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Mo Brooks

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1954 in Charleston, SC

Education:

  • Grissom High School (Huntsville, AL), 1972
  • Duke University, B.A., 1975
  • University of Alabama, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Tuscaloosa County prosecutor, 1978-1980
  • Clerk for Circuit Court Judge John Snodgrass, 1980-1982
  • Madison County district attorney, 1991-1993
  • Special asst. Attorney General for the state of Alabama, 1995-2002
  • Practicing attorney, 1993-2010

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1983-1992
  • Madison County Commissioner, 1996-2010


Election Results for Mo Brooks


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 52 AL R Lt. Governor Primary 3 67,773 15.6%
2010 56 AL R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,746 50.8%
2010 56 AL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 131,109 57.9%
2012 58 AL R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 65,123 70.9%
2012 58 AL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 189,185 64.9%
2014 60 AL R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,117 80.3%
2014 60 AL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 115,338 74.4%
2016 62 AL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 205,647 66.7%
2017 63 AL R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 3 83,287 19.7%
2018 64 AL R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,928 61.3%
2018 64 AL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 159,063 61.0%
2020 66 AL R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 84,013 74.9%
2020 66 AL R U.S. House District 05 General 1 253,094 95.8%
2022 68 AL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 188,539 29.2%
2022 68 AL R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 2 148,431 37.0%


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



Ideology Data for Mo Brooks


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
2011 57 House 96 4 D 18 81 99 5 88
2012 58 House 96 4 D 19 81 99 10 92
2013 59 House 94 6 D 12 88 99 0 84
2014 60 House 94 5 D 8 91 99 0 84
2015 61 House 93 7 D 6 94 99 5 96
2016 62 House 94 5 D 6 91 99 16 92
2017 63 House 90 2 R 75 14 91 5 96
2018 64 House 91 8 R 74 26 99 25 84
2019 65 House 98 2 R 98 2 99 0 100
2020 66 House 98 1 R 97 3 98 10 93
2021 67 House 95 1 D 6 94 96 0 97
2022 68 House 97 1 D 3 97 99 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.