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John McHugh

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 29, 1948 in Watertown, NY

Education:

  • Syracuse University, B.A., 1970
  • SUNY, M.P.A., 1977

Career:

  • Assistant to Watertown city manager, 1971-1976
  • Assistant to NY Senator Douglas Barclay, 1976-1984

Elected Office:

  • NY Senate, 1985-1993


Election Results for John McHugh


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 43 NY R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 21,452 69.7%
1992 43 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 122,257 60.8%
1994 45 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 124,645 78.6%
1996 47 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 124,240 71.1%
1998 49 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 116,682 79.0%
2000 51 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 138,322 74.3%
2002 53 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 124,682 100.0%
2004 55 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 160,079 70.7%
2006 57 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 106,781 63.1%
2008 59 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 143,029 65.3%


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



Ideology Data for John McHugh


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 44 House 84 14 87 10 D 38 58 97 21 83
1994 45 House 89 11 94 6 D 51 49 99 11 90
1995 46 House 94 4 90 7 D 25 71 97 15 75
1996 47 House 82 12 82 15 D 42 57 98 11 79
1997 48 House 93 5 83 13 D 32 60 97 15 60
1998 49 House 83 12 78 20 D 34 65 98 25 68
1999 50 House 79 18 D 28 72 98 37 72
2000 51 House 85 13 D 32 66 98 5 74
2001 52 House 86 10 R 86 12 95 16 68
2002 53 House 85 9 R 82 18 95 15 79
2003 54 House 85 12 R 80 16 98 35 71
2004 55 House 86 13 R 73 27 99 16 64
2005 56 House 88 10 R 74 24 97 16 80
2006 57 House 81 16 R 84 13 97 15 75
2007 58 House 68 30 R 38 57 98 47 60
2008 59 House 79 20 R 49 48 99 63 40
2009 60 House 41 30 D 55 13 67 57 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.