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Martin Frost

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1942 in Glendale, CA

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.A., B.J., 1964
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1970

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1966-1972

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1970-1971
  • Legal reporter, 1971-1972


Election Results for Martin Frost


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 32 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 2 14,989 42.1%
1978 36 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 22,791 55.1%
1978 36 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 39,201 54.1%
1980 38 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 93,690 61.3%
1982 40 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 63,857 72.9%
1984 42 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 25,248 92.0%
1984 42 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 105,210 59.5%
1986 44 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 19,701 93.2%
1986 44 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 69,368 67.2%
1988 46 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 135,794 92.6%
1990 48 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 86,297 100.0%
1992 50 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 27,112 100.0%
1992 50 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 104,174 59.8%
1994 52 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 13,687 100.0%
1994 52 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 65,019 52.8%
1996 54 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 77,847 55.7%
1998 56 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 9,202 100.0%
1998 56 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 56,321 57.5%
2000 58 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 18,892 100.0%
2000 58 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 103,152 61.8%
2002 60 TX D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 17,963 100.0%
2002 60 TX D U.S. House District 24 General 1 73,002 64.7%
2004 62 TX D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 9,943 100.0%
2004 62 TX D U.S. House District 32 General 2 89,030 44.0%


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



Ideology Data for Martin Frost


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
1979 37 House 46 44 75 19 D 70 23 92 39 26
1980 38 House 44 43 67 15 D 66 23 86 56 31
1981 39 House 52 41 70 17 R 34 38 87 56 18
1982 40 House 40 59 82 12 R 34 58 92 70 14
1983 41 House 48 47 79 13 R 34 59 92 75 23
1984 42 House 42 47 63 14 R 33 48 77 72 25
1985 43 House 47 47 83 9 R 26 69 93 55 21
1986 44 House 52 38 74 11 R 23 66 86 61 26
1987 45 House 60 30 83 9 R 31 67 89 88 0
1988 46 House 37 42 84 5 R 21 66 90 79 8
1989 47 House 39 61 86 8 R 38 58 94 79 4
1990 48 House 43 57 91 5 R 22 77 95 67 8
1991 49 House 54 43 80 10 R 35 61 92 68 20
1992 50 House 71 29 82 11 R 30 66 93 79 26
1993 51 House 68 18 79 11 D 87 9 91 65 21
1994 52 House 78 17 81 10 D 76 13 93 56 25
1995 53 House 62 28 78 14 D 74 21 92 85 14
1996 54 House 88 10 75 20 D 81 16 96 68 10
1997 55 House 71 27 83 15 D 77 21 97 80 20
1998 56 House 79 19 80 15 D 71 26 94 95 8
1999 57 House 81 13 D 67 26 93 89 4
2000 58 House 85 13 D 78 22 97 80 12
2001 59 House 78 15 R 35 63 96 85 25
2002 60 House 86 13 R 36 64 98 95 4
2003 61 House 88 10 R 27 69 97 95 24
2004 62 House 82 16 R 39 55 94 90 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.