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Bob Franks

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 21, 1951 in Hackensack, NJ
Died: April 9, 2010 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • DePauw University, B.A., 1973
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., 1976

Career:

  • Political consultant to Reps. Jim Courter, Tom Kean and Dean Gallo, 1977-1984
  • Newspaper owner, 1982-1984

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1980-1993


Election Results for Bob Franks


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 40 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 132,174 53.3%
1994 42 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 11,756 100.0%
1994 42 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 98,814 59.6%
1996 44 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 14,193 100.0%
1996 44 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 128,817 55.4%
1998 46 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 8,955 100.0%
1998 46 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 77,751 52.5%
2000 48 NJ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 98,370 35.7%
2000 48 NJ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,420,267 47.1%
2001 49 NJ R Governor Primary 2 143,606 42.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Franks


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
1993 41 House 64 36 77 22 D 56 44 99 35 67
1994 42 House 67 31 76 23 D 54 45 99 26 62
1995 43 House 70 30 80 19 D 39 60 99 25 56
1996 44 House 39 59 71 28 D 52 48 99 35 63
1997 45 House 69 31 74 25 D 45 55 99 40 64
1998 46 House 71 29 72 27 D 38 62 99 25 52
1999 47 House 73 26 D 31 69 99 45 64
2000 48 House 57 17 D 28 48 66 18 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.