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Stephen Lynch

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 31, 1955 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • Wentworth Institute, B.S., 1988
  • Boston College, J.D., 1991
  • Harvard University, M.P.A., 1998

Career:

  • Ironworker, 1973-1991
  • Lawyer, 1991-2001

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1995-1996
  • MA Senate, 1997-2001


Election Results for Stephen Lynch


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2001 46 MA D U.S. House District 09 Special Primary 1 44,905 39.5%
2001 46 MA D U.S. House District 09 Special 1 44,943 65.0%
2002 47 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 69,244 80.6%
2002 47 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 168,055 99.5%
2004 49 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,035 100.0%
2004 49 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 218,167 99.0%
2006 51 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 75,323 77.4%
2006 51 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 169,420 78.1%
2008 53 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,332 100.0%
2008 53 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 242,166 98.7%
2010 55 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 42,527 64.8%
2010 55 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 157,071 68.3%
2012 57 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,352 98.8%
2012 57 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 263,999 76.1%
2013 58 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 2 230,335 42.4%
2014 59 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,077 99.0%
2014 59 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 200,644 98.7%
2016 61 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,335 97.4%
2016 61 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 271,019 72.4%
2018 63 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,269 70.9%
2018 63 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 259,159 98.4%
2020 65 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 111,542 66.4%
2020 65 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 310,940 80.7%
2022 67 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 73,191 99.0%
2022 67 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 189,987 69.7%
2024 69 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 64,761 98.7%
2024 69 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 265,432 70.4%


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



Ideology Data for Stephen Lynch


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 46 House 17 0 R 7 12 23 100 0
2002 47 House 91 6 R 36 64 93 90 13
2003 48 House 88 9 R 27 73 97 85 29
2004 49 House 89 9 R 42 55 96 89 28
2005 50 House 90 8 R 15 78 95 94 12
2006 51 House 90 9 R 29 71 99 90 20
2007 52 House 95 4 R 4 95 98 95 0
2008 53 House 97 2 R 12 86 97 100 8
2009 54 House 96 2 D 96 4 97 95 4
2010 55 House 89 5 D 85 12 94 95 0
2011 56 House 92 6 D 83 15 97 80 0
2012 57 House 90 8 D 86 14 97 80 16
2013 58 House 84 7 D 78 20 88 84 17
2014 59 House 93 3 D 86 9 96 83 8
2015 60 House 94 5 D 88 9 98 95 4
2016 61 House 93 5 D 87 9 99 95 4
2017 62 House 94 4 R 17 78 98 80 4
2018 63 House 92 5 R 44 52 95 75 8
2019 64 House 97 2 R 4 96 99 85 3
2020 65 House 98 1 R 6 94 99 95 0
2021 66 House 98 2 D 100 0 99 75 10
2022 67 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 68 House 93 6 D 98 1
2024 69 House 80 15 D 97 8
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.