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Al Green

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 1, 1947 in New Orleans, LA

Education:

  • Attended Florida A&M University, 1966-1971
  • Attended Tuskegee University
  • Texas Southern University, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Justice of the Peace, 1977-2004, President of Houston NAACP, 1986-1995


Election Results for Al Green


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 56 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 18,034 66.5%
2004 56 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 114,462 72.2%
2006 58 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 10,549 100.0%
2006 58 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 60,253 100.0%
2008 60 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 73,657 100.0%
2008 60 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 143,868 93.6%
2010 62 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 21,465 100.0%
2010 62 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 80,107 75.7%
2012 64 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 20,917 100.0%
2012 64 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 144,075 78.5%
2014 66 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 13,442 100.0%
2014 66 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 78,109 90.8%
2016 68 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 44,487 100.0%
2016 68 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 152,032 80.6%
2018 70 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 32,881 100.0%
2018 70 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 136,256 89.1%
2020 72 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 48,387 83.6%
2020 72 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 172,938 75.5%
2022 74 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 42,782 100.0%
2022 74 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 125,446 76.7%
2024 76 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 42,191 100.0%
2024 76 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 182,990 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Al Green


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
2005 57 House 93 7 R 17 83 99 100 16
2006 58 House 94 6 R 26 74 99 95 20
2007 59 House 98 2 R 2 97 99 100 4
2008 60 House 94 1 R 16 83 95 100 4
2009 61 House 99 0 D 97 3 99 100 0
2010 62 House 97 2 D 95 5 99 90 0
2011 63 House 89 10 D 83 17 99 85 8
2012 64 House 88 12 D 81 15 98 75 16
2013 65 House 90 8 D 83 13 97 80 12
2014 66 House 87 2 D 83 11 90 100 10
2015 67 House 92 5 D 86 12 96 100 0
2016 68 House 93 4 D 98 2 96 95 4
2017 69 House 96 2 R 14 86 98 100 0
2018 70 House 97 2 R 26 74 99 92 4
2019 71 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 72 House 99 1 R 6 94 99 100 0
2021 73 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 95 5
2022 74 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 75 House 94 5 D 98 0
2024 76 House 87 8 D 94 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.