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Anthony Brown

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 21, 1961 in Huntington, NY

Education:

  • Attended U.S. Military Academy
  • Harvard University, B.A., 1984, J.D., 1992

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1984-1989
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1989-2014 (Judge Advocate General Corps, Iraq)
  • Awarded the Bronze Star

Elected Office:

  • MD Assembly, 1999-2007
  • MD Lt. Governor, 2007-2015
  • MD Attorney General, 2023-



Election Results for Anthony Brown


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 44 MD D Lt. Governor Primary 1 0 0.0%
2006 44 MD D Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
2010 48 MD D Lt. Governor Primary 1 0 0.0%
2010 48 MD D Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
2014 52 MD D Governor Primary 1 249,398 51.4%
2014 52 MD D Governor General 2 818,890 47.2%
2016 54 MD D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,678 41.6%
2016 54 MD D U.S. House District 04 General 1 237,501 74.1%
2018 56 MD D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 80,699 100.0%
2018 56 MD D U.S. House District 04 General 1 209,642 78.1%
2020 58 MD D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 110,232 77.6%
2020 58 MD D U.S. House District 04 General 1 282,119 79.6%
2022 60 MD D Attorney General Primary 1 362,882 55.1%
2022 60 MD D Attorney General General 1 1,287,418 64.9%


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




Ideology Data for Anthony Brown


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
2017 55 House 97 1 R 11 86 98 95 7
2018 56 House 90 3 R 33 67 92 92 10
2019 57 House 99 1 R 2 98 99 95 3
2020 58 House 94 2 R 6 94 97 85 4
2021 59 House 97 1 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 60 House 98 2 D 100 0 97 3
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.