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Mary Gay Scanlon

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 30, 1959 in Syracuse, NY

Education:

  • Watertown High School (Watertown, NY), 1976
  • Colgate University, B.A., 1980
  • University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1984

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk
  • Education Law Center of PA, 1992-2001

Elected Office:

  • Wallingford-Swarthmore school board, 2007-2015



Election Results for Mary Gay Scanlon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2018 58 PA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,220 28.4%
2018 58 PA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 198,639 65.2%
2020 60 PA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 103,194 100.0%
2020 60 PA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 255,743 64.7%
2022 62 PA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 79,816 100.0%
2022 62 PA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 205,128 65.1%
2024 64 PA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 70,068 100.0%
2024 64 PA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 267,612 65.3%


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




Ideology Data for Mary Gay Scanlon


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
2018 58 House 5 0 R 0 0 17 0 50
2019 59 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 90 3
2020 60 House 100 0 R 6 94 99 90 0
2021 61 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 62 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 63 House 88 5 D 94 1
2024 64 House 88 8 D 97 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.