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Jerry Costello

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 25, 1949 in East St. Louis, IL

Education:

  • Maryville College, B.A., 1972

Career:

  • IL Court Services & Probation, 1973-1980
  • St. Clair County supervisor, 1980-1988


Election Results for Jerry Costello


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 38 IL D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 35,279 46.2%
1988 38 IL D U.S. House District 21 Special Primary 1 35,279 46.2%
1988 38 IL D U.S. House District 21 Special 1 33,144 51.5%
1988 38 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 105,836 52.6%
1990 40 IL D U.S. House District 21 General 1 95,208 66.0%
1992 42 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 168,762 71.2%
1994 44 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 50,940 100.0%
1994 44 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 101,391 65.9%
1996 46 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 42,005 100.0%
1996 46 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 150,005 71.6%
1998 48 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 47,334 87.4%
1998 48 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 99,605 60.4%
2000 50 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 37,234 89.9%
2000 50 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 183,208 100.0%
2002 52 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 58,195 100.0%
2002 52 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 131,580 69.2%
2004 54 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 56,397 90.0%
2004 54 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 198,862 69.4%
2006 56 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 45,600 90.1%
2006 56 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 157,284 100.0%
2008 58 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 91,636 100.0%
2008 58 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 212,891 71.4%
2010 60 IL D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 44,913 100.0%
2010 60 IL D U.S. House District 12 General 1 121,272 59.8%


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



Ideology Data for Jerry Costello


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
1988 38 House 32 5 R 6 18 42 50 57
1989 39 House 59 41 79 20 R 36 63 98 70 18
1990 40 House 48 52 86 14 R 26 73 99 67 29
1991 41 House 68 32 77 22 R 34 65 99 55 15
1992 42 House 50 50 78 18 R 32 65 96 63 45
1993 43 House 66 32 76 24 D 71 28 99 65 29
1994 44 House 72 28 75 23 D 73 27 98 47 38
1995 45 House 50 47 74 23 D 60 39 98 74 32
1996 46 House 59 39 74 25 D 66 33 98 70 30
1997 47 House 55 40 73 23 D 57 39 97 85 25
1998 48 House 57 43 75 24 D 67 32 98 90 25
1999 49 House 74 25 D 63 33 99 65 24
2000 50 House 73 23 D 52 46 97 55 33
2001 51 House 72 28 R 37 63 99 80 44
2002 52 House 80 19 R 43 57 97 70 36
2003 53 House 82 15 R 40 58 98 80 44
2004 54 House 81 17 R 42 58 97 70 36
2005 55 House 82 18 R 37 63 97 79 40
2006 56 House 85 12 R 37 63 95 70 48
2007 57 House 91 7 R 9 90 96 95 16
2008 58 House 93 4 R 16 81 94 89 13
2009 59 House 93 6 D 84 13 95 85 12
2010 60 House 84 9 D 78 22 94 74 13
2011 61 House 74 23 D 60 39 95 80 29
2012 62 House 73 18 D 54 31 88 75 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   30%


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.