RightDataUSA


Danny Davis

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 6, 1941 in Parkdale, IL

Education:

  • Arkansas AM&N College, B.A., 1961
  • Chicago State University, M.S., 1968
  • Union Institute, Ph.D., 1997

Career:

  • Post office clerk, 1961-1965
  • School teacher, 1962-1969
  • Health care planner, 1969-1979

Elected Office:

  • Chicago alderman, 1979-1990
  • Cook County commissioner, 1990-1996



Election Results for Danny Davis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 42 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 36,776 38.7%
1986 44 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 22,938 39.4%
1996 54 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 22,188 32.6%
1996 54 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 149,568 82.6%
1998 56 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 57,200 85.1%
1998 56 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 130,984 92.9%
2000 58 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 59,100 100.0%
2000 58 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 164,155 85.9%
2002 60 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 92,960 100.0%
2002 60 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 137,933 83.2%
2004 62 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 84,950 82.2%
2004 62 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 221,133 86.1%
2006 64 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 77,287 89.0%
2006 64 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 143,071 86.7%
2008 66 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 129,865 91.1%
2008 66 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 235,343 85.0%
2010 68 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,728 66.8%
2010 68 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 149,846 81.5%
2012 70 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 57,896 84.5%
2012 70 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 242,439 84.6%
2014 72 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,061 100.0%
2014 72 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 155,110 85.1%
2016 74 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 139,378 81.2%
2016 74 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 250,584 84.2%
2018 76 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 81,570 73.9%
2018 76 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 215,746 87.6%
2020 78 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 79,813 60.2%
2020 78 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 249,383 80.4%
2022 80 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 39,230 51.9%
2022 80 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 167,650 99.9%
2024 82 IL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,248 52.4%
2024 82 IL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 222,408 83.3%


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




Ideology Data for Danny Davis


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
1997 55 House 18 82 92 5 D 76 23 98 100 8
1998 56 House 5 95 93 4 D 84 15 96 100 8
1999 57 House 97 1 D 83 17 96 100 0
2000 58 House 93 2 D 82 18 94 100 4
2001 59 House 97 3 R 16 81 97 100 4
2002 60 House 90 3 R 25 75 94 90 0
2003 61 House 93 1 R 13 84 93 100 8
2004 62 House 94 2 R 21 70 94 95 0
2005 63 House 95 3 R 20 80 98 100 4
2006 64 House 86 3 R 21 68 90 100 8
2007 65 House 96 1 R 0 97 96 95 0
2008 66 House 95 0 R 16 76 93 100 0
2009 67 House 96 0 D 96 3 93 100 0
2010 68 House 86 4 D 83 17 89 89 4
2011 69 House 92 3 D 82 17 94 95 4
2012 70 House 89 2 D 78 10 91 100 0
2013 71 House 93 4 D 84 9 96 94 9
2014 72 House 92 0 D 85 12 91 95 13
2015 73 House 96 1 D 91 7 95 95 0
2016 74 House 94 0 D 98 2 94 100 0
2017 75 House 93 0 R 8 86 91 100 4
2018 76 House 86 1 R 15 74 79 100 9
2019 77 House 99 0 R 2 96 97 95 0
2020 78 House 98 1 R 6 92 97 100 0
2021 79 House 98 0 D 100 0 98 100 3
2022 80 House 99 0 D 100 0 97 0
2023 81 House 98 1 D 94 6 98 100 1
2024 82 House 92 1 D 92 6
2025 83 House 100 0 R 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.