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Donald Manzullo

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 24, 1944 in Rockford, IL

Education:

  • American University, B.A., 1967
  • Marquette University Law School, J.D., 1970

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Author


Election Results for Donald Manzullo


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 46 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 28,681 46.0%
1992 48 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 41,055 56.4%
1992 48 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 142,388 55.6%
1994 50 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 53,780 100.0%
1994 50 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 117,238 70.6%
1996 52 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 56,171 100.0%
1996 52 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 137,523 60.3%
1998 54 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 58,499 100.0%
1998 54 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 143,686 100.0%
2000 56 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 58,703 100.0%
2000 56 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 178,174 66.7%
2002 58 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 69,476 100.0%
2002 58 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 133,339 70.6%
2004 60 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 59,507 100.0%
2004 60 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 204,350 69.1%
2006 62 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 60,440 100.0%
2006 62 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 125,508 63.6%
2008 64 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 65,804 100.0%
2008 64 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 190,039 60.9%
2010 66 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 54,060 100.0%
2010 66 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 138,299 65.0%
2012 68 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 38,889 46.1%


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



Ideology Data for Donald Manzullo


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
1993 49 House 91 9 95 4 D 29 71 99 5 100
1994 50 House 94 6 94 6 D 46 54 99 5 95
1995 51 House 88 12 95 5 D 16 84 99 0 100
1996 52 House 82 18 92 6 D 33 65 98 5 100
1997 53 House 85 13 95 4 D 23 76 99 5 100
1998 54 House 93 7 95 5 D 21 78 98 0 92
1999 55 House 92 7 D 22 78 98 15 92
2000 56 House 93 5 D 20 80 97 5 96
2001 57 House 94 6 R 74 26 98 0 92
2002 58 House 91 5 R 82 14 94 5 100
2003 59 House 94 5 R 95 5 98 10 84
2004 60 House 92 7 R 79 12 98 5 100
2005 61 House 93 5 R 67 33 97 0 100
2006 62 House 84 4 R 84 3 88 10 91
2007 63 House 94 5 R 79 20 99 0 100
2008 64 House 89 8 R 71 27 97 21 92
2009 65 House 94 6 D 23 77 99 5 96
2010 66 House 93 5 D 37 63 96 10 92
2011 67 House 90 5 D 18 80 95 5 92
2012 68 House 92 4 D 17 78 93 0 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.