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Joe Baca

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1947 in Valencia, NM

Education:

  • Cal State University-Los Angeles, B.A., 1971

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1966-1968

Career:

  • Community affairs rep. for GTE, 1974-1989
  • Co-owner of travel business

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1992-1999
  • CA Senate, 1999


Election Results for Joe Baca


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1999 52 CA D U.S. House District 42 Special Open Primary 1 11,689 31.6%
1999 52 CA D U.S. House District 42 Special 1 23,690 50.6%
2000 53 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 49,234 100.0%
2000 53 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 90,585 59.8%
2002 55 CA D U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 19,834 100.0%
2002 55 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 45,374 66.4%
2004 57 CA D U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 27,769 100.0%
2004 57 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 86,830 66.4%
2006 59 CA D U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 20,959 100.0%
2006 59 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 52,791 64.5%
2008 61 CA D U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 13,177 66.3%
2008 61 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 108,259 69.1%
2010 63 CA D U.S. House District 43 Primary 1 18,529 100.0%
2010 63 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 70,026 65.5%
2012 65 CA D U.S. House District 35 Open Primary 1 15,388 45.0%
2012 65 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 2 62,982 45.1%
2014 67 CA D U.S. House District 31 Open Primary 5 5,954 11.2%
2016 69 CA R U.S. House District 31 Open Primary 3 14,020 12.4%
2018 71 CA D U.S. House District 35 Open Primary 3 9,417 14.8%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Baca


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
1999 52 House 1 0 D 0 0 1 0 0
2000 53 House 77 16 D 66 28 94 80 17
2001 54 House 88 11 R 30 67 98 89 24
2002 55 House 91 8 R 25 71 99 95 13
2003 56 House 87 11 R 29 67 99 85 25
2004 57 House 91 8 R 30 70 97 90 12
2005 58 House 85 12 R 30 65 96 94 32
2006 59 House 86 8 R 34 66 95 100 20
2007 60 House 97 3 R 5 95 99 100 0
2008 61 House 92 2 R 18 76 94 95 8
2009 62 House 96 2 D 96 3 98 95 4
2010 63 House 94 2 D 93 7 97 89 0
2011 64 House 86 9 D 77 16 94 83 4
2012 65 House 86 7 D 73 19 91 68 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.