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Mike Bilirakis

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 16, 1930 in Tarpon Springs, FL

Education:

  • University of Pittsburgh, B.S., 1959
  • University of Florida, J.D., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1950-1954

Career:

  • Steelworker, 1955-1959
  • Petroleum engineer, 1960-1963
  • Lawyer
  • Municipal judge, Tarpon Springs & New Port Richey


Election Results for Mike Bilirakis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 51 FL R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 17,033 45.1%
1982 51 FL R U.S. House District 09 Primary Runoff 1 16,952 53.9%
1982 51 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 95,009 51.2%
1984 53 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 191,343 78.6%
1986 55 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 166,540 70.8%
1988 57 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 223,925 99.9%
1990 59 FL R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 36,870 83.4%
1990 59 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 142,163 58.1%
1992 61 FL R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 34,593 66.7%
1992 61 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 158,028 58.9%
1994 63 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 177,253 99.9%
1996 65 FL R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 45,183 80.1%
1996 65 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 161,708 68.7%
1998 67 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 69 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 210,318 81.9%
2002 71 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 169,369 71.5%
2004 73 FL R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 44,579 84.5%
2004 73 FL R U.S. House District 09 General 1 284,035 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Bilirakis


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 52 House 93 4 90 9 R 79 20 97 10 86
1984 53 House 90 10 86 14 R 63 34 98 10 87
1985 54 House 87 11 84 10 R 75 24 94 11 68
1986 55 House 96 4 88 9 R 77 21 97 15 86
1987 56 House 91 9 86 10 R 66 32 96 16 78
1988 57 House 89 5 87 8 R 67 29 96 10 96
1989 58 House 85 12 86 11 R 60 36 97 10 86
1990 59 House 81 4 70 13 R 51 29 84 20 80
1991 60 House 78 14 81 14 R 78 19 95 17 89
1992 61 House 85 15 86 12 R 64 34 97 20 79
1993 62 House 95 5 87 10 D 44 54 96 20 79
1994 63 House 89 6 84 11 D 47 47 95 21 86
1995 64 House 95 4 92 7 D 19 78 98 5 84
1996 65 House 90 10 91 9 D 33 67 99 5 90
1997 66 House 93 5 92 6 D 28 72 99 10 84
1998 67 House 90 7 89 9 D 20 78 97 5 92
1999 68 House 90 9 D 19 80 99 20 84
2000 69 House 89 9 D 28 70 98 5 80
2001 70 House 91 8 R 84 14 98 10 84
2002 71 House 96 2 R 86 11 97 0 100
2003 72 House 95 4 R 93 5 99 5 92
2004 73 House 92 7 R 82 15 98 5 92
2005 74 House 91 6 R 80 17 97 6 84
2006 75 House 87 8 R 92 8 95 5 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.