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Frank Mascara

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 19, 1930 in Belle Vernon, PA
Died: July 10, 2011 in Monongahela, PA

Education:

  • California University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1946-1947

Career:

  • Businessman
  • Washington County controller, 1974-1980

Elected Office:

  • Washington County commissioner, 1980-1994


Election Results for Frank Mascara


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 62 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 2 33,942 33.5%
1994 64 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 41,252 53.9%
1994 64 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 95,251 53.1%
1996 66 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 49,911 100.0%
1996 66 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 113,394 53.9%
1998 68 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 40,882 99.9%
1998 68 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 97,885 99.8%
2000 70 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 47,462 99.9%
2000 70 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 145,131 64.4%
2002 72 PA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 33,837 35.8%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Mascara


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
1995 65 House 57 43 80 20 D 71 29 99 80 40
1996 66 House 75 24 70 29 D 70 30 99 60 35
1997 67 House 65 35 71 28 D 61 39 99 65 32
1998 68 House 62 38 80 20 D 73 27 100 85 20
1999 69 House 74 23 D 67 30 95 70 22
2000 70 House 78 21 D 68 32 99 65 28
2001 71 House 75 25 R 47 53 99 75 56
2002 72 House 69 12 R 50 39 74 78 23
Lifetime conservative rating:   32%


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.