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Andre Carson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 16, 1974 in Indianapolis, IN

Education:

  • Concordia University, B.A., 2003
  • Indiana Wesleyan University, M.B.A., 2005

Career:

  • Marketing rep
  • State alcohol license compliance officer, 1996-2005
  • Investigator, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, 2006-2008

Elected Office:

  • Indianapolis city council, 2007-2008

Other notes:

  • Grandson of Julia Carson


Election Results for Andre Carson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 33 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 66,659 46.5%
2008 33 IN D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 45,634 54.0%
2008 33 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 172,650 65.1%
2010 35 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,364 89.1%
2010 35 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 86,011 58.9%
2012 37 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,782 90.3%
2012 37 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 162,122 62.9%
2014 39 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,446 89.1%
2014 39 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 61,443 54.7%
2016 41 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 70,006 85.6%
2016 41 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 158,739 60.0%
2018 43 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,662 88.0%
2018 43 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 141,139 64.9%
2020 45 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 62,117 91.8%
2020 45 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 176,422 62.4%
2022 47 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,242 93.9%
2022 47 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 117,309 67.0%
2024 49 IN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,868 91.1%
2024 49 IN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 185,987 68.3%


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



Ideology Data for Andre Carson


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
2008 33 House 76 1 R 11 73 76 100 4
2009 34 House 100 0 D 97 3 99 100 0
2010 35 House 97 1 D 88 7 98 90 0
2011 36 House 92 6 D 84 15 98 95 4
2012 37 House 85 5 D 83 10 91 95 5
2013 38 House 93 6 D 84 13 99 84 20
2014 39 House 96 3 D 94 5 99 85 4
2015 40 House 97 2 D 91 7 99 95 4
2016 41 House 95 3 D 98 2 98 100 0
2017 42 House 98 1 R 8 86 98 100 8
2018 43 House 94 3 R 22 70 97 75 17
2019 44 House 98 1 R 6 94 99 85 3
2020 45 House 100 0 R 6 94 99 90 0
2021 46 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 95 5
2022 47 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 48 House 94 5 D 99 1
2024 49 House 88 7 D 94 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.