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Luis Gutierrez

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 10, 1953 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Northeastern Illinois University, B.A., 1975

Career:

  • Teacher/social worker, 1977-1983
  • Advisor to Chicago Mayor, 1984-1985

Elected Office:

  • Chicago alderman, 1986-1993


Election Results for Luis Gutierrez


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 38 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,377 59.6%
1992 38 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 90,452 77.6%
1994 40 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,100 63.7%
1994 40 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 46,695 75.2%
1996 42 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,140 70.8%
1996 42 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 85,278 93.6%
1998 44 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,439 100.0%
1998 44 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 54,244 81.7%
2000 46 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,593 82.3%
2000 46 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,487 88.6%
2002 48 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 38,338 68.2%
2002 48 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 67,339 79.7%
2004 50 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,382 100.0%
2004 50 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 104,761 83.7%
2006 52 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,915 100.0%
2006 52 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 69,910 85.8%
2008 54 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 63,436 100.0%
2008 54 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 112,529 80.6%
2010 56 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,000 100.0%
2010 56 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 63,273 77.4%
2012 58 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 30,908 99.9%
2012 58 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 133,226 83.0%
2014 60 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 21,625 74.3%
2014 60 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 79,666 78.1%
2016 62 IL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 92,779 75.2%
2016 62 IL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 171,297 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Luis Gutierrez


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
1993 39 House 11 82 90 4 D 72 24 92 100 4
1994 40 House 6 92 91 4 D 63 28 93 100 0
1995 41 House 10 86 90 5 D 83 11 96 95 16
1996 42 House 6 92 88 5 D 81 16 93 100 0
1997 43 House 20 78 86 8 D 68 23 95 100 13
1998 44 House 2 95 92 6 D 80 17 96 90 16
1999 45 House 90 5 D 70 22 93 100 0
2000 46 House 87 3 D 68 20 86 100 9
2001 47 House 93 4 R 28 72 94 95 17
2002 48 House 83 5 R 29 68 83 95 0
2003 49 House 87 2 R 13 76 84 95 8
2004 50 House 87 1 R 21 58 84 94 0
2005 51 House 88 2 R 17 78 84 100 0
2006 52 House 86 3 R 18 68 84 100 4
2007 53 House 87 1 R 3 92 86 100 0
2008 54 House 89 1 R 16 77 84 100 0
2009 55 House 92 2 D 87 7 89 100 0
2010 56 House 79 4 D 73 17 77 94 0
2011 57 House 89 4 D 80 17 88 100 0
2012 58 House 91 1 D 85 8 88 95 0
2013 59 House 85 3 D 82 7 83 94 5
2014 60 House 88 0 D 86 8 82 100 9
2015 61 House 89 1 D 84 7 85 100 14
2016 62 House 89 1 D 89 4 83 100 5
2017 63 House 91 1 R 6 89 84 100 4
2018 64 House 82 1 R 15 74 69 90 5
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.