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Patrick McHenry

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 22, 1975 in Charlotte, NC

Education:

  • Ashbrook High School (Gastonia, NC), 1994
  • Attended North Carolina State University
  • Belmont Abbey College, B.A., 1999

Career:

  • Realtor
  • Special assistant to U.S. Labor Secretary, 2001

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 2002-2004


Election Results for Patrick McHenry


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 28 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 10,760 26.3%
2004 28 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary Runoff 1 15,015 50.1%
2004 28 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 157,884 64.1%
2006 30 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 94,179 61.8%
2008 32 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 34,457 67.1%
2008 32 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 171,774 57.6%
2010 34 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 27,657 63.1%
2010 34 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 130,813 71.2%
2012 36 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 58,844 72.5%
2012 36 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 190,826 57.0%
2014 38 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,400 78.0%
2014 38 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 133,504 61.0%
2016 40 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,817 78.4%
2016 40 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 220,825 63.1%
2018 42 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 34,173 70.7%
2018 42 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 164,969 59.3%
2020 44 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 62,661 71.7%
2020 44 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 284,095 68.9%
2022 46 NC R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 49,973 68.1%
2022 46 NC R U.S. House District 10 General 1 194,681 72.6%


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



Ideology Data for Patrick McHenry


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
2005 29 House 99 1 R 85 15 99 5 100
2006 30 House 94 2 R 84 16 97 11 92
2007 31 House 96 1 R 91 7 96 0 100
2008 32 House 92 2 R 77 22 94 10 100
2009 33 House 97 1 D 12 87 98 0 100
2010 34 House 93 2 D 29 71 96 0 96
2011 35 House 96 3 D 16 81 99 5 96
2012 36 House 92 2 D 14 81 93 0 100
2013 37 House 95 3 D 15 84 98 10 80
2014 38 House 96 1 D 14 85 97 0 88
2015 39 House 97 3 D 15 82 99 0 83
2016 40 House 98 1 D 6 94 99 0 88
2017 41 House 99 1 R 100 0 100 0 93
2018 42 House 94 3 R 93 0 94 0 84
2019 43 House 87 10 R 92 2 98 5 76
2020 44 House 74 1 R 78 8 74 0 77
2021 45 House 90 5 D 6 89 94 0 74
2022 46 House 89 8 D 20 77 96 71
2023 47 House 84 8 D 92 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.