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Newt Gingrich

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, PA

Education:

  • Emory University, B.A., 1965
  • Tulane University, M.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1971

Career:

  • Associate professor at West Georgia College, 1970-1978

Elected Office:

  • Speaker of the House, 1995-1999


Election Results for Newt Gingrich


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 31 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 3,631 100.0%
1974 31 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 2 46,308 48.5%
1976 33 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 2,115 100.0%
1976 33 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 2 72,400 48.3%
1978 35 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 4,597 75.6%
1978 35 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 47,078 54.4%
1980 37 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 4,963 100.0%
1980 37 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,071 59.1%
1982 39 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 8,170 100.0%
1982 39 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 62,352 55.3%
1984 41 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 6,769 100.0%
1984 41 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,655 69.1%
1986 43 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 9,481 100.0%
1986 43 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 75,583 59.5%
1988 45 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 110,169 58.9%
1990 47 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,503 100.0%
1990 47 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,768 50.3%
1992 49 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 35,699 50.7%
1992 49 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 158,761 57.7%
1994 51 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,254 77.3%
1994 51 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 119,432 64.2%
1996 53 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 67,636 100.0%
1996 53 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 174,155 57.8%
1998 55 GA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 68,320 100.0%
1998 55 GA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 164,966 70.7%


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



Ideology Data for Newt Gingrich


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 36 House 85 8 83 12 D 33 65 94 11 89
1980 37 House 91 7 79 13 D 35 56 90 12 76
1981 38 House 76 15 75 17 R 64 24 89 11 91
1982 39 House 75 12 78 18 R 70 26 91 5 90
1983 40 House 87 8 83 10 R 72 24 91 11 91
1984 41 House 86 8 83 9 R 60 29 90 5 77
1985 42 House 89 9 84 7 R 68 30 92 10 79
1986 43 House 80 14 85 8 R 72 23 92 0 81
1987 44 House 93 5 87 4 R 67 28 92 4 96
1988 45 House 92 3 80 6 R 62 32 90 6 100
1989 46 House 88 7 71 24 R 87 9 95 0 88
1990 47 House 94 4 83 8 R 66 29 90 17 86
1991 48 House 95 5 88 7 R 78 19 93 5 100
1992 49 House 85 2 82 5 R 76 10 87 10 100
1993 50 House 95 5 87 6 D 42 56 91 0 96
1994 51 House 97 0 90 5 D 44 54 95 5 100
1995 52 House 8 0 D 3 19 7 0 100
1996 53 House 100 0 97 3 D 25 75 10 0 100
1997 54 House 100 0 94 4 D 26 74 10 0 75
1998 55 House 100 0 21 0 D 5 32 14 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.