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Mark Foley

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 8, 1954 in Newton, MA

Career:

  • Restauranteur, 1974-1984
  • Real estate broker, 1984-1990

Elected Office:

  • Lake Worth city commissioner, 1977-1983
  • Lake Worth Vice-Mayor, 1983-1984
  • FL House, 1990-1992
  • FL Senate, 1993-1995


Election Results for Mark Foley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 39 FL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 29,891 60.9%
1994 39 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 122,734 58.1%
1996 41 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 175,684 64.0%
1998 43 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 45 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 176,153 60.2%
2002 47 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 176,171 78.9%
2004 49 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 215,563 68.0%


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



Ideology Data for Mark Foley


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 40 House 94 5 90 9 D 26 74 99 10 84
1996 41 House 78 22 83 16 D 43 57 99 10 90
1997 42 House 87 13 88 10 D 36 64 98 30 84
1998 43 House 88 10 82 16 D 38 61 96 20 80
1999 44 House 77 22 D 30 70 99 35 64
2000 45 House 80 19 D 38 62 99 20 68
2001 46 House 89 11 R 81 19 98 30 64
2002 47 House 90 10 R 89 11 98 15 92
2003 48 House 92 6 R 91 7 97 5 80
2004 49 House 89 9 R 79 21 98 26 68
2005 50 House 85 9 R 72 22 95 17 65
2006 51 House 79 16 R 71 13 92 33 65
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.