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Richard Neal

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 14, 1949 in Springfield, MA

Education:

  • American International College, B.A., 1972
  • University of Hartford, M.B.A., 1976

Career:

  • Staff assistant to Springfield Mayor William Sullivan, 1973-1978
  • High school and college teacher, 1978-1983

Elected Office:

  • Springfield city council, 1978-1984
  • Mayor of Springfield, 1984-1988


Election Results for Richard Neal


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 39 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,523 99.9%
1988 39 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 156,262 80.2%
1990 41 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,615 63.6%
1990 41 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 134,152 99.8%
1992 43 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,370 47.7%
1992 43 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 131,215 53.1%
1994 45 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 255,472 100.0%
1994 45 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 117,178 58.6%
1996 47 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,048 99.0%
1996 47 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 163,010 71.7%
1998 49 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,785 99.5%
1998 49 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,550 99.0%
2000 51 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,253 86.4%
2000 51 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 196,670 98.9%
2002 53 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,369 100.0%
2002 53 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 153,387 99.1%
2004 55 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,707 100.0%
2004 55 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 217,682 98.7%
2006 57 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,953 100.0%
2006 57 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 164,939 98.7%
2008 59 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,017 100.0%
2008 59 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 234,369 98.5%
2010 61 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,053 100.0%
2010 61 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 122,751 57.3%
2012 63 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,295 65.5%
2012 63 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 261,936 98.4%
2014 65 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,225 99.1%
2014 65 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 167,612 98.0%
2016 67 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,857 98.5%
2016 67 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 235,803 73.3%
2018 69 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,696 70.6%
2018 69 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 211,790 97.6%
2020 71 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 84,092 58.6%
2020 71 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 275,376 96.5%
2022 73 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 71,928 99.2%
2022 73 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 157,635 61.5%
2024 75 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,364 99.1%
2024 75 MA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 223,325 62.4%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Neal


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
1989 40 House 15 83 88 6 R 30 64 94 100 15
1990 41 House 19 72 85 6 R 19 72 93 89 17
1991 42 House 19 81 89 6 R 26 71 95 90 5
1992 43 House 15 83 90 5 R 14 85 95 90 0
1993 44 House 16 82 94 4 D 82 16 97 95 9
1994 45 House 25 72 95 2 D 77 21 96 95 0
1995 46 House 28 66 87 9 D 76 24 96 83 20
1996 47 House 18 78 88 7 D 80 19 95 83 11
1997 48 House 18 78 89 8 D 75 20 95 90 25
1998 49 House 19 74 91 5 D 77 20 95 95 12
1999 50 House 88 8 D 69 28 91 95 4
2000 51 House 85 8 D 80 16 90 80 8
2001 52 House 90 7 R 26 72 95 85 13
2002 53 House 92 3 R 32 68 93 90 4
2003 54 House 92 5 R 29 67 95 95 20
2004 55 House 96 2 R 27 73 94 95 4
2005 56 House 94 2 R 15 85 94 100 0
2006 57 House 93 3 R 16 82 96 100 4
2007 58 House 98 1 R 3 96 94 95 0
2008 59 House 97 0 R 16 83 92 100 0
2009 60 House 97 1 D 94 4 94 95 4
2010 61 House 96 1 D 88 12 96 100 0
2011 62 House 91 2 D 86 11 93 89 4
2012 63 House 92 1 D 85 5 92 95 0
2013 64 House 91 2 D 84 7 91 100 9
2014 65 House 95 2 D 88 9 97 89 8
2015 66 House 95 3 D 89 8 97 90 9
2016 67 House 96 2 D 94 2 97 100 0
2017 68 House 98 1 R 14 86 99 95 4
2018 69 House 94 1 R 30 67 95 91 4
2019 70 House 98 0 R 4 94 98 95 0
2020 71 House 99 0 R 6 94 99 95 0
2021 72 House 98 1 D 100 0 98 85 8
2022 73 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 74 House 98 1 D 92 4 98 100 1
2024 75 House 98 0 D 97 3
2025 76 House 86 2 R 87
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.