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Marty Russo

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1944 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • DePaul University, B.A., 1965, J.D., 1967

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1967-1968
  • Cook County assistant district attorney, 1971-1973


Election Results for Marty Russo


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 30 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 65,336 52.6%
1976 32 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,591 58.9%
1978 34 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 95,701 65.2%
1980 36 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 137,283 68.9%
1982 38 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 137,391 74.0%
1984 40 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 143,363 64.4%
1986 42 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 66,325 90.9%
1986 42 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 102,949 66.2%
1988 44 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 76,930 90.8%
1988 44 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 132,111 62.2%
1990 46 IL D U.S. House District 03 General 1 110,512 70.9%
1992 48 IL D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 38,802 36.9%


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



Ideology Data for Marty Russo


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
1975 31 House 29 68 78 18 R 35 65 96 79 29
1976 32 House 34 59 64 27 R 27 73 90 55 36
1977 33 House 42 47 59 33 D 63 27 88 53 40
1978 34 House 51 41 49 44 D 57 37 90 40 26
1979 35 House 42 46 62 25 D 63 30 88 53 16
1980 36 House 56 37 59 33 D 48 38 87 50 33
1981 37 House 39 57 64 25 R 38 54 92 55 25
1982 38 House 32 68 81 15 R 30 62 93 80 10
1983 39 House 26 72 76 13 R 16 74 92 75 27
1984 40 House 22 69 74 18 R 27 63 91 85 9
1985 41 House 24 75 82 11 R 23 78 94 70 16
1986 42 House 26 64 81 13 R 18 79 93 68 9
1987 43 House 21 74 79 12 R 24 75 93 88 17
1988 44 House 39 58 78 15 R 29 63 93 80 28
1989 45 House 32 63 78 16 R 27 72 94 84 11
1990 46 House 24 74 82 16 R 29 70 97 78 17
1991 47 House 43 57 86 11 R 31 68 98 70 20
1992 48 House 23 63 74 8 R 20 64 82 82 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   22%


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.