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John LaFalce

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 6, 1939 in Buffalo, NY

Education:

  • Canisus College, B.S, 1961
  • Villanova University, J.D., 1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1965-1967

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NY Senate, 1971-1972
  • NY Assembly, 1973-1974


Election Results for John LaFalce


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 34 NY D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 12,816 65.3%
1974 34 NY D U.S. House District 36 General 1 90,498 59.6%
1976 36 NY D U.S. House District 36 General 1 123,246 66.6%
1978 38 NY D U.S. House District 36 General 1 99,497 74.1%
1980 40 NY D U.S. House District 36 General 1 122,929 71.7%
1982 42 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 116,386 91.4%
1984 44 NY D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 17,747 94.5%
1984 44 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 139,979 69.4%
1986 46 NY D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 12,486 91.5%
1986 46 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 99,745 91.0%
1988 48 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 133,917 72.7%
1990 50 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 68,367 55.0%
1992 52 NY D U.S. House District 29 General 1 128,230 54.5%
1994 54 NY D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 16,393 80.9%
1994 54 NY D U.S. House District 29 General 1 103,053 55.2%
1996 56 NY D U.S. House District 29 General 1 132,317 62.0%
1998 58 NY D U.S. House District 29 General 1 97,235 57.0%
2000 60 NY D U.S. House District 29 General 1 128,328 61.3%


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



Ideology Data for John LaFalce


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
1975 35 House 24 72 83 14 R 36 60 96 84 11
1976 36 House 29 59 71 19 R 27 55 89 59 27
1977 37 House 30 62 70 23 D 72 19 94 53 22
1978 38 House 25 71 71 26 D 81 13 92 42 8
1979 39 House 22 74 80 12 D 68 18 91 72 11
1980 40 House 19 64 74 15 D 75 16 89 63 21
1981 41 House 27 68 78 15 R 36 61 94 74 8
1982 42 House 21 73 80 10 R 38 57 90 94 5
1983 43 House 19 75 84 12 R 30 67 94 84 10
1984 44 House 25 68 78 13 R 35 56 91 85 24
1985 45 House 22 73 77 15 R 30 66 92 70 16
1986 46 House 20 64 80 11 R 19 76 93 89 10
1987 47 House 26 74 83 9 R 20 77 93 96 5
1988 48 House 32 61 85 11 R 24 70 96 80 8
1989 49 House 41 51 81 15 R 34 59 95 90 11
1990 50 House 35 61 80 14 R 30 67 94 72 21
1991 51 House 22 78 89 8 R 32 67 96 90 10
1992 52 House 29 65 86 9 R 27 70 94 85 13
1993 53 House 39 61 84 10 D 72 25 95 75 17
1994 54 House 47 42 86 10 D 82 12 97 82 15
1995 55 House 23 74 84 11 D 80 16 95 79 16
1996 56 House 24 75 88 9 D 82 16 96 84 5
1997 57 House 22 73 82 13 D 76 20 96 85 16
1998 58 House 36 62 88 10 D 82 17 98 89 8
1999 59 House 85 15 D 78 22 99 85 12
2000 60 House 85 10 D 80 18 95 65 13
2001 61 House 91 9 R 40 60 99 85 16
2002 62 House 87 6 R 32 64 92 84 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.