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Matthew McHugh

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 6, 1938 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • St. Mary's College, B.S., 1960
  • Villanova University, J.D., 1963

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Ithaca city prosecutor, 1968
  • Tompkins County district attorney, 1969-1972


Election Results for Matthew McHugh


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 35 NY D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 9,353 46.0%
1974 35 NY D U.S. House District 27 General 1 83,562 52.8%
1976 37 NY D U.S. House District 27 General 1 127,048 66.6%
1978 39 NY D U.S. House District 27 General 1 83,413 55.8%
1980 41 NY D U.S. House District 27 General 1 103,863 55.0%
1982 43 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 100,665 56.3%
1984 45 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 123,334 56.6%
1986 47 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 103,908 68.3%
1988 49 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 141,976 93.2%
1990 51 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 97,815 64.8%


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



Ideology Data for Matthew 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
1975 36 House 11 86 88 7 R 35 63 95 100 9
1976 37 House 18 77 87 11 R 24 75 96 80 17
1977 38 House 21 67 74 16 D 72 20 89 85 18
1978 39 House 12 87 84 13 D 84 15 97 75 4
1979 40 House 16 83 86 12 D 82 16 95 89 11
1980 41 House 11 84 88 8 D 76 20 94 88 5
1981 42 House 19 80 89 11 R 32 68 97 95 0
1982 43 House 19 81 89 8 R 39 53 93 100 10
1983 44 House 12 87 92 5 R 24 76 94 90 9
1984 45 House 24 75 89 9 R 35 62 97 75 22
1985 46 House 11 87 92 4 R 25 73 96 85 11
1986 47 House 18 82 91 6 R 23 76 98 80 9
1987 48 House 14 86 93 3 R 18 78 95 92 9
1988 49 House 21 76 91 7 R 25 70 97 95 4
1989 50 House 27 71 92 5 R 35 64 98 89 0
1990 51 House 26 74 92 7 R 23 77 99 89 4
1991 52 House 24 76 89 8 R 32 67 96 85 5
1992 53 House 21 77 90 7 R 23 77 97 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.