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Chaka Fattah

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 21, 1956 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania, M.A., 1986

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1982-1988


Election Results for Chaka Fattah


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1991 34 PA Consumer U.S. House District 02 Special 2 37,068 28.0%
1994 37 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,103 58.0%
1994 37 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 120,553 85.9%
1996 39 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 52,928 100.0%
1996 39 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 168,887 88.0%
1998 41 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,761 100.0%
1998 41 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,763 86.5%
2000 43 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,582 100.0%
2000 43 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 180,021 98.0%
2002 45 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 108,589 100.0%
2002 45 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 150,623 87.8%
2004 47 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 61,456 100.0%
2004 47 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 253,226 88.0%
2006 49 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,566 100.0%
2006 49 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 165,867 88.6%
2008 51 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 161,022 100.0%
2008 51 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 276,870 88.9%
2010 53 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 72,417 100.0%
2010 53 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 182,800 89.3%
2012 55 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 87,620 100.0%
2012 55 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 318,176 89.3%
2014 57 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 82,167 100.0%
2014 57 PA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 181,141 87.7%
2016 59 PA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 61,518 34.4%


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



Ideology Data for Chaka Fattah


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 38 House 5 89 91 1 D 82 11 91 100 4
1996 39 House 6 88 95 2 D 81 16 93 95 0
1997 40 House 13 85 91 4 D 85 13 94 100 0
1998 41 House 7 90 91 3 D 80 11 92 100 0
1999 42 House 97 2 D 83 15 94 95 0
2000 43 House 88 3 D 76 8 88 100 0
2001 44 House 93 4 R 21 74 94 100 0
2002 45 House 92 3 R 25 75 92 95 0
2003 46 House 89 4 R 16 82 89 100 16
2004 47 House 88 1 R 18 70 87 100 0
2005 48 House 91 3 R 11 87 90 100 4
2006 49 House 85 3 R 24 66 90 100 8
2007 50 House 85 1 R 4 83 87 94 0
2008 51 House 94 0 R 14 84 95 100 0
2009 52 House 97 1 D 96 3 98 100 0
2010 53 House 98 1 D 93 5 98 95 0
2011 54 House 93 4 D 85 13 96 90 0
2012 55 House 93 4 D 81 14 97 84 0
2013 56 House 93 3 D 90 8 95 95 8
2014 57 House 93 2 D 89 6 96 100 4
2015 58 House 94 2 D 89 7 95 100 13
2016 59 House 21 0 D 30 2 20 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.