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Mike Andrews

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 7, 1944 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.A., 1967
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1970

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1970-1972
  • Assistant Harris County district attorney, 1972-1976


Election Results for Mike Andrews


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 36 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 17,986 38.8%
1980 36 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary Runoff 1 14,259 56.5%
1980 36 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 2 101,094 48.3%
1982 38 TX D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 10,525 42.8%
1982 38 TX D U.S. House District 25 Primary Runoff 1 11,011 57.8%
1982 38 TX D U.S. House District 25 General 1 63,974 60.4%
1984 40 TX D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 28,513 94.3%
1984 40 TX D U.S. House District 25 General 1 113,946 64.0%
1986 42 TX D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 16,678 94.4%
1986 42 TX D U.S. House District 25 General 1 67,435 100.0%
1988 44 TX D U.S. House District 25 General 1 113,499 71.4%
1990 46 TX D U.S. House District 25 General 1 67,427 100.0%
1992 48 TX D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 25,291 82.5%
1992 48 TX D U.S. House District 25 General 1 98,975 56.0%
1994 50 TX D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 3 159,793 15.5%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Andrews


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 39 House 78 21 61 37 R 45 54 97 60 38
1984 40 House 81 17 64 33 R 48 50 98 45 30
1985 41 House 84 16 77 21 R 39 59 99 30 53
1986 42 House 96 4 72 24 R 37 61 97 50 45
1987 43 House 81 19 75 23 R 39 60 98 68 0
1988 44 House 87 11 75 21 R 37 62 98 79 29
1989 45 House 83 17 78 21 R 45 51 98 37 48
1990 46 House 69 31 79 20 R 32 68 99 56 25
1991 47 House 81 16 75 24 R 47 50 98 32 35
1992 48 House 83 17 73 24 R 39 60 98 70 35
1993 49 House 86 9 72 24 D 87 10 97 55 25
1994 50 House 67 25 73 14 D 73 13 84 65 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   33%


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.