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Tony Beilenson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 26, 1932 in New Rochelle, NY
Died: March 5, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1954, LL.B., 1957

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1963-1966
  • CA Senate, 1967-1976


Election Results for Tony Beilenson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 35 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 644,844 22.6%
1976 43 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 61,153 57.8%
1976 43 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 130,619 60.2%
1978 45 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 81,616 80.5%
1978 45 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 117,498 65.6%
1980 47 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 67,432 85.3%
1980 47 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 126,020 63.2%
1982 49 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 71,124 100.0%
1982 49 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 120,788 59.6%
1984 51 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 67,836 88.0%
1984 51 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 140,461 61.6%
1986 53 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 52,866 88.1%
1986 53 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 121,468 65.7%
1988 55 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 67,802 84.2%
1988 55 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 147,858 63.5%
1990 57 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 57,576 100.0%
1990 57 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 103,141 61.7%
1992 59 CA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 45,090 100.0%
1992 59 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 141,742 55.5%
1994 61 CA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 42,283 86.7%
1994 61 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 95,342 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for Tony Beilenson


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
1977 44 House 4 90 83 7 D 66 22 86 95 8
1978 45 House 8 80 81 9 D 76 12 85 94 4
1979 46 House 5 90 88 6 D 77 21 92 100 15
1980 47 House 7 88 86 8 D 80 15 91 94 11
1981 48 House 8 80 79 8 R 30 64 90 100 0
1982 49 House 11 82 81 5 R 38 53 89 100 5
1983 50 House 16 84 91 7 R 29 66 97 85 10
1984 51 House 12 88 87 10 R 34 65 96 90 9
1985 52 House 11 84 88 4 R 23 69 92 95 5
1986 53 House 20 80 89 7 R 18 81 97 84 9
1987 54 House 5 84 86 6 R 23 72 93 84 13
1988 55 House 11 89 89 5 R 26 65 93 100 8
1989 56 House 17 80 84 9 R 33 64 94 85 4
1990 57 House 15 81 89 8 R 26 71 97 83 8
1991 58 House 16 84 84 12 R 32 66 97 80 0
1992 59 House 15 75 84 10 R 26 67 94 94 9
1993 60 House 20 77 93 5 D 74 20 97 89 8
1994 61 House 19 81 96 3 D 85 15 99 95 0
1995 62 House 14 86 93 7 D 96 4 99 90 4
1996 63 House 16 82 93 6 D 82 16 97 90 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.