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Steny Hoyer

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 14, 1939 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • University of Maryland, B.S., 1963
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1966

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1966-1980
  • MD Board of Higher Education, 1978-1981

Elected Office:

  • MD Senate, 1966-1979 (President, 1975-1979)


Election Results for Steny Hoyer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 39 MD D Lt. Governor Primary 2 0 0.0%
1981 42 MD D U.S. House District 05 Special Primary 1 14,127 30.3%
1981 42 MD D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 42,573 55.1%
1982 43 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 44,099 92.2%
1982 43 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,937 79.6%
1984 45 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,131 88.2%
1984 45 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 116,310 72.2%
1986 47 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,545 91.2%
1986 47 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,098 81.9%
1988 49 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 128,437 78.6%
1990 51 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,473 79.0%
1990 51 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 84,747 80.7%
1992 53 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 46,400 84.1%
1992 53 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 118,312 53.0%
1994 55 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,644 81.5%
1994 55 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 98,821 58.8%
1996 57 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 22,598 83.8%
1996 57 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 121,288 56.9%
1998 59 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,485 85.9%
1998 59 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 126,792 65.4%
2000 61 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 46,599 80.7%
2000 61 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 166,231 65.1%
2002 63 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 62,512 100.0%
2002 63 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 137,903 69.3%
2004 65 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,218 100.0%
2004 65 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 204,667 68.7%
2006 67 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,698 100.0%
2006 67 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 168,114 82.7%
2008 69 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 90,513 82.6%
2008 69 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 253,854 73.6%
2010 71 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 58,717 85.7%
2010 71 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 155,110 64.3%
2012 73 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,961 84.7%
2012 73 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 238,618 69.4%
2014 75 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 57,240 100.0%
2014 75 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 144,725 64.0%
2016 77 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 83,787 75.9%
2016 77 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 242,989 67.4%
2018 79 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 72,493 84.1%
2018 79 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 213,796 70.3%
2020 81 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 96,664 64.4%
2020 81 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 274,210 68.8%
2022 83 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 68,729 71.3%
2022 83 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 182,478 65.9%
2024 85 MD D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 69,723 72.3%
2024 85 MD D U.S. House District 05 General 1 278,698 67.5%


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



Ideology Data for Steny Hoyer


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
1981 42 House 32 67 86 11 R 40 55 96 78 0
1982 43 House 25 71 92 5 R 38 57 96 75 18
1983 44 House 29 70 91 6 R 32 67 97 84 9
1984 45 House 32 63 89 9 R 42 57 97 84 9
1985 46 House 29 71 93 5 R 29 71 98 75 11
1986 47 House 26 72 95 3 R 21 79 98 95 5
1987 48 House 28 72 93 3 R 25 75 97 84 0
1988 49 House 18 82 98 1 R 23 77 99 95 0
1989 50 House 29 68 93 3 R 35 63 97 80 0
1990 51 House 22 76 96 2 R 19 79 98 89 0
1991 52 House 19 81 90 7 R 33 67 98 80 0
1992 53 House 52 48 89 8 R 27 72 97 90 17
1993 54 House 59 41 92 7 D 93 6 98 70 17
1994 55 House 56 42 91 5 D 86 14 97 68 24
1995 56 House 59 41 83 14 D 78 20 97 80 8
1996 57 House 69 31 87 13 D 86 14 99 85 5
1997 58 House 60 36 84 14 D 75 24 98 85 12
1998 59 House 50 50 88 11 D 80 18 98 95 4
1999 60 House 88 10 D 80 20 97 90 8
2000 61 House 92 7 D 88 12 97 80 12
2001 62 House 89 9 R 30 70 98 95 9
2002 63 House 88 11 R 32 68 97 95 4
2003 64 House 92 7 R 24 76 99 90 24
2004 65 House 95 5 R 30 70 98 100 0
2005 66 House 92 7 R 24 76 99 95 12
2006 67 House 91 7 R 29 71 98 90 4
2007 68 House 97 2 R 7 93 99 90 4
2008 69 House 98 1 R 19 80 99 95 0
2009 70 House 98 1 D 96 3 96 100 0
2010 71 House 98 0 D 98 2 99 90 0
2011 72 House 89 5 D 95 3 95 79 4
2012 73 House 92 6 D 88 10 98 80 4
2013 74 House 86 5 D 84 11 93 80 12
2014 75 House 94 4 D 95 5 98 70 0
2015 76 House 95 2 D 94 4 97 95 4
2016 77 House 92 3 D 89 4 95 95 0
2017 78 House 97 1 R 11 89 97 90 4
2018 79 House 88 2 R 33 67 92 83 5
2019 80 House 98 1 R 4 96 98 90 3
2020 81 House 99 1 R 6 94 100 85 4
2021 82 House 97 1 D 100 0 98 85 10
2022 83 House 98 2 D 100 0 97 3
2023 84 House 83 6 D 92 1
2024 85 House 90 7 D 97 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.