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Rodney Frelinghuysen

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1946 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Hobart College, B.A., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1969-1971

Elected Office:

  • Morris County freeholder, 1974-1983
  • NJ Assembly, 1983-1994

Other notes:

  • Son of Peter Frelinghuysen


Election Results for Rodney Frelinghuysen


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 36 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 23,015 36.9%
1990 44 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 3 12,257 29.2%
1994 48 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 127,868 71.2%
1996 50 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,440 100.0%
1996 50 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 169,091 66.3%
1998 52 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,174 100.0%
1998 52 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 100,910 67.7%
2000 54 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 35,820 100.0%
2000 54 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 186,140 68.0%
2002 56 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 29,691 100.0%
2002 56 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 132,938 72.4%
2004 58 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 24,997 100.0%
2004 58 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 200,915 67.9%
2006 60 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,461 100.0%
2006 60 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 126,085 62.1%
2008 62 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 24,304 86.7%
2008 62 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 189,696 61.8%
2010 64 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,631 76.4%
2010 64 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 122,149 67.2%
2012 66 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 30,831 100.0%
2012 66 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 182,237 58.8%
2014 68 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 15,697 66.7%
2014 68 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 109,455 62.6%
2016 70 NJ R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 44,618 76.2%
2016 70 NJ R U.S. House District 11 General 1 194,299 58.0%


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



Ideology Data for Rodney Frelinghuysen


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 49 House 88 12 87 13 D 34 66 99 15 60
1996 50 House 76 18 79 20 D 53 46 98 32 75
1997 51 House 82 18 78 22 D 48 52 99 42 52
1998 52 House 83 17 76 23 D 37 63 99 10 52
1999 53 House 70 30 D 41 59 99 40 48
2000 54 House 72 27 D 46 54 99 25 56
2001 55 House 89 11 R 88 12 99 20 60
2002 56 House 83 15 R 89 11 97 15 78
2003 57 House 91 9 R 85 15 99 10 68
2004 58 House 86 12 R 76 24 96 25 67
2005 59 House 88 11 R 83 17 98 16 60
2006 60 House 86 13 R 87 13 99 25 60
2007 61 House 78 22 R 61 38 99 30 56
2008 62 House 85 13 R 72 27 98 15 80
2009 63 House 76 23 D 43 57 99 15 68
2010 64 House 90 10 D 29 71 99 5 88
2011 65 House 78 9 D 26 62 88 6 55
2012 66 House 86 13 D 20 78 99 11 72
2013 67 House 89 10 D 20 80 99 10 54
2014 68 House 89 9 D 14 86 99 10 64
2015 69 House 90 10 D 16 84 99 0 42
2016 70 House 95 5 D 4 94 98 0 60
2017 71 House 94 5 R 86 14 99 10 65
2018 72 House 91 6 R 89 4 96 18 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.