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Keith Ellison

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 4, 1963 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • Wayne State University, B.A., 1986
  • University of MInnesota, J.D., 1990

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MN House, 2003-2006
  • MN Attorney General, 2019-


Election Results for Keith Ellison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 29,003 41.2%
2006 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 General 1 136,068 55.6%
2008 44 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,988 84.5%
2008 44 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 General 1 228,776 70.9%
2010 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 55,424 81.6%
2010 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 General 1 154,833 67.7%
2012 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 30,609 93.5%
2012 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 General 1 262,102 74.5%
2014 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 General 1 167,079 70.8%
2016 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,380 91.7%
2016 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 05 General 1 249,964 69.1%
2018 54 MN DFL Attorney General Primary 1 281,142 49.8%
2018 54 MN DFL Attorney General General 1 1,249,407 49.0%
2022 58 MN DFL Attorney General Primary 1 378,367 89.3%
2022 58 MN DFL Attorney General General 1 1,254,371 50.4%


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



Ideology Data for Keith Ellison


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
2007 43 House 95 1 R 2 95 97 100 0
2008 44 House 95 0 R 14 81 93 100 0
2009 45 House 90 1 D 90 4 92 100 0
2010 46 House 92 3 D 83 17 95 100 0
2011 47 House 88 1 D 77 14 90 100 9
2012 48 House 93 1 D 85 7 94 100 0
2013 49 House 96 2 D 88 10 98 100 20
2014 50 House 92 1 D 86 9 94 100 8
2015 51 House 96 1 D 88 7 97 100 4
2016 52 House 92 2 D 91 0 94 100 0
2017 53 House 98 1 R 6 94 97 100 7
2018 54 House 67 1 R 4 48 61 89 4
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.