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G.K. Butterfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 27, 1947 in Wilson, NC

Education:

  • North Carolina Central University, B.A., 1971
  • J.D., 1974

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1968-1970

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1974-1988
  • NC superior court judge, 1988-2001, 2002-2004
  • NC Supreme Court justice, 2001-2002


Election Results for G.K. Butterfield


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,257 71.4%
2004 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 Special Primary 1 1,668 92.4%
2004 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 48,567 71.2%
2004 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 137,667 64.0%
2006 59 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,510 100.0%
2008 61 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 192,765 70.3%
2010 63 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 46,509 72.9%
2010 63 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,294 59.3%
2012 65 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 89,531 81.1%
2012 65 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 254,644 75.3%
2014 67 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 60,847 81.1%
2014 67 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 154,333 73.4%
2016 69 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 240,661 68.6%
2018 71 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 190,457 69.8%
2020 73 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 188,870 54.2%


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



Ideology Data for G.K. Butterfield


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
2004 57 House 22 3 R 9 27 26 100 0
2005 58 House 91 7 R 30 70 97 84 12
2006 59 House 88 11 R 37 63 99 95 16
2007 60 House 94 3 R 5 93 95 95 0
2008 61 House 92 2 R 13 86 93 100 12
2009 62 House 94 0 D 97 3 96 100 0
2010 63 House 93 2 D 90 10 93 90 5
2011 64 House 86 9 D 87 8 94 89 4
2012 65 House 87 5 D 85 10 91 79 5
2013 66 House 91 7 D 88 11 95 79 16
2014 67 House 94 4 D 91 8 97 75 4
2015 68 House 94 3 D 94 5 97 100 4
2016 69 House 91 3 D 96 2 92 100 0
2017 70 House 97 1 R 17 83 95 95 0
2018 71 House 96 1 R 33 67 91 92 4
2019 72 House 98 1 R 4 94 98 95 3
2020 73 House 98 2 R 8 92 96 80 7
2021 74 House 97 2 D 100 0 98 80 10
2022 75 House 98 1 D 100 0 98 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.