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Gregory Meeks

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 25, 1953 in East Harlem, NY

Education:

  • Adelphi University, B.A., 1975
  • Howard University, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Queens County district attorney, 1978-1983
  • NY commissioner of investigations, 1984-1985
  • Judge, NY workers compensation board, 1985-1992

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1992-1998


Election Results for Gregory Meeks


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 44 NY D U.S. House District 06 Special 1 14,224 56.5%
1998 44 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 76,122 100.0%
2000 46 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,818 100.0%
2002 48 NY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 22,209 78.7%
2002 48 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,799 96.5%
2004 50 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 129,688 100.0%
2006 52 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,405 100.0%
2008 54 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 141,180 100.0%
2010 56 NY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 85,096 87.7%
2012 58 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 9,920 66.5%
2012 58 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 167,835 89.7%
2014 60 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 8,119 80.1%
2014 60 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 75,712 80.2%
2016 62 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 7,056 81.7%
2016 62 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 199,552 80.1%
2018 64 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 11,060 81.6%
2018 64 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 160,500 99.4%
2020 66 NY D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,044 75.6%
2020 66 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 229,125 99.3%
2022 68 NY D U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,396 75.1%


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



Ideology Data for Gregory Meeks


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
1998 44 House 5 79 86 3 D 79 9 86 100 5
1999 45 House 94 3 D 78 17 92 100 0
2000 46 House 88 4 D 90 10 91 95 8
2001 47 House 86 5 R 19 77 90 94 5
2002 48 House 93 6 R 25 71 93 89 4
2003 49 House 91 7 R 24 73 97 95 20
2004 50 House 80 5 R 36 52 85 100 9
2005 51 House 85 6 R 30 65 90 94 12
2006 52 House 84 12 R 39 53 96 100 8
2007 53 House 96 2 R 5 94 96 95 0
2008 54 House 91 1 R 19 71 90 100 0
2009 55 House 96 2 D 97 3 95 100 0
2010 56 House 91 1 D 90 4 93 90 0
2011 57 House 87 4 D 82 9 91 88 0
2012 58 House 84 3 D 80 8 87 100 0
2013 59 House 91 4 D 83 11 92 79 12
2014 60 House 92 1 D 88 6 93 80 4
2015 61 House 81 3 D 91 2 82 90 0
2016 62 House 90 2 D 91 6 91 100 0
2017 63 House 93 2 R 17 75 94 90 4
2018 64 House 94 5 R 33 67 96 67 8
2019 65 House 93 0 R 4 88 93 95 0
2020 66 House 98 0 R 6 94 99 95 0
2021 67 House 98 1 D 100 0 98 100 5
2022 68 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 69 House 94 5 D 99 0
2024 70 House 87 9 D 95 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.