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Frank Pallone

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1951 in Long Branch, NJ

Education:

  • Middlebury College, B.A., 1973
  • Tufts University, M.A., 1974
  • Rutgers University, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Associate professor, Rutgers University, 1979-1980
  • Lawyer, 1981-1983
  • Instructor, Monmouth College, 1984-1986

Elected Office:

  • Long Branch city council, 1982-1988
  • NJ Senate, 1983-1988



Election Results for Frank Pallone


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 36 NJ D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,105 100.0%
1988 36 NJ D U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,024 51.6%
1988 36 NJ D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 116,988 52.0%
1990 38 NJ D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,544 80.2%
1990 38 NJ D U.S. House District 03 General 1 77,866 49.1%
1992 40 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,087 54.6%
1992 40 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 118,266 52.3%
1994 42 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 12,700 100.0%
1994 42 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 88,922 60.4%
1996 44 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,817 100.0%
1996 44 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 124,635 61.3%
1998 46 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 9,918 100.0%
1998 46 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,102 57.0%
2000 48 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,475 100.0%
2000 48 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 141,698 67.5%
2002 50 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 11,005 100.0%
2002 50 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 91,379 66.5%
2004 52 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,451 100.0%
2004 52 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 153,981 66.9%
2006 54 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 10,934 100.0%
2006 54 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,615 68.6%
2008 56 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,609 100.0%
2008 56 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 164,077 66.9%
2010 58 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 11,667 100.0%
2010 58 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 81,933 54.7%
2012 60 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 16,593 100.0%
2012 60 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 151,782 63.3%
2013 61 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 2 72,584 19.8%
2014 62 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 11,358 100.0%
2014 62 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,190 59.9%
2016 64 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 52,231 100.0%
2016 64 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 167,895 63.7%
2018 66 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,621 86.2%
2018 66 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 140,752 63.6%
2020 68 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 56,660 79.2%
2020 68 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 199,648 61.2%
2022 70 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 30,534 100.0%
2022 70 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 101,930 57.2%


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




Ideology Data for Frank Pallone


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 37 House 59 39 82 16 R 34 65 98 75 25
1990 38 House 54 46 79 20 R 29 71 99 61 29
1991 39 House 54 46 75 24 R 33 66 99 60 30
1992 40 House 33 67 82 18 R 29 71 99 90 29
1993 41 House 32 68 90 10 D 74 26 100 90 13
1994 42 House 39 61 89 11 D 71 29 100 68 14
1995 43 House 37 63 89 11 D 77 23 99 85 24
1996 44 House 25 75 91 9 D 81 19 100 90 10
1997 45 House 29 69 89 8 D 79 21 97 95 12
1998 46 House 31 69 92 7 D 78 22 99 100 12
1999 47 House 94 5 D 80 20 98 95 8
2000 48 House 85 8 D 70 28 95 89 12
2001 49 House 93 7 R 28 72 99 95 16
2002 50 House 95 5 R 32 68 99 100 4
2003 51 House 97 3 R 22 78 98 95 16
2004 52 House 95 4 R 21 79 98 95 4
2005 53 House 97 3 R 17 83 98 100 4
2006 54 House 97 3 R 21 79 99 100 4
2007 55 House 98 1 R 3 96 98 100 0
2008 56 House 97 1 R 18 80 98 100 0
2009 57 House 98 0 D 97 3 97 100 0
2010 58 House 97 1 D 93 7 99 95 0
2011 59 House 98 2 D 86 14 99 100 4
2012 60 House 99 1 D 88 10 99 100 0
2013 61 House 84 2 D 82 8 87 100 11
2014 62 House 99 0 D 89 9 99 95 8
2015 63 House 99 1 D 94 6 99 100 8
2016 64 House 96 0 D 96 2 97 100 0
2017 65 House 99 0 R 8 92 99 95 4
2018 66 House 98 2 R 19 81 100 100 8
2019 67 House 100 0 R 2 98 99 100 3
2020 68 House 100 0 R 6 94 100 100 0
2021 69 House 100 0 D 100 0 100 100 3
2022 70 House 99 0 D 97 3 99 0
2023 71 House 94 6 D 100 0
2024 72 House 80 19 D 99 25
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.