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George Gekas

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 14, 1930 in Harrisburg, PA
Died: December 16, 2021 in Harrisburg, PA

Education:

  • Dickinson College, B.A., 1952
  • Dickinson Law School, LL.B., J.D., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1953-1955

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant district attorney for Dauphin County, 1960-1966

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1966-1974
  • PA Senate, 1976-1982


Election Results for George Gekas


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 48 PA R Lt. Governor Primary 3 67,019 7.4%
1982 52 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 25,773 60.0%
1982 52 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 84,291 57.6%
1984 54 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 38,594 86.9%
1984 54 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 129,716 72.6%
1986 56 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 101,027 73.6%
1988 58 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 166,289 100.0%
1990 60 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 110,317 100.0%
1992 62 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 150,158 69.5%
1994 64 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 61,366 100.0%
1994 64 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 133,788 99.9%
1996 66 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 41,890 100.0%
1996 66 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 150,678 72.2%
1998 68 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 37,787 99.9%
1998 68 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 114,931 99.8%
2000 70 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 45,221 99.9%
2000 70 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 166,236 71.5%
2002 72 PA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 39,734 100.0%
2002 72 PA R U.S. House District 17 General 2 97,802 48.6%


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



Ideology Data for George Gekas


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
1983 53 House 76 22 82 17 R 79 20 97 20 73
1984 54 House 88 12 81 17 R 62 35 98 22 65
1985 55 House 87 13 85 15 R 73 28 99 15 74
1986 56 House 92 8 83 16 R 76 23 99 10 73
1987 57 House 84 16 90 10 R 70 29 99 8 83
1988 58 House 97 3 93 5 R 72 27 99 10 92
1989 59 House 88 12 92 6 R 69 29 98 15 96
1990 60 House 94 6 92 7 R 81 19 99 0 91
1991 61 House 97 3 84 14 R 74 25 98 5 90
1992 62 House 83 13 90 6 R 74 20 95 15 88
1993 63 House 86 14 90 8 D 31 68 99 5 92
1994 64 House 94 3 93 7 D 41 59 99 11 95
1995 65 House 94 3 93 4 D 19 78 98 5 76
1996 66 House 98 2 95 4 D 35 65 99 0 100
1997 67 House 95 4 88 10 D 29 71 97 15 88
1998 68 House 95 5 90 7 D 21 77 97 10 84
1999 69 House 90 8 D 24 76 97 5 84
2000 70 House 88 8 D 28 68 97 0 88
2001 71 House 95 4 R 91 7 99 5 84
2002 72 House 94 6 R 89 11 99 5 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.