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Mike Doyle

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 5, 1953 in Pittsburgh, PA

Education:

  • Swissvale Area High School (Swissvale, PA), 1971
  • Penn State University, B.S. (community development), 1975

Career:

  • Insurance agent, 1975-1977
  • Director, Turtle Creek Valley Citizens Union, 1977-1979
  • Chief of Staff to PA state Sen. Frank Pecora, 1979-1994
  • Co-founder of insurance agency, 1983-

Elected Office:

  • Swissvale borough council, 1977-1981


Election Results for Mike Doyle


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 40 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 16,571 19.8%
1994 40 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 101,784 54.8%
1996 42 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 45,967 74.4%
1996 42 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 120,410 56.0%
1998 44 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 42,288 65.1%
1998 44 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 98,363 67.7%
2000 46 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 47,827 99.9%
2000 46 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 156,131 69.4%
2002 48 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 72,886 100.0%
2002 48 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 123,323 99.9%
2004 50 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 63,033 100.0%
2004 50 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 220,139 100.0%
2006 52 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 54,213 75.9%
2006 52 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 161,075 89.8%
2008 54 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 134,298 100.0%
2008 54 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 242,326 91.3%
2010 56 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 71,511 100.0%
2010 56 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 122,073 68.8%
2012 58 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 50,323 80.1%
2012 58 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 251,932 76.9%
2014 60 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 57,039 84.1%
2014 60 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 148,351 100.0%
2016 62 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 103,710 76.6%
2016 62 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 255,293 74.4%
2018 64 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 52,080 75.9%
2018 64 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 231,472 100.0%
2020 66 PA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 90,353 67.2%
2020 66 PA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 266,084 69.2%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Doyle


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
1995 41 House 66 34 74 26 D 66 34 99 75 36
1996 42 House 63 37 66 34 D 66 34 99 58 32
1997 43 House 60 36 67 32 D 61 39 99 65 36
1998 44 House 57 38 76 21 D 66 30 97 84 25
1999 45 House 77 22 D 69 30 97 85 16
2000 46 House 77 20 D 66 30 96 65 21
2001 47 House 79 21 R 40 60 99 85 32
2002 48 House 89 10 R 39 61 95 80 8
2003 49 House 86 12 R 36 62 96 85 38
2004 50 House 91 7 R 33 67 96 84 12
2005 51 House 87 10 R 28 72 96 95 16
2006 52 House 87 8 R 34 66 95 85 12
2007 53 House 89 2 R 3 93 91 100 4
2008 54 House 92 1 R 17 75 94 100 0
2009 55 House 96 0 D 96 3 93 95 4
2010 56 House 95 0 D 88 10 95 94 0
2011 57 House 94 5 D 80 18 98 95 8
2012 58 House 92 4 D 83 10 96 100 0
2013 59 House 92 4 D 88 9 95 95 13
2014 60 House 94 2 D 85 8 93 100 5
2015 61 House 92 4 D 82 12 95 95 9
2016 62 House 95 2 D 94 2 95 94 0
2017 63 House 97 1 R 14 86 99 100 4
2018 64 House 97 3 R 33 67 98 83 4
2019 65 House 97 0 R 2 98 96 95 0
2020 66 House 99 0 R 8 92 98 100 0
2021 67 House 97 0 D 100 0 88 100 0
2022 68 House 98 0 D 97 3 87 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.