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Michael McCaul

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 14, 1962 in Dallas, TX

Education:

  • Jesuit College Prep School (Dallas, TX), 1980
  • Trinity University, B.S., 1984
  • St. Mary's University, J.D., 1987

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Federal prosecutor, 1990-1999
  • Deputy TX Attorney General, 1999-2003
  • Chief, Western TX U.S. Attorney's office, 2003-2004


Election Results for Michael McCaul


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 42 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 7,953 23.9%
2004 42 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary Runoff 1 15,084 63.1%
2004 42 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 182,113 78.6%
2006 44 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 22,901 100.0%
2006 44 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 97,726 55.3%
2008 46 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 44,214 100.0%
2008 46 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 179,493 53.9%
2010 48 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 46,881 82.9%
2010 48 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 144,980 64.7%
2012 50 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 39,543 83.8%
2012 50 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 159,783 60.5%
2014 52 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 38,406 100.0%
2014 52 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 109,726 62.2%
2016 54 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 76,646 100.0%
2016 54 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 179,221 57.3%
2018 56 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 42,088 80.1%
2018 56 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 157,166 51.1%
2020 58 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 60,323 100.0%
2020 58 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 217,216 52.5%
2022 60 TX R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 63,920 100.0%
2022 60 TX R U.S. House District 10 General 1 159,469 63.3%


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



Ideology Data for Michael McCaul


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
2005 43 House 93 4 R 83 17 98 5 96
2006 44 House 93 6 R 89 8 98 0 83
2007 45 House 93 5 R 78 19 98 15 96
2008 46 House 92 5 R 64 33 98 26 96
2009 47 House 91 6 D 26 71 96 0 96
2010 48 House 93 5 D 27 73 98 0 96
2011 49 House 96 4 D 22 78 99 0 76
2012 50 House 94 3 D 15 83 98 0 95
2013 51 House 97 2 D 13 87 98 0 84
2014 52 House 98 2 D 14 86 99 5 76
2015 53 House 98 2 D 12 88 100 0 88
2016 54 House 95 2 D 9 89 96 0 83
2017 55 House 96 2 R 100 0 97 0 89
2018 56 House 97 2 R 100 0 99 0 76
2019 57 House 86 13 R 98 2 99 15 62
2020 58 House 85 11 R 81 17 97 20 57
2021 59 House 92 6 D 11 89 98 0 74
2022 60 House 89 9 D 37 63 98 67
2023 61 House 85 14 D 98 68
2024 62 House 82 14 D 95 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.