100 9
1985 42 House 4 95 87 3 R 20 74 90 100 11
1986 43 House 4 82 91 0 R 12 79 88 94 0
1987 44 House 7 86 93 2 R 19 74 93 100 0
1988 45 House 3 87 93 0 R 15 74 91 100 0
1989 46 House 10 83 92 1 R 27 66 93 95 0
1990 47 House 7 85 92 2 R 14 79 92 94 0
1991 48 House 8 78 86 3 R 25 64 88 94 10
1992 49 House 6 52 76 1 R 13 57 76 100 0
1993 50 House 30 66 90 3 D 83 10 93 85 13
1994 51 House 25 64 90 4 D 74 18 93 94 0
1995 52 House 23 76 87 6 D 80 17 92 95 13
1996 53 House 31 63 90 4 D 86 10 94 89 0
1997 54 House 22 73 86 3 D 79 17 91 84 13
1998 55 House 14 81 94 3 D 82 13 92 100 0
1999 56 House 95 2 D 78 17 91 100 0
2000 57 House 84 3 D 86 6 82 89 14
2001 58 House 85 5 R 28 67 87 94 4
2002 59 House 91 7 R 25 68 96 95 4
2003 60 House 87 5 R 22 73 91 95 13
2004 61 House 85 1 R 33 64 87 95 4
2005 62 House 95 2 R 24 76 96 95 4
2006 63 House 92 5 R 34 66 96 95 8
2007 64 House 93 1 R 5 89 94 95 0
2008 65 House 98 1 R 14 82 96 100 0
2009 66 House 94 1 D 91 2 93 100 0
2010 67 House 90 1 D 90 7 90 95 0
2011 68 House 93 4 D 93 5 97 75 4
2012 69 House 82 3 D 76 14 84 68 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.