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William Delahunt

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 18, 1941 in Quincy, MA
Died: March 30, 2024 in Quincy, MA

Education:

  • Middlebury College, B.A., 1963
  • Boston College, J.D., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1963-1971

Career:

  • Assistant court clerk, 1969-1971
  • Norfolk County district attorney, 1975-1996

Elected Office:

  • Quincy city council, 1971
  • MA House, 1973-1975


Election Results for William Delahunt


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 54 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,927 37.8%
1996 54 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 160,747 54.3%
1998 56 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 59,244 99.6%
1998 56 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 164,917 70.0%
2000 58 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,886 99.6%
2000 58 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 234,675 74.1%
2002 60 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 64,686 100.0%
2002 60 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 179,238 69.2%
2004 62 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,939 100.0%
2004 62 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 222,013 65.9%
2006 64 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 82,020 100.0%
2006 64 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 171,812 64.3%
2008 66 MA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 45,587 100.0%
2008 66 MA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 272,899 98.6%


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



Ideology Data for William Delahunt


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 9 91 92 6 D 76 24 98 100 0
1998 56 House 7 93 95 3 D 83 17 99 100 8
1999 57 House 93 3 D 78 19 95 100 0
2000 58 House 87 5 D 76 24 88 85 9
2001 59 House 88 5 R 21 77 92 100 4
2002 60 House 93 3 R 25 68 93 95 0
2003 61 House 94 2 R 9 85 95 95 8
2004 62 House 86 2 R 21 73 87 100 0
2005 63 House 89 1 R 9 89 89 100 0
2006 64 House 94 5 R 32 68 99 90 12
2007 65 House 91 2 R 2 91 93 100 0
2008 66 House 90 1 R 8 77 91 100 10
2009 67 House 92 1 D 90 6 91 100 0
2010 68 House 72 0 D 61 10 72 93 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.