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Wayne Gilchrest

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 15, 1946 in Rahway, NJ

Education:

  • Wesley College, A.A., 1971
  • Delaware State College, B.A., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1964-1968

Career:

  • School teacher, 1973-1990


Election Results for Wayne Gilchrest


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 42 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 8,190 54.6%
1988 42 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 2 94,588 49.6%
1990 44 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 9,095 28.6%
1990 44 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,920 56.8%
1992 46 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 17,469 47.1%
1992 46 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 120,084 51.3%
1994 48 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,358 65.1%
1994 48 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 120,975 67.7%
1996 50 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,431 64.6%
1996 50 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,033 61.6%
1998 52 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,066 100.0%
1998 52 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,771 69.2%
2000 54 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,232 100.0%
2000 54 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 165,293 64.4%
2002 56 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,599 60.0%
2002 56 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 192,004 76.7%
2004 58 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,590 61.9%
2004 58 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 245,149 75.9%
2006 60 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,765 100.0%
2006 60 MD R U.S. House District 01 General 1 185,177 68.8%
2008 62 MD R U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 25,624 33.1%


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



Ideology Data for Wayne Gilchrest


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
1991 45 House 86 14 78 21 R 70 30 99 20 70
1992 46 House 71 27 68 29 R 56 42 97 32 63
1993 47 House 61 39 71 27 D 58 41 96 30 63
1994 48 House 78 22 72 28 D 64 36 99 32 62
1995 49 House 81 18 80 20 D 35 65 99 30 60
1996 50 House 76 24 84 16 D 46 54 99 20 80
1997 51 House 87 11 80 19 D 44 55 99 21 71
1998 52 House 79 19 71 29 D 37 61 97 35 44
1999 53 House 71 26 D 30 67 95 53 52
2000 54 House 76 20 D 44 48 96 18 58
2001 55 House 86 14 R 67 33 99 25 48
2002 56 House 80 13 R 68 18 92 12 78
2003 57 House 85 11 R 78 20 92 25 67
2004 58 House 85 15 R 73 27 98 35 56
2005 59 House 79 20 R 72 28 98 28 42
2006 60 House 72 24 R 55 37 94 44 48
2007 61 House 53 39 R 13 83 91 67 38
2008 62 House 51 30 R 22 64 78 76 18
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.