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Scott Garrett

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1959 in Englewood, NJ

Education:

  • Montclair State University, B.A., 1981
  • Rutgers University, J.D., 1984

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1990-2002


Election Results for Scott Garrett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 38 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 14,498 47.2%
2000 40 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 21,051 47.7%
2002 42 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 16,234 44.9%
2002 42 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 118,881 59.5%
2004 44 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 21,523 100.0%
2004 44 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 171,220 57.6%
2006 46 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,760 86.4%
2006 46 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 112,142 54.9%
2008 48 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,914 100.0%
2008 48 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 172,653 55.9%
2010 50 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 29,523 100.0%
2010 50 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 124,030 64.9%
2012 52 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 24,709 87.2%
2012 52 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 167,501 55.0%
2014 54 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 15,972 100.0%
2014 54 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,678 55.4%
2016 56 NJ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,179 82.2%
2016 56 NJ R U.S. House District 05 General 2 157,690 46.7%


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



Ideology Data for Scott Garrett


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
2003 43 House 97 3 R 89 11 99 15 100
2004 44 House 96 2 R 91 6 98 5 100
2005 45 House 97 2 R 78 17 99 5 100
2006 46 House 88 11 R 84 16 98 20 100
2007 47 House 96 3 R 85 14 99 0 100
2008 48 House 95 3 R 75 23 98 5 100
2009 49 House 97 2 D 17 83 98 0 100
2010 50 House 95 3 D 24 76 98 5 100
2011 51 House 94 4 D 15 84 99 0 96
2012 52 House 95 2 D 19 80 98 15 100
2013 53 House 95 4 D 15 85 99 10 100
2014 54 House 95 4 D 6 94 99 5 96
2015 55 House 94 5 D 2 95 99 10 100
2016 56 House 93 4 D 9 87 97 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   99%


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.