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Michael Burgess

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 23, 1950 in Rochester, MN

Education:

  • Selwyn College Prep School (Denton, TX), 1968
  • North Texas State University, B.S., 1972
  • M.S., 1976
  • University of Texas-Houston, M.D., 1977
  • University of Dallas, M.S., 2000

Career:

  • Obstetrician


Election Results for Michael Burgess


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 51 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 2 5,703 22.5%
2002 51 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary Runoff 1 10,522 54.6%
2002 51 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 123,195 74.8%
2004 53 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 17,184 100.0%
2004 53 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 180,519 65.8%
2006 55 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 17,964 100.0%
2006 55 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 94,219 60.2%
2008 57 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 41,328 100.0%
2008 57 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 195,181 60.2%
2010 59 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 44,047 85.8%
2010 59 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 120,984 67.1%
2012 61 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 33,605 100.0%
2012 61 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 176,642 68.3%
2014 63 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 33,909 82.6%
2014 63 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 116,944 82.7%
2016 65 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 73,607 79.4%
2016 65 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 211,730 66.4%
2018 67 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 42,556 77.0%
2018 67 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 185,551 59.4%
2020 69 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 51,312 73.6%
2020 69 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 261,963 60.6%
2022 71 TX R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 42,006 66.8%
2022 71 TX R U.S. House District 26 General 1 183,639 69.3%


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



Ideology Data for Michael Burgess


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
2003 52 House 95 2 R 91 7 98 5 92
2004 53 House 95 4 R 82 18 98 5 96
2005 54 House 96 3 R 85 13 99 0 96
2006 55 House 91 7 R 87 11 98 5 83
2007 56 House 91 6 R 79 19 97 10 100
2008 57 House 89 6 R 65 27 93 11 96
2009 58 House 92 4 D 17 78 96 0 100
2010 59 House 95 4 D 32 68 98 5 96
2011 60 House 94 5 D 20 79 99 5 83
2012 61 House 93 5 D 19 78 98 11 96
2013 62 House 94 3 D 10 90 98 5 92
2014 63 House 94 6 D 6 94 99 15 92
2015 64 House 96 4 D 6 94 99 10 88
2016 65 House 96 3 D 9 89 99 10 92
2017 66 House 97 1 R 100 0 98 0 96
2018 67 House 96 3 R 89 11 98 0 84
2019 68 House 96 3 R 96 2 98 0 86
2020 69 House 91 2 R 94 3 95 0 85
2021 70 House 93 2 D 6 89 97 0 81
2022 71 House 96 1 D 20 80 97 88
2023 72 House 93 7 D 99 89
2024 73 House 91 5 D 95 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.