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Dwight Evans

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 16, 1954 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • Germantown High School (Philadelpha, PA), 1971
  • Community College of Philadelphia, A.A., 1973
  • LaSalle University, B.A., 1975

Career:

  • Teacher, Philadelphia public schools
  • Employment counselor, Urban League of Philadelphia

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1980-2016
  • Candidate for PA Lt. Governor, 1986
  • Candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, 1999, 2007


Election Results for Dwight Evans


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 32 PA D Lt. Governor Primary 3 193,598 22.7%
1994 40 PA D Governor Primary 2 234,285 21.1%
2016 62 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 75,515 42.3%
2016 62 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 322,514 90.2%
2018 64 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 73,800 80.8%
2018 64 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 287,610 93.4%
2020 66 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 164,871 100.0%
2020 66 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 341,708 91.0%
2022 68 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 97,709 75.7%
2022 68 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 251,115 95.1%


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



Ideology Data for Dwight Evans


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
2016 62 House 5 0 D 11 0 7 100 0
2017 63 House 98 1 R 11 86 99 100 4
2018 64 House 98 2 R 33 67 99 92 4
2019 65 House 98 0 R 4 94 99 95 0
2020 66 House 96 0 R 6 92 97 95 0
2021 67 House 100 0 D 100 0 100 95 3
2022 68 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 69 House 87 5 D 92 0
2024 70 House 72 13 D 83 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.