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Ami Bera

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • University of California-Irvine, B.S., 1987, M.D., 1991

Career:

  • Physician, 1996-1999
  • Sacramento County Dept. of Health & Human Services, 1999-2004
  • Professor, University of California-Davis, 2004-2012



Election Results for Ami Bera


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 45 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 49,022 100.0%
2010 45 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 2 113,128 43.2%
2012 47 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 2 49,433 41.0%
2012 47 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 141,241 51.7%
2014 49 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 51,878 46.7%
2014 49 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 92,521 50.4%
2016 51 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 93,506 54.0%
2016 51 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 152,133 51.2%
2018 53 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 84,776 51.7%
2018 53 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 155,016 55.0%
2020 55 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 106,124 50.3%
2020 55 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 217,416 56.6%
2022 57 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 76,317 52.6%
2022 57 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 121,058 55.9%
2024 59 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 76,605 51.8%
2024 59 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 165,408 57.6%


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




Ideology Data for Ami Bera


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
2013 48 House 83 16 D 65 35 99 55 8
2014 49 House 88 12 D 67 33 99 58 0
2015 50 House 87 10 D 78 20 98 55 13
2016 51 House 92 8 D 85 15 99 95 4
2017 52 House 93 7 R 19 81 100 70 4
2018 53 House 88 12 R 74 26 100 42 12
2019 54 House 99 1 R 4 96 99 90 3
2020 55 House 99 1 R 6 94 99 85 4
2021 56 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 90 10
2022 57 House 94 2 D 93 0 93 3
2023 58 House 93 6 D 99 3
2024 59 House 89 11 D 99 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.