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Steven Palazzo

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1970 in Gulfport, MS

Education:

  • St. John High School (Gulfport, MS), 1988
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1994
  • M.P.A., 1996

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1988-1996
  • MS Army National Guard, 2007- (Gulf War)

Career:

  • Accountant
  • Financial officer, Biloxi Housing Authority
  • Owner, Palazzo & Co. accounting firm

Elected Office:

  • MS House, 2007-2010


Election Results for Steven Palazzo


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 40 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 15,556 57.2%
2010 40 MS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,613 51.9%
2012 42 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 60,897 73.9%
2012 42 MS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 182,998 64.1%
2014 44 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,268 50.5%
2014 44 MS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,776 69.9%
2016 46 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 103,558 100.0%
2016 46 MS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 181,323 65.0%
2018 48 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 30,270 70.5%
2018 48 MS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 152,633 68.2%
2020 50 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,318 66.8%
2020 50 MS R U.S. House District 04 General 1 255,971 100.0%
2022 52 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 16,387 31.5%
2022 52 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 2 26,849 46.2%


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



Ideology Data for Steven Palazzo


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
2011 41 House 96 4 D 23 77 99 0 84
2012 42 House 95 4 D 12 88 99 0 84
2013 43 House 94 3 D 13 85 97 5 80
2014 44 House 91 0 D 12 83 91 0 86
2015 45 House 96 4 D 7 93 99 0 79
2016 46 House 89 2 D 6 77 91 0 84
2017 47 House 96 2 R 94 3 98 0 78
2018 48 House 83 1 R 85 4 89 0 70
2019 49 House 96 2 R 100 0 98 0 78
2020 50 House 83 2 R 78 3 84 0 92
2021 51 House 99 0 D 6 94 99 0 87
2022 52 House 93 3 D 23 73 95 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.