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Mike Castle

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 2, 1939 in Wilmington, DE

Education:

  • Hamilton College, B.S., 1961
  • Georgetown University, LL.B., 1964

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy DE Attorney General, 1965-1966

Elected Office:

  • DE House, 1966-1967
  • DE Senate, 1968-1976
  • DE Lt. Governor, 1981-1985


Election Results for Mike Castle


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 40 DE R Lt. Governor General 1 128,827 58.7%
1984 44 DE R Governor General 1 132,250 55.0%
1988 48 DE R Governor General 1 169,733 70.7%
1992 52 DE R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 18,377 55.6%
1992 52 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 153,037 55.4%
1994 54 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 137,960 70.7%
1996 56 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 185,576 69.5%
1998 58 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 119,811 66.4%
2000 60 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 217,797 68.2%
2002 62 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 164,605 72.1%
2004 64 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 245,978 69.1%
2006 66 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 143,897 57.2%
2008 68 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 235,437 61.1%
2010 70 DE R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 2 27,021 46.9%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Castle


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
1993 53 House 84 16 82 17 D 54 43 99 20 75
1994 54 House 92 8 81 18 D 71 29 99 21 67
1995 55 House 85 15 83 17 D 35 65 99 25 60
1996 56 House 71 29 76 24 D 57 43 100 25 60
1997 57 House 76 24 72 28 D 55 45 99 50 56
1998 58 House 76 24 63 36 D 51 49 99 30 42
1999 59 House 70 30 D 41 59 99 55 44
2000 60 House 73 26 D 46 54 99 30 68
2001 61 House 78 22 R 67 33 99 30 48
2002 62 House 79 21 R 79 21 100 25 76
2003 63 House 77 23 R 69 31 98 40 44
2004 64 House 79 21 R 73 27 98 50 52
2005 65 House 76 23 R 67 33 99 42 28
2006 66 House 70 20 R 71 18 92 44 55
2007 67 House 71 28 R 36 64 99 50 20
2008 68 House 69 30 R 41 58 99 65 28
2009 69 House 76 24 D 58 42 100 55 56
2010 70 House 72 28 D 63 37 99 50 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   51%


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.