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Gerry Connolly

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 30, 1950 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • The Vernard High School (Clarks Summit, PA), 1967
  • Maryknoll College, B.A., 1971
  • Harvard University, M.P.A., 1979

Career:

  • Technology executive
  • Nonprofit organization director
  • U.S. Senate aide
  • Defense contractor

Elected Office:

  • Fairfax County supervisor, 1995-2008


Election Results for Gerry Connolly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2008 58 VA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 14,233 57.9%
2008 58 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 196,598 54.7%
2010 60 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 111,720 49.2%
2012 62 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 202,606 61.0%
2014 64 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 106,780 56.9%
2016 66 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 247,818 87.9%
2018 68 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 219,191 71.1%
2020 70 VA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,626 77.6%
2020 70 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 280,725 71.4%
2022 72 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 193,190 66.7%
2024 74 VA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 273,529 66.7%


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



Ideology Data for Gerry Connolly


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
2009 59 House 97 2 D 96 4 99 95 0
2010 60 House 90 8 D 93 7 98 85 4
2011 61 House 90 10 D 88 12 99 80 4
2012 62 House 91 9 D 81 17 99 65 17
2013 63 House 91 9 D 83 17 99 75 24
2014 64 House 95 5 D 91 9 99 85 4
2015 65 House 94 6 D 93 7 99 70 8
2016 66 House 96 3 D 89 9 98 89 0
2017 67 House 97 3 R 19 81 99 90 4
2018 68 House 94 5 R 37 63 99 58 8
2019 69 House 97 2 R 4 96 99 90 3
2020 70 House 98 1 R 6 94 99 95 0
2021 71 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 90 10
2022 72 House 98 2 D 100 0 100 3
2023 73 House 91 6 D 98 1
2024 74 House 89 10 D 98 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.