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William Lipinski

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 22, 1937 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Attended Loras College, 1956-1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1961-1967

Career:

  • Chicago Parks & Recreation Dept., 1958-1975

Elected Office:

  • Chicago alderman, 1975-1982

Other notes:

  • Father of Daniel Lipinski


Election Results for William Lipinski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 44 IL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,195 60.7%
1982 44 IL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,351 75.4%
1984 46 IL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 64,816 82.6%
1984 46 IL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 106,597 63.6%
1986 48 IL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,466 70.4%
1988 50 IL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,567 61.3%
1990 52 IL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 73,805 66.3%
1992 54 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 61,124 58.1%
1992 54 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 162,165 63.5%
1994 56 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,166 100.0%
1994 56 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 92,353 54.2%
1996 58 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,893 100.0%
1996 58 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 137,153 65.3%
1998 60 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 52,417 100.0%
1998 60 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,887 72.5%
2000 62 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 46,459 90.3%
2000 62 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 145,498 75.6%
2002 64 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 90,051 100.0%
2002 64 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 156,042 100.0%
2004 66 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 74,420 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for William Lipinski


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
1983 45 House 55 42 66 24 R 40 55 90 50 59
1984 46 House 46 41 71 14 R 45 46 86 63 37
1985 47 House 45 49 78 12 R 36 59 90 55 32
1986 48 House 52 42 74 18 R 42 54 93 47 45
1987 49 House 53 40 69 16 R 35 56 87 62 16
1988 50 House 47 42 68 20 R 33 56 88 58 35
1989 51 House 46 29 70 14 R 36 51 83 53 26
1990 52 House 56 43 76 20 R 41 57 95 44 54
1991 53 House 68 30 72 22 R 38 59 95 47 30
1992 54 House 63 29 67 20 R 34 52 86 63 50
1993 55 House 66 32 73 22 D 67 30 94 45 33
1994 56 House 67 28 73 22 D 72 26 95 47 38
1995 57 House 55 42 66 28 D 52 46 95 53 36
1996 58 House 59 41 61 36 D 65 34 97 70 40
1997 59 House 65 29 59 34 D 40 55 92 42 46
1998 60 House 57 40 55 40 D 48 48 93 47 48
1999 61 House 62 32 D 57 33 93 58 45
2000 62 House 68 25 D 44 48 89 50 38
2001 63 House 49 29 R 40 26 80 50 55
2002 64 House 65 21 R 39 36 82 58 32
2003 65 House 70 21 R 42 49 85 58 50
2004 66 House 64 13 R 36 55 78 78 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   40%


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.