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Sam Gejdenson

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 20, 1948 in Eschwege, Germany

Education:

  • Mitchell Junior College, A.S., 1968
  • University of Connecticut, B.A., 1970

Career:

  • Stockbroker
  • Legislative liaison to CT Governor, 1979-1980

Elected Office:

  • CT House, 1974-1978


Election Results for Sam Gejdenson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 32 CT D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,746 61.7%
1980 32 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 119,176 53.4%
1982 34 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,254 55.8%
1984 36 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,110 54.4%
1986 38 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,229 67.4%
1988 40 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,326 63.6%
1990 42 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,085 59.7%
1992 44 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,291 50.8%
1994 46 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,188 42.6%
1996 48 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 115,175 51.6%
1998 50 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,567 61.0%
2000 52 CT D U.S. House District 02 General 2 111,520 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for Sam Gejdenson


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
1981 33 House 8 92 92 7 R 22 76 97 95 0
1982 34 House 15 82 92 4 R 36 60 95 100 0
1983 35 House 9 90 95 3 R 20 79 98 90 0
1984 36 House 5 95 91 7 R 27 69 96 95 0
1985 37 House 7 89 92 4 R 23 78 96 95 11
1986 38 House 12 88 96 3 R 13 87 99 95 0
1987 39 House 19 81 92 4 R 15 84 97 92 0
1988 40 House 8 92 93 3 R 19 78 96 100 0
1989 41 House 12 88 96 3 R 26 74 98 100 0
1990 42 House 7 89 95 4 R 19 81 99 94 4
1991 43 House 11 89 96 3 R 23 77 99 95 0
1992 44 House 17 81 96 4 R 16 84 99 90 8
1993 45 House 18 82 97 2 D 83 17 99 100 8
1994 46 House 17 83 95 1 D 87 13 96 83 10
1995 47 House 27 73 93 5 D 83 14 97 90 4
1996 48 House 33 67 90 7 D 80 16 98 90 0
1997 49 House 31 67 93 6 D 83 16 98 95 12
1998 50 House 19 79 93 5 D 83 17 98 100 9
1999 51 House 97 3 D 80 19 97 100 0
2000 52 House 92 6 D 82 16 97 85 12
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.