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Charlie Gonzalez

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 5, 1945 in San Antonio, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.A., 1969
  • St. Mary's College, J.D., 1972

Military Service:

  • TX Air National Guard, 1969-1975

Career:

  • School teacher, 1969-1971
  • Lawyer
  • San Antonio municipal judge, 1983-1987
  • TX district court judge, 1989-1997

Other notes:

  • Son of Henry Gonzalez


Election Results for Charlie Gonzalez


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 53 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 9,482 43.9%
1998 53 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary Runoff 1 13,439 62.1%
1998 53 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 50,356 63.2%
2000 55 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 22,213 100.0%
2000 55 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 107,487 87.7%
2002 57 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 25,645 100.0%
2002 57 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 68,685 100.0%
2004 59 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 16,804 100.0%
2004 59 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 112,480 65.5%
2006 61 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 16,398 100.0%
2006 61 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 68,348 87.4%
2008 63 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 52,245 100.0%
2008 63 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 127,298 71.9%
2010 65 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 16,935 100.0%
2010 65 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 58,645 63.6%


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



Ideology Data for Charlie Gonzalez


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
1999 54 House 95 5 D 81 19 99 100 0
2000 55 House 93 7 D 88 12 99 80 8
2001 56 House 82 13 R 30 65 95 95 4
2002 57 House 94 5 R 25 75 99 100 0
2003 58 House 90 9 R 27 73 97 95 16
2004 59 House 88 12 R 39 61 97 95 20
2005 60 House 85 13 R 26 74 98 89 16
2006 61 House 85 11 R 32 68 95 100 16
2007 62 House 96 3 R 6 94 99 95 4
2008 63 House 93 2 R 24 73 94 90 8
2009 64 House 97 1 D 94 3 97 100 0
2010 65 House 95 2 D 90 7 97 90 0
2011 66 House 82 15 D 79 18 97 75 4
2012 67 House 85 11 D 83 12 94 68 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.