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Connie Morella

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 12, 1931 in Somerville, MA

Education:

  • Boston University, A.B., 1954
  • American University, M.A., 1967

Career:

  • School teacher, 1956-1960
  • Professor at Montgomery College, 1970-1986
  • Montgomery County commission for women, 1971-1975

Elected Office:

  • MD House, 1979-1986


Election Results for Connie Morella


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 49 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 13,106 34.2%
1986 55 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 17,817 67.9%
1986 55 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 92,917 52.9%
1988 57 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 172,619 62.7%
1990 59 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,010 87.0%
1990 59 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 130,059 73.5%
1992 61 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,211 100.0%
1992 61 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 203,377 72.5%
1994 63 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,299 70.1%
1994 63 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 143,449 70.3%
1996 65 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 28,818 65.3%
1996 65 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 152,538 61.2%
1998 67 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,687 77.5%
1998 67 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 133,145 60.3%
2000 69 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,472 100.0%
2000 69 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 1 156,241 52.0%
2002 71 MD R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,465 100.0%
2002 71 MD R U.S. House District 08 General 2 103,587 47.5%


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



Ideology Data for Connie Morella


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 56 House 40 60 29 66 R 34 65 97 63 22
1988 57 House 32 66 30 67 R 28 68 96 95 8
1989 58 House 34 63 18 76 R 41 58 96 80 21
1990 59 House 24 72 32 65 R 26 70 96 67 17
1991 60 House 41 57 39 58 R 43 54 97 68 15
1992 61 House 44 44 46 48 R 39 56 95 78 32
1993 62 House 45 52 47 51 D 70 27 98 60 39
1994 63 House 50 47 45 52 D 76 22 98 68 29
1995 64 House 60 34 63 34 D 56 41 97 50 25
1996 65 House 37 61 55 43 D 72 27 96 53 30
1997 66 House 53 45 57 41 D 73 27 97 65 20
1998 67 House 38 60 39 60 D 71 29 98 68 20
1999 68 House 48 50 D 63 37 98 80 12
2000 69 House 49 49 D 64 36 95 60 29
2001 70 House 59 39 R 53 47 97 50 12
2002 71 House 56 41 R 46 50 96 75 24
Lifetime conservative rating:   22%


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.