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Michael Capuano

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 9, 1952 in Somerville, MA

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1973
  • Boston College, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to MA legislature committee on taxation, 1978-1984

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1978-1984
  • Somerville alderman, 1977-1979, 1985-1989
  • Mayor of Somerville, 1990-1998


Election Results for Michael Capuano


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 46 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 19,446 22.9%
1998 46 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 99,603 81.7%
2000 48 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 14,950 99.3%
2000 48 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 144,031 99.3%
2002 50 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 49,451 100.0%
2002 50 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 111,861 99.6%
2004 52 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,648 100.0%
2004 52 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 165,852 98.7%
2006 54 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 56,482 100.0%
2006 54 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 125,515 90.7%
2008 56 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,189 100.0%
2008 56 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 185,530 98.6%
2010 58 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,198 100.0%
2010 58 MA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Primary 2 184,791 27.8%
2010 58 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 134,974 98.0%
2012 60 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,445 98.6%
2012 60 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 210,794 83.4%
2014 62 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 45,292 98.7%
2014 62 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 142,133 98.3%
2016 64 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,547 98.3%
2016 64 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 253,354 98.6%
2018 66 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 42,430 41.3%


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



Ideology Data for Michael Capuano


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
1999 47 House 96 4 D 76 22 98 100 0
2000 48 House 97 2 D 80 20 96 100 0
2001 49 House 95 4 R 16 79 97 95 4
2002 50 House 97 2 R 21 75 98 100 4
2003 51 House 94 3 R 18 80 96 100 12
2004 52 House 95 4 R 24 73 96 95 4
2005 53 House 95 4 R 17 83 98 100 4
2006 54 House 95 4 R 26 74 97 90 8
2007 55 House 96 2 R 5 94 98 95 0
2008 56 House 96 1 R 23 75 97 95 4
2009 57 House 87 0 D 88 4 83 100 0
2010 58 House 94 2 D 83 15 96 95 0
2011 59 House 94 3 D 77 20 97 100 8
2012 60 House 98 1 D 81 15 99 100 0
2013 61 House 95 3 D 88 10 97 95 12
2014 62 House 92 2 D 79 9 92 100 4
2015 63 House 97 2 D 93 7 98 100 8
2016 64 House 95 1 D 96 2 96 100 0
2017 65 House 98 1 R 14 86 99 95 4
2018 66 House 89 0 R 19 81 84 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.