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Marty Meehan

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 30, 1956 in Lowell, MA

Education:

  • University of Lowell, B.S., 1978
  • Suffolk University, M.P.A., 1981, J.D., 1983

Career:

  • Assistant to Mayor of Lowell, 1978-1979
  • Press assistant to Rep. James Shannon, 1979-1981
  • Analyst for MA Seante committee, 1981-1984
  • MA Deputy Secretary of State, 1986-1990
  • Middlesex County assistant district attorney, 1990-1992

Elected Office:

  • MA Secretary of State, 1985-1986


Election Results for Marty Meehan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 35 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,300 65.1%
1992 35 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 133,844 52.2%
1994 37 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,739 76.5%
1994 37 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,725 69.9%
1996 39 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,405 84.9%
1996 39 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 183,457 99.1%
1998 41 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,228 99.5%
1998 41 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 127,418 70.7%
2000 43 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 16,394 73.0%
2000 43 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 199,601 98.0%
2002 45 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,041 100.0%
2002 45 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 122,562 60.1%
2004 47 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,418 100.0%
2004 47 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 179,652 67.0%
2006 49 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 62,052 100.0%
2006 49 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 159,120 98.1%


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



Ideology Data for Marty Meehan


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 36 House 16 80 89 9 D 77 22 98 90 17
1994 37 House 11 81 85 8 D 68 29 93 83 16
1995 38 House 26 73 87 12 D 80 18 97 80 16
1996 39 House 8 86 89 6 D 85 13 93 89 0
1997 40 House 16 84 92 4 D 81 17 96 100 20
1998 41 House 10 83 93 3 D 82 11 94 100 4
1999 42 House 94 3 D 81 17 94 100 0
2000 43 House 88 8 D 70 24 93 90 12
2001 44 House 92 2 R 28 70 94 95 0
2002 45 House 88 1 R 21 57 91 100 9
2003 46 House 92 4 R 20 80 97 100 16
2004 47 House 93 2 R 21 76 92 100 4
2005 48 House 98 1 R 15 85 98 100 0
2006 49 House 84 2 R 18 71 87 94 0
2007 50 House 48 0 R 0 46 47 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.