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Ed Markey

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 11, 1946 in Malden, MA

Education:

  • Boston College, B.A., 1968, J.D., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-1973

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1973-1976


Election Results for Ed Markey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 29 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 22,137 21.6%
1976 29 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 162,126 76.9%
1978 31 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 73,718 100.0%
1978 31 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 145,615 84.8%
1980 33 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,190 84.8%
1980 33 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 155,759 100.0%
1982 35 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 103,936 100.0%
1982 35 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 151,305 77.8%
1984 37 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 55,248 53.9%
1984 37 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 167,211 71.4%
1986 39 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 57,567 100.0%
1986 39 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 124,183 100.0%
1988 41 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,881 100.0%
1988 41 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 188,647 100.0%
1990 43 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 87,887 100.0%
1990 43 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 155,380 99.9%
1992 45 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 53,033 99.8%
1992 45 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 174,837 62.1%
1994 47 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,661 99.6%
1994 47 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 146,246 64.4%
1996 49 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 24,560 99.4%
1996 49 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 177,053 69.8%
1998 51 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 59,633 99.5%
1998 51 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 137,178 70.6%
2000 53 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,785 99.2%
2000 53 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 211,543 98.9%
2002 55 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 73,014 84.9%
2002 55 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 170,968 98.2%
2004 57 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,583 100.0%
2004 57 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 202,399 73.6%
2006 59 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 80,901 100.0%
2006 59 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 171,902 98.3%
2008 61 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 56,210 100.0%
2008 61 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 212,304 75.6%
2010 63 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,573 100.0%
2010 63 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 145,696 66.4%
2012 65 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,196 99.2%
2012 65 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 257,490 75.5%
2013 66 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 311,219 57.3%
2013 66 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 645,429 54.8%
2014 67 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 402,433 98.3%
2014 67 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,289,944 61.9%
2020 73 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 782,694 55.4%
2020 73 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 2,357,809 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for Ed Markey


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
1977 30 House 11 88 87 12 D 75 24 97 95 11
1978 31 House 3 93 83 13 D 79 18 96 90 4
1979 32 House 8 90 88 10 D 83 14 97 95 8
1980 33 House 8 84 88 9 D 71 24 95 88 11
1981 34 House 8 88 91 8 R 34 66 95 90 0
1982 35 House 8 92 90 3 R 32 62 94 100 5
1983 36 House 8 90 91 6 R 21 77 96 90 0
1984 37 House 0 85 76 3 R 17 58 73 100 5
1985 38 House 2 98 90 4 R 23 76 95 100 11
1986 39 House 8 84 86 5 R 11 80 90 100 0
1987 40 House 5 95 94 1 R 13 86 96 96 0
1988 41 House 3 97 93 3 R 17 78 96 100 0
1989 42 House 2 93 94 1 R 28 71 96 100 0
1990 43 House 7 89 92 2 R 15 82 95 94 4
1991 44 House 11 89 94 3 R 23 76 97 100 0
1992 45 House 8 88 91 3 R 11 82 95 100 0
1993 46 House 9 89 96 1 D 81 18 97 95 4
1994 47 House 3 97 95 1 D 71 22 97 100 0
1995 48 House 11 89 96 3 D 88 12 98 84 8
1996 49 House 0 98 95 3 D 78 19 97 100 0
1997 50 House 5 95 94 4 D 76 24 97 100 8
1998 51 House 10 74 85 4 D 76 16 91 100 4
1999 52 House 97 3 D 78 22 98 100 0
2000 53 House 81 2 D 76 18 84 100 4
2001 54 House 96 4 R 26 74 98 100 4
2002 55 House 98 1 R 25 75 98 100 4
2003 56 House 97 1 R 13 87 98 100 8
2004 57 House 96 2 R 18 82 97 100 0
2005 58 House 97 2 R 15 85 99 100 0
2006 59 House 98 2 R 5 95 99 100 4
2007 60 House 98 1 R 2 97 99 100 4
2008 61 House 98 0 R 16 84 97 100 0
2009 62 House 97 1 D 96 3 98 100 0
2010 63 House 98 0 D 85 15 97 100 0
2011 64 House 97 2 D 80 20 97 100 8
2012 65 House 96 1 D 88 8 96 100 0
2013 66 House 23 0 D 15 2 22 100 0
2013 66 Senate 42 0 D 53 1 41 100 0
2014 67 Senate 95 1 D 96 3 97 90 8
2015 68 Senate 98 0 D 85 12 98 100 4
2016 69 Senate 100 0 D 87 13 100 100 4
2017 70 Senate 99 1 R 19 80 99 100 0
2018 71 Senate 99 0 R 18 81 99 100 5
2019 72 Senate 95 0 R 10 88 96 100 0
2020 73 Senate 83 0 R 16 63 80 100 5
2021 74 Senate 99 0 D 93 7 99 100 0
2022 75 Senate 97 1 D 97 2 98 0
2023 76 Senate 91 2 D 97 5
2024 77 Senate 85 10 D 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.