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James Langevin

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 22, 1964 in Warwick, RI

Education:

  • Rhode Island College, B.A., 1990
  • Harvard University, M.P.A., 1994

Career:

  • Intern, RI Sen. Claiborne Pell

Elected Office:

  • RI House, 1988-1994
  • RI Secretary of State, 1994-2001

Other notes:

  • Accidentally shot by a police officer in 1980, leaving him a quadriplegic


Election Results for James Langevin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 30 RI D Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 43,076 50.2%
1994 30 RI D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 187,336 55.4%
1998 34 RI D Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 52,859 100.0%
1998 34 RI D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 242,216 81.9%
2000 36 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,955 47.2%
2000 36 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 123,805 62.2%
2002 38 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,702 100.0%
2002 38 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 129,390 76.3%
2004 40 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,244 85.6%
2004 40 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 154,392 74.5%
2006 42 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,985 61.8%
2006 42 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 140,315 72.7%
2008 44 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,007 100.0%
2008 44 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 158,416 70.0%
2010 46 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,603 57.4%
2010 46 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 104,442 59.9%
2012 48 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,161 74.1%
2012 48 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,067 55.7%
2014 50 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,512 100.0%
2014 50 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,716 62.2%
2016 52 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,334 64.4%
2016 52 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 133,108 58.1%
2018 54 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,634 100.0%
2018 54 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 126,476 63.5%
2020 56 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,607 70.1%
2020 56 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 154,086 58.2%


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



Ideology Data for James Langevin


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
2001 37 House 90 10 R 35 65 100 85 28
2002 38 House 90 9 R 39 61 99 85 8
2003 39 House 95 5 R 27 71 99 85 20
2004 40 House 86 9 R 36 55 95 89 25
2005 41 House 92 8 R 20 80 99 84 8
2006 42 House 93 6 R 29 71 99 75 16
2007 43 House 98 2 R 4 96 99 100 0
2008 44 House 95 1 R 17 83 96 100 0
2009 45 House 99 1 D 97 3 99 95 4
2010 46 House 96 3 D 93 7 97 85 0
2011 47 House 94 4 D 93 6 98 80 0
2012 48 House 95 4 D 90 8 98 80 4
2013 49 House 91 6 D 89 11 96 84 13
2014 50 House 97 2 D 86 14 99 80 8
2015 51 House 95 4 D 89 11 98 85 13
2016 52 House 95 5 D 94 6 99 90 4
2017 53 House 98 1 R 17 83 99 95 7
2018 54 House 96 3 R 44 56 98 67 12
2019 55 House 98 1 R 4 96 99 90 3
2020 56 House 98 2 R 6 94 100 85 4
2021 57 House 98 2 D 100 0 99 80 8
2022 58 House 97 2 D 100 0 99 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.