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Philip English

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 20, 1956 in Erie, PA

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1978

Career:

  • Staff member, PA Senate, 1980-1984
  • Erie County Controller, 1985-1988
  • Chief of Staff, PA state Sen. Melissa Hart, 1990-1994

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for PA Treasurer, 1988


Election Results for Philip English


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 32 PA R Treasurer General 2 1,845,140 43.6%
1994 38 PA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 40,770 66.3%
1994 38 PA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 89,439 49.5%
1996 40 PA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 33,398 100.0%
1996 40 PA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 106,875 50.7%
1998 42 PA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 21,512 100.0%
1998 42 PA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 94,518 63.4%
2000 44 PA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 31,058 100.0%
2000 44 PA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 135,164 60.8%
2002 46 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,803 100.0%
2002 46 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 116,763 77.7%
2004 48 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,634 100.0%
2004 48 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 166,580 60.1%
2006 50 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,189 100.0%
2006 50 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 108,525 53.6%
2008 52 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 42,636 100.0%
2008 52 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 2 139,707 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Philip English


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 39 House 89 8 89 9 D 26 72 99 16 84
1996 40 House 76 16 79 18 D 46 53 98 11 74
1997 41 House 80 18 85 14 D 37 60 98 20 76
1998 42 House 81 19 81 19 D 35 63 98 35 68
1999 43 House 82 15 D 24 70 97 26 72
2000 44 House 81 17 D 40 60 97 26 56
2001 45 House 89 10 R 81 19 99 10 68
2002 46 House 91 7 R 82 14 98 0 92
2003 47 House 92 7 R 91 9 98 20 72
2004 48 House 87 12 R 73 27 96 25 68
2005 49 House 92 7 R 83 17 98 5 88
2006 50 House 87 10 R 89 5 97 15 80
2007 51 House 76 22 R 47 50 98 40 64
2008 52 House 80 18 R 43 55 96 65 52
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.