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Peter King

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 5, 1944 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • St. Francis College, B.A., 1965
  • Notre Dame University, J.D., 1968

Military Service:

  • NY Army National Guard, 1968-1973

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy attorney for Nassau County, 1972-1974
  • Executive assistant to Nassau County Executive, 1974-1976

Elected Office:

  • Hempstead town council, 1977-1981
  • Nassau County comptroller, 1981-1993


Election Results for Peter King


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 42 NY R Attorney General General 2 1,344,344 34.4%
1992 48 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 8,346 68.4%
1992 48 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 124,727 49.6%
1994 50 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 10,391 72.7%
1994 50 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,236 59.2%
1996 52 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 7,593 88.2%
1996 52 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 127,972 55.3%
1998 54 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 6,967 79.3%
1998 54 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,258 64.3%
2000 56 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 8,651 77.6%
2000 56 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 143,126 59.5%
2002 58 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 11,932 78.0%
2002 58 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,537 71.9%
2004 60 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 8,110 83.8%
2004 60 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 171,259 63.0%
2006 62 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 11,077 84.0%
2006 62 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,787 56.0%
2008 64 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 6,847 88.4%
2008 64 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 172,774 63.9%
2010 66 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 21,915 90.8%
2010 66 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 131,674 71.9%
2012 68 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 141,950 58.7%
2014 70 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,177 64.9%
2016 72 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 181,221 57.1%
2018 74 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 128,078 53.1%


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



Ideology Data for Peter King


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 49 House 93 7 92 8 D 47 53 99 15 92
1994 50 House 83 17 91 8 D 45 54 99 5 81
1995 51 House 95 5 91 8 D 25 74 99 5 64
1996 52 House 80 14 82 16 D 49 51 99 22 79
1997 53 House 96 4 82 16 D 32 67 98 25 64
1998 54 House 88 10 80 17 D 30 67 97 11 76
1999 55 House 79 21 D 31 69 99 30 75
2000 56 House 74 22 D 44 56 94 15 64
2001 57 House 91 8 R 88 7 99 11 84
2002 58 House 90 8 R 79 18 95 11 83
2003 59 House 92 7 R 89 11 99 15 76
2004 60 House 79 16 R 70 21 94 25 71
2005 61 House 87 11 R 80 20 98 0 83
2006 62 House 88 11 R 95 5 98 5 76
2007 63 House 78 20 R 59 39 97 30 71
2008 64 House 83 13 R 66 33 97 45 50
2009 65 House 73 26 D 54 45 99 20 88
2010 66 House 83 10 D 29 63 94 11 92
2011 67 House 87 11 D 29 69 98 25 56
2012 68 House 84 14 D 14 83 97 0 60
2013 69 House 84 15 D 22 75 97 5 36
2014 70 House 87 13 D 15 83 98 0 48
2015 71 House 85 14 D 24 76 99 10 29
2016 72 House 93 7 D 6 94 98 5 42
2017 73 House 87 11 R 81 19 97 15 48
2018 74 House 86 10 R 100 0 94 8 52
2019 75 House 72 27 R 83 15 98 32 59
2020 76 House 78 19 R 64 22 96 35 39
Lifetime conservative rating:   65%


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.