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Charles Rangel

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 11, 1930 in New York City, NY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1948-1952

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1966-1970

Other notes:

  • Censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 2, 2010, for misuse of congressional letterhead and financial impropriety


Election Results for Charles Rangel


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 40 NY D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 8,032 32.8%
1970 40 NY D,R U.S. House District 18 General 1 52,651 86.8%
1972 42 NY D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 21,165 77.0%
1972 42 NY D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 104,427 96.0%
1974 44 NY D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 63,146 96.9%
1976 46 NY D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 91,672 97.0%
1978 48 NY D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 59,731 96.4%
1980 50 NY D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 84,062 96.2%
1982 52 NY D,R U.S. House District 16 General 1 76,626 97.5%
1984 54 NY D,R U.S. House District 16 General 1 117,759 97.0%
1986 56 NY D,R U.S. House District 16 General 1 61,262 96.4%
1988 58 NY D,R U.S. House District 16 General 1 107,620 97.1%
1990 60 NY D,R U.S. House District 16 General 1 55,882 97.2%
1992 62 NY D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 41,391 81.8%
1992 62 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 105,011 94.9%
1994 64 NY D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 28,379 61.0%
1994 64 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 77,830 96.5%
1996 66 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 113,898 91.3%
1998 68 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 90,424 93.1%
2000 70 NY D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 33,526 82.5%
2000 70 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 130,161 91.9%
2002 72 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 84,367 88.5%
2004 74 NY D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 19,087 76.0%
2004 74 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 161,351 91.1%
2006 76 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 103,916 94.0%
2008 78 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 177,151 89.2%
2010 80 NY D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 26,101 51.1%
2010 80 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 91,225 80.2%
2012 82 NY D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,187 44.4%
2012 82 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 174,789 90.7%
2014 84 NY D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,865 47.7%
2014 84 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 68,396 74.5%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Rangel


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
1971 41 House 1 81 79 7 R 18 63 79 100 22
1972 42 House 2 90 84 3 R 49 46 84 93 0
1973 43 House 2 90 88 6 R 27 65 94 100 4
1974 44 House 1 90 85 7 R 26 66 91 95 5
1975 45 House 5 85 84 2 R 35 56 86 89* 0
1976 46 House 6 87 85 3 R 24 75 87 100 0
1977 47 House 2 88 87 4 D 70 24 90 100 0
1978 48 House 5 80 84 3 D 79 12 86 80 0
1979 49 House 3 87 86 4 D 76 18 90 100 3
1980 50 House 2 84 85 4 D 68 21 86 94 13
1981 51 House 4 92 83 6 R 33 63 88 95 0
1982 52 House 10 88 87 5 R 31 69 92 100 0
1983 53 House 9 87 88 4 R 20 71 90 100 0
1984 54 House 8 85 84 4 R 23 67 88 95 0
1985 55 House 7 91 89 1 R 16 75 90 95 0
1986 56 House 4 92 89 2 R 17 73 91 100 0
1987 57 House 2 79 85 2 R 9 76 86 100 0
1988 58 House 5 87 80 2 R 14 71 87 100 0
1989 59 House 0 93 86 2 R 27 59 89 100 0
1990 60 House 6 87 85 3 R 13 81 89 100 4
1991 61 House 0 97 92 2 R 25 71 94 100 0
1992 62 House 15 81 90 4 R 12 84 93 95 0
1993 63 House 5 91 90 3 D 76 22 92 100 0
1994 64 House 8 64 82 2 D 72 18 82 100 5
1995 65 House 5 80 89 2 D 83 9 90 100 8
1996 66 House 8 90 92 3 D 77 16 93 95 0
1997 67 House 11 80 91 4 D 80 17 92 100 16
1998 68 House 14 74 85 5 D 77 11 86 100 9
1999 69 House 89 3 D 74 22 90 100 0
2000 70 House 77 5 D 82 4 86 95 5
2001 71 House 89 8 R 23 77 96 90 4
2002 72 House 93 1 R 21 75 94 95 0
2003 73 House 85 3 R 18 69 89 94 14
2004 74 House 93 2 R 27 64 91 100 0
2005 75 House 93 2 R 15 80 94 100 0
2006 76 House 93 4 R 29 71 96 95 4
2007 77 House 92 2 R 4 94 94 95 0
2008 78 House 85 0 R 16 76 84 100 0
2009 79 House 92 1 D 94 4 94 100 0
2010 80 House 95 2 D 80 15 95 100 0
2011 81 House 86 3 D 81 16 89 95 9
2012 82 House 70 2 D 68 7 73 92 0
2013 83 House 91 4 D 83 13 95 85 13
2014 84 House 67 0 D 73 8 72 100 11
2015 85 House 93 2 D 88 7 94 100 4
2016 86 House 96 1 D 94 2 96 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.