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Jack Reed

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 12, 1949 in Cranston, RI

Education:

  • LaSalle Academy (Providence, RI), 1967
  • U.S. Military Academy, B.S., 1971
  • Harvard University, M.P.P., 1973, J.D., 1982

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1971-1979
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1979-1991

Career:

  • Associate professor of social sciences at U.S. Military Academy, 1978-1979
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • RI Senate, 1985-1990


Election Results for Jack Reed


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 40 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,315 49.0%
1990 40 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 108,818 59.2%
1992 42 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 50,518 76.4%
1992 42 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 144,450 70.7%
1994 44 RI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,644 100.0%
1994 44 RI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 119,659 68.0%
1996 46 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 59,336 86.1%
1996 46 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 230,676 63.5%
2002 52 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 85,315 100.0%
2002 52 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 253,922 78.4%
2008 58 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 48,038 86.8%
2008 58 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 320,644 73.1%
2014 64 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 98,610 100.0%
2014 64 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 223,675 70.6%
2020 70 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 65,879 100.0%
2020 70 RI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 328,574 66.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Reed


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
1991 41 House 27 70 92 7 R 29 71 99 95 0
1992 42 House 17 83 94 5 R 14 86 99 90 4
1993 43 House 23 75 96 4 D 82 17 99 95 9
1994 44 House 28 72 96 3 D 90 9 99 84 5
1995 45 House 26 74 91 8 D 82 18 99 90 12
1996 46 House 27 71 88 12 D 80 19 99 80 5
1997 47 Senate 4 96 98 1 D 86 14 99 100 0
1998 48 Senate 25 75 98 2 D 90 10 100 95 0
1999 49 Senate 96 4 97 3 D 89 11 99 100 4
2000 50 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 95 5 99 95 8
2001 51 Senate 99 1 R 62 38 100 100 4
2002 52 Senate 97 2 R 65 31 99 100 0
2003 53 Senate 98 2 R 44 54 99 100 20
2004 54 Senate 96 2 R 63 37 99 100 0
2005 55 Senate 97 2 R 31 69 99 100 0
2006 56 Senate 96 4 R 53 47 100 100 4
2007 57 Senate 95 3 R 39 60 99 95 0
2008 58 Senate 99 1 R 39 61 99 95 4
2009 59 Senate 98 0 D 99 0 99 95 0
2010 60 Senate 98 2 D 98 2 100 90 0
2011 61 Senate 97 3 D 93 6 99 100 0
2012 62 Senate 97 3 D 95 5 99 95 0
2013 63 Senate 99 1 D 97 2 99 100 4
2014 64 Senate 98 2 D 97 1 99 90 4
2015 65 Senate 99 1 D 89 11 100 100 0
2016 66 Senate 96 4 D 94 6 100 95 8
2017 67 Senate 97 3 R 38 62 100 95 0
2018 68 Senate 92 8 R 39 61 100 100 9
2019 69 Senate 96 4 R 39 61 99 100 0
2020 70 Senate 92 8 R 41 59 100 100 9
2021 71 Senate 99 0 D 95 5 100 100 0
2022 72 Senate 99 0 D 98 0 99 0
2023 73 Senate 95 2 D 100 0
2024 74 Senate 92 8 D 100
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.