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Stephen Solarz

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 12, 1940 in New York City, NY
Died: November 29, 2010 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Brandeis University, B.A., 1962
  • Columbia University, M.A., 1967

Career:

  • Political science teacher at Brooklyn College, 1967-1968

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1969-1974


Election Results for Stephen Solarz


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 33 NY D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 22,533 44.1%
1974 33 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 91,008 81.8%
1976 35 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 110,624 83.7%
1978 37 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 68,837 81.1%
1980 39 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 81,954 79.4%
1982 41 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 68,549 80.5%
1984 43 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 82,610 65.9%
1986 45 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 61,089 82.4%
1988 47 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 81,305 74.7%
1990 49 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 47,446 80.4%
1992 51 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 9,581 28.1%


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



Ideology Data for Stephen Solarz


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 34 House 11 79 82 8 R 38 54 92 100* 3
1976 35 House 1 95 92 4 R 22 75 95 100 3
1977 36 House 3 96 92 6 D 81 16 97 90 3
1978 37 House 5 88 84 9 D 79 13 93 84 14
1979 38 House 3 91 91 5 D 77 17 93 100 5
1980 39 House 8 79 86 5 D 74 15 91 89 11
1981 40 House 13 77 82 6 R 36 58 90 95 0
1982 41 House 11 86 94 4 R 38 58 97 95 0
1983 42 House 16 72 76 5 R 24 55 77 95 0
1984 43 House 15 78 85 6 R 35 59 92 85 4
1985 44 House 11 87 89 4 R 24 69 93 95 16
1986 45 House 16 80 89 5 R 18 76 93 95 5
1987 46 House 14 86 91 3 R 19 76 95 96 0
1988 47 House 11 82 88 5 R 24 73 95 100 4
1989 48 House 20 78 92 4 R 37 63 97 85 0
1990 49 House 15 76 89 5 R 22 75 95 89 0
1991 50 House 24 76 91 8 R 31 68 97 75 10
1992 51 House 10 71 74 2 R 15 66 76 100 0
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.