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Eliot Engel

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 18, 1947 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Hunter-Lehman College, B.A., 1969
  • CUNY, M.A., 1973
  • New York Law School, J.D., 1987

Career:

  • Teacher/guidance couselor, 1969-1977

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1977-1988



Election Results for Eliot Engel


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 41 NY D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 12,181 47.9%
1988 41 NY D U.S. House District 19 General 1 77,158 56.0%
1990 43 NY D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 12,521 71.8%
1990 43 NY D U.S. House District 19 General 1 45,758 61.2%
1992 45 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 98,068 80.1%
1994 47 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 23,719 62.5%
1994 47 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 73,321 77.6%
1996 49 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 14,366 76.9%
1996 49 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 101,287 85.0%
1998 51 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 22,405 79.9%
1998 51 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 80,947 88.0%
2000 53 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 24,159 50.4%
2000 53 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 115,093 89.7%
2002 55 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 77,535 62.6%
2004 57 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 18,854 66.2%
2004 57 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 140,530 76.2%
2006 59 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 26,564 83.0%
2006 59 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 93,614 76.4%
2008 61 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 161,594 79.9%
2010 63 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 95,346 72.8%
2012 65 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 12,856 87.3%
2012 65 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 179,561 75.9%
2014 67 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 99,658 71.9%
2016 69 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 209,857 73.0%
2018 71 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 22,160 73.7%
2018 71 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 182,044 99.3%
2020 73 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 36,149 40.6%


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




Ideology Data for Eliot Engel


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
1989 42 House 10 80 92 1 R 30 65 93 95 4
1990 43 House 13 80 83 2 R 18 75 86 100 8
1991 44 House 14 86 93 4 R 27 71 96 90 15
1992 45 House 25 73 85 5 R 16 75 90 95 4
1993 46 House 11 77 86 2 D 77 15 86 100 5
1994 47 House 11 86 89 3 D 78 19 93 100 0
1995 48 House 10 89 96 3 D 86 13 99 100 8
1996 49 House 22 75 91 4 D 80 15 94 100 0
1997 50 House 24 73 91 8 D 71 21 95 100 8
1998 51 House 10 81 93 3 D 79 17 93 100 4
1999 52 House 90 5 D 81 17 93 100 0
2000 53 House 81 5 D 76 16 87 94 23
2001 54 House 88 6 R 33 60 91 100 4
2002 55 House 86 11 R 46 50 97 90 12
2003 56 House 92 5 R 24 76 97 95 16
2004 57 House 88 4 R 33 64 91 95 4
2005 58 House 93 7 R 26 74 99 95 0
2006 59 House 93 5 R 34 61 96 100 4
2007 60 House 82 2 R 4 80 85 94 0
2008 61 House 92 2 R 18 76 89 100 0
2009 62 House 94 1 D 96 3 94 100 0
2010 63 House 95 1 D 90 10 93 100 0
2011 64 House 88 5 D 80 12 91 90 4
2012 65 House 89 6 D 83 12 95 85 4
2013 66 House 92 4 D 91 7 94 83 22
2014 67 House 94 3 D 91 8 97 80 8
2015 68 House 91 3 D 92 4 92 95 4
2016 69 House 90 2 D 89 4 93 94 4
2017 70 House 94 2 R 14 83 95 89 4
2018 71 House 94 1 R 22 78 94 90* 4
2019 72 House 99 0 R 0 100 99 100 0
2020 73 House 96 2 R 6 79 97 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.