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Matthew Rinaldo

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 1, 1931 in Elizabeth, NJ
Died: October 13, 2008 in West Caldwell, NJ

Education:

  • Rutgers University, B.S., 1953
  • Seton Hall University, M.B.A., 1959
  • New York University, D.P.A., 1979

Career:

  • President of Union Township Zoning Board, 1962-1963

Elected Office:

  • Union County Board of Freeholders, 1963-1964
  • NJ Senate, 1967-1972


Election Results for Matthew Rinaldo


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 40 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 19,576 100.0%
1972 40 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 127,690 63.5%
1974 42 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 10,427 93.1%
1974 42 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 92,829 65.0%
1976 44 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 23,363 100.0%
1976 44 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 136,973 73.1%
1978 46 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 14,893 100.0%
1978 46 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 94,850 73.4%
1980 48 NJ R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 17,431 100.0%
1980 48 NJ R U.S. House District 12 General 1 134,973 77.1%
1982 50 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,698 100.0%
1982 50 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 91,837 56.0%
1984 52 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,847 100.0%
1984 52 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 165,685 74.2%
1986 54 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 10,541 100.0%
1986 54 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 92,254 79.0%
1988 56 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 18,018 100.0%
1988 56 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 153,350 74.6%
1990 58 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 11,794 100.0%
1990 58 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 100,066 74.6%
1992 60 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,261 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Matthew Rinaldo


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
1973 41 House 38 60 43 56 R 48 51 97 48 54
1974 42 House 32 61 28 69 R 47 49 96 70* 19
1975 43 House 45 55 42 56 R 47 49 96 79* 31
1976 44 House 34 62 24 71 R 31 65 96 63 26
1977 45 House 47 49 46 52 D 63 34 97 58 47
1978 46 House 41 56 45 53 D 55 40 98 50 46
1979 47 House 61 37 51 48 D 48 50 97 42 33
1980 48 House 45 54 44 55 D 58 40 97 61 44
1981 49 House 71 28 58 39 R 63 33 95 21 73
1982 50 House 41 58 26 71 R 45 49 95 60 36
1983 51 House 53 44 36 61 R 46 51 95 65 43
1984 52 House 54 44 42 54 R 49 46 96 47 43
1985 53 House 71 29 43 51 R 50 45 94 55 47
1986 54 House 60 40 34 63 R 40 58 96 45 55
1987 55 House 65 35 40 57 R 41 59 98 56 39
1988 56 House 71 29 44 54 R 48 51 99 47 54
1989 57 House 71 27 39 59 R 55 42 98 45 56
1990 58 House 63 37 46 51 R 47 51 98 50 46
1991 59 House 81 19 53 46 R 62 38 99 35 55
1992 60 House 79 21 60 38 R 57 39 98 45 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   44%


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.