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Robert Brady

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 7, 1945 in Philadelphia, PA

Career:

  • Union official
  • Philadelphia deputy mayor for labor, 1984-1987
  • Legislative rep. for labor union, 1987-1998

Elected Office:

  • Philadelphia city council, 1975-1983


Election Results for Robert Brady


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 53 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,181 63.9%
1998 53 PA D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 13,923 73.6%
1998 53 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 77,788 81.2%
2000 55 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,333 77.4%
2000 55 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 149,621 88.3%
2002 57 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 75,798 100.0%
2002 57 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,076 86.4%
2004 59 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,426 100.0%
2004 59 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 214,462 86.3%
2006 61 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,990 100.0%
2006 61 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 137,987 100.0%
2008 63 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 116,334 100.0%
2008 63 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 242,799 90.8%
2010 65 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 48,505 100.0%
2010 65 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 149,944 100.0%
2012 67 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,744 100.0%
2012 67 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 235,394 84.9%
2014 69 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 47,565 100.0%
2014 69 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,248 82.8%
2016 71 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 108,233 100.0%
2016 71 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 245,791 82.2%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Brady


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
1998 53 House 9 84 92 2 D 83 6 96 91 0
1999 54 House 95 5 D 81 19 97 95 8
2000 55 House 89 5 D 76 16 94 90 12
2001 56 House 91 7 R 33 67 96 95 16
2002 57 House 94 6 R 29 68 95 95 4
2003 58 House 90 9 R 20 76 97 100 17
2004 59 House 95 4 R 18 79 95 100 4
2005 60 House 88 7 R 15 83 93 100 4
2006 61 House 89 8 R 26 74 96 95 16
2007 62 House 88 1 R 3 85 87 100 0
2008 63 House 98 0 R 16 84 97 100 0
2009 64 House 99 0 D 94 4 97 100 0
2010 65 House 95 1 D 95 5 95 95 0
2011 66 House 96 4 D 85 15 99 90 0
2012 67 House 97 3 D 80 15 99 100 0
2013 68 House 95 4 D 90 10 98 90 16
2014 69 House 98 1 D 91 9 99 90 4
2015 70 House 92 2 D 86 9 93 95 9
2016 71 House 95 2 D 91 4 96 100 4
2017 72 House 97 2 R 14 86 99 95 4
2018 73 House 96 1 R 30 70 84 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.