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Gene Taylor

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 17, 1953 in New Orleans, LA

Education:

  • Tulane University, B.A., 1976

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1971-1984

Career:

  • Sales rep, 1977-1989

Elected Office:

  • Bay St. Louis city council, 1981-1983
  • MS Senate, 1984-1989


Election Results for Gene Taylor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 34 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 16,948 33.2%
1988 34 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 18,933 58.8%
1988 34 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 2 82,034 45.0%
1989 35 MS D U.S. House District 05 Special Open Primary 1 51,561 42.0%
1989 35 MS D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 83,296 65.2%
1990 36 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 89,926 81.4%
1992 38 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 120,766 63.2%
1994 40 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 9,980 100.0%
1994 40 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 73,179 60.1%
1996 42 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 14,249 94.3%
1996 42 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 103,415 58.3%
1998 44 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 78,661 77.8%
2000 46 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 11,496 100.0%
2000 46 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 153,264 78.8%
2002 48 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,742 75.2%
2004 50 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 938 100.0%
2004 50 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 179,979 64.2%
2006 52 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 6,761 100.0%
2006 52 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 110,996 79.8%
2008 54 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 79,807 100.0%
2008 54 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 216,542 74.5%
2010 56 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 2 95,243 46.8%
2014 60 MS R U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 46,133 43.0%


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



Ideology Data for Gene Taylor


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
1989 35 House 15 9 R 21 9 23 0 100
1990 36 House 93 7 57 43 R 49 51 100 28 63
1991 37 House 86 14 50 49 R 55 42 99 15 84
1992 38 House 83 17 57 42 R 58 42 99 30 75
1993 39 House 91 9 37 63 D 48 52 99 25 79
1994 40 House 97 3 36 62 D 60 40 98 16 67
1995 41 House 88 11 42 57 D 41 59 99 35 64
1996 42 House 86 14 45 55 D 53 47 99 30 80
1997 43 House 75 25 45 54 D 33 67 98 20 80
1998 44 House 86 14 41 58 D 33 66 98 32 79
1999 45 House 44 55 D 39 57 98 50 72
2000 46 House 56 42 D 42 56 96 42 52
2001 47 House 55 44 R 44 53 99 55 64
2002 48 House 63 36 R 50 50 99 50 48
2003 49 House 70 29 R 53 47 98 63 64
2004 50 House 67 32 R 33 64 98 60 54
2005 51 House 61 33 R 41 54 91 65 60
2006 52 House 73 27 R 61 39 99 40 68
2007 53 House 72 26 R 28 71 98 65 72
2008 54 House 86 12 R 19 81 96 79 24
2009 55 House 57 39 D 51 46 96 35 56
2010 56 House 40 55 D 46 51 93 39 43
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.