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Kweisi Mfume

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1948 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Morgan State University, B.A., 1976
  • Johns Hopkins University, M.A. (international studies), 1984

Career:

  • President of NAACP, 1996-2004
  • Executive Director, National Medical Assocation, 2010-2011
  • Investigator, Health Policy Research Consortium, 2013-2018
  • Officer/board member of technology company, 2015-2018
  • Chairman of the Board, Research America

Elected Office:

  • Baltimore city council, 1979-1986

Other notes:

  • Also known as Frizzell Gray


Election Results for Kweisi Mfume


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 37 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,357 43.7%
1986 37 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,226 86.7%
1988 39 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 117,650 100.0%
1990 41 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 41,238 88.7%
1990 41 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 59,628 85.0%
1992 43 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 55,842 84.4%
1992 43 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 152,689 85.3%
1994 45 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 53,194 100.0%
1994 45 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 97,016 81.5%
2006 57 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 238,957 40.5%
2020 71 MD D U.S. House District 07 Special Primary 1 29,650 43.0%
2020 71 MD D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 111,955 73.8%
2020 71 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 113,061 74.3%
2020 71 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 237,084 71.6%
2022 73 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 80,118 85.2%
2022 73 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 151,640 82.1%
2024 75 MD D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 88,727 88.4%
2024 75 MD D U.S. House District 07 General 1 232,849 80.3%


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



Ideology Data for Kweisi Mfume


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
1987 38 House 9 88 93 3 R 13 86 97 100 0
1988 39 House 21 79 93 4 R 23 76 98 95 4
1989 40 House 15 83 86 5 R 31 66 95 95 7
1990 41 House 9 91 86 7 R 15 81 96 94 13
1991 42 House 5 95 89 6 R 23 76 95 100 5
1992 43 House 13 88 90 6 R 12 87 97 95 0
1993 44 House 7 91 90 5 D 75 23 95 100 4
1994 45 House 8 89 90 4 D 69 26 94 100 0
1995 46 House 7 87 88 3 D 82 8 90 100 8
1996 47 House 4 0 D 3 1 5 0 0
2020 71 House 61 0 R 0 56 58 100 0
2021 72 House 97 0 D 100 0 98 100 5
2022 73 House 96 1 D 100 0 98 0
2023 74 House 97 1 D 92 4 98 100 1
2024 75 House 96 1 D 95 5
2025 76 House 97 3 R 94
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.