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Nita Lowey

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 5, 1937 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Mt. Holyoke College, B.A., 1959

Career:

  • NY Division of Economic Opportunity, 1975-1985
  • Assistant NY Secretary of State, 1985-1987


Election Results for Nita Lowey


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 50 NY D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 10,533 44.0%
1988 50 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 102,235 50.3%
1990 52 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 82,203 62.8%
1992 54 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 115,841 55.6%
1994 56 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 91,663 57.3%
1996 58 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 118,194 63.6%
1998 60 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 91,623 82.8%
2000 62 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 126,878 67.3%
2002 64 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 98,957 92.0%
2004 66 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 170,715 69.8%
2006 68 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 124,256 70.7%
2008 70 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 174,791 68.5%
2010 72 NY D U.S. House District 18 General 1 115,619 62.1%
2012 74 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 171,417 64.4%
2014 76 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 98,150 54.0%
2016 78 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 214,530 65.9%
2018 80 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 170,168 87.8%


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



Ideology Data for Nita Lowey


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
1989 51 House 15 85 94 3 R 28 70 96 95 7
1990 52 House 15 81 94 4 R 14 83 97 100 4
1991 53 House 8 92 95 3 R 24 74 97 100 0
1992 54 House 15 85 96 3 R 13 87 99 100 0
1993 55 House 18 82 95 3 D 84 16 98 90 4
1994 56 House 11 89 97 2 D 82 18 97 84 10
1995 57 House 13 87 96 4 D 86 13 98 90 4
1996 58 House 10 90 93 5 D 86 14 98 90 0
1997 59 House 16 82 92 5 D 83 15 95 95 8
1998 60 House 29 71 93 6 D 82 17 97 100 8
1999 61 House 93 5 D 80 17 96 100 4
2000 62 House 86 6 D 84 12 92 88 10
2001 63 House 95 4 R 28 72 97 95 0
2002 64 House 92 5 R 25 71 96 95 4
2003 65 House 93 6 R 24 76 97 95 20
2004 66 House 91 5 R 33 61 93 100 4
2005 67 House 97 2 R 13 87 99 95 0
2006 68 House 98 2 R 24 76 99 95 4
2007 69 House 96 1 R 4 94 97 95 0
2008 70 House 95 1 R 16 80 94 100 0
2009 71 House 98 1 D 97 3 98 100 0
2010 72 House 96 2 D 95 5 98 90 0
2011 73 House 94 5 D 95 5 99 84 0
2012 74 House 92 3 D 81 7 94 84 4
2013 75 House 94 6 D 90 10 99 80 4
2014 76 House 97 2 D 92 8 99 80 4
2015 77 House 95 3 D 96 4 98 90 0
2016 78 House 98 2 D 96 4 99 95 0
2017 79 House 99 1 R 14 86 99 90 7
2018 80 House 97 1 R 29 67 98 83 4
2019 81 House 98 0 R 4 94 98 90 3
2020 82 House 95 1 R 3 83 97 85 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.