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Nydia Velazquez

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 28, 1953 in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Education:

  • University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1974
  • New York University, M.A., 1976

Career:

  • Instructor at University of Puerto Rico, 1976-1981
  • Adjunct professor at Hunter College, 1981-1983
  • Assiatant to Rep. Edolphus Towns, 1983
  • Migration director, Puerto Rico government, 1986-1989
  • Secretary, Department of Puerto Rico Affairs in the United States., 1989-1992

Elected Office:

  • New York City council, 1984-1986



Election Results for Nydia Velazquez


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 39 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 11,508 33.7%
1992 39 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 55,926 76.5%
1994 41 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 13,208 81.7%
1994 41 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 39,929 92.3%
1996 43 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 61,913 84.6%
1998 45 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 53,269 83.6%
2000 47 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 15,894 77.1%
2000 47 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 86,288 87.1%
2002 49 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 48,408 95.8%
2004 51 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 107,796 86.3%
2006 53 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 62,847 89.7%
2008 55 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 123,053 90.0%
2010 57 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 68,624 93.8%
2012 59 NY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 17,208 57.9%
2012 59 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 141,322 94.6%
2014 61 NY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 7,627 80.9%
2014 61 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 56,593 82.6%
2016 63 NY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 10,162 62.1%
2016 63 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 172,146 83.2%
2018 65 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 146,687 93.3%
2020 67 NY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 56,139 79.8%
2020 67 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 191,073 84.8%
2022 69 NY D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 22,797 83.0%
2022 69 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 151,077 73.3%
2024 71 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 158,015 77.6%


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




Ideology Data for Nydia Velazquez


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
1993 40 House 7 93 95 2 D 68 27 95 100 0
1994 41 House 6 92 94 2 D 71 28 96 100 0
1995 42 House 3 94 93 2 D 83 11 94 100 13
1996 43 House 2 94 94 4 D 78 20 98 100 0
1997 44 House 5 95 94 2 D 76 19 96 100 4
1998 45 House 7 83 93 3 D 79 18 94 95 8
1999 46 House 96 4 D 72 28 98 100 4
2000 47 House 92 3 D 74 22 93 90 4
2001 48 House 92 4 R 26 74 95 100 0
2002 49 House 97 1 R 21 71 94 95 0
2003 50 House 93 3 R 20 71 95 100 9
2004 51 House 94 4 R 18 79 96 100 8
2005 52 House 95 2 R 17 80 96 100 0
2006 53 House 98 1 R 11 89 99 100 4
2007 54 House 98 1 R 3 97 99 95 0
2008 55 House 98 0 R 16 84 96 100 0
2009 56 House 94 1 D 87 6 94 100 0
2010 57 House 93 3 D 78 22 95 100 0
2011 58 House 95 3 D 79 21 98 100 8
2012 59 House 87 1 D 85 5 89 100 0
2013 60 House 95 3 D 89 9 96 95 16
2014 61 House 93 0 D 83 9 93 100 8
2015 62 House 98 1 D 94 6 98 100 0
2016 63 House 99 0 D 98 2 98 100 0
2017 64 House 98 0 R 8 89 98 100 4
2018 65 House 97 1 R 11 89 96 92 4
2019 66 House 99 0 R 0 98 98 100 0
2020 67 House 99 1 R 11 89 98 100 0
2021 68 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 100 0
2022 69 House 100 0 D 97 0 99 0
2023 70 House 94 5 D 98 1
2024 71 House 84 9 D 93 15
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.