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Howard Berman

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • U.C.L.A., B.A., 1962, LL.B., 1965

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • VISTA volunteer, 1966-1967
  • Labor lawyer, 1967-1973

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1973-1982


Election Results for Howard Berman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 41 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 51,625 83.2%
1982 41 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 97,383 59.6%
1984 43 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 44,157 84.8%
1984 43 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 117,080 62.8%
1986 45 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 47,606 100.0%
1986 45 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 98,091 65.1%
1988 47 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 60,845 100.0%
1988 47 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 126,930 70.3%
1990 49 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 43,676 86.3%
1990 49 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 78,031 61.1%
1992 51 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 26,352 100.0%
1992 51 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 73,807 61.0%
1994 53 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 20,104 75.9%
1994 53 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 55,145 62.6%
1996 55 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 26,745 83.8%
1996 55 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 67,525 65.9%
1998 57 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 39,244 66.6%
1998 57 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 69,000 82.5%
2000 59 CA D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 60,896 100.0%
2000 59 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 96,500 84.1%
2002 61 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 34,864 100.0%
2002 61 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 73,771 71.4%
2004 63 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 33,702 81.9%
2004 63 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 115,303 71.0%
2006 65 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 31,048 80.4%
2006 65 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 79,866 73.9%
2008 67 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 23,265 100.0%
2008 67 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 137,471 99.9%
2010 69 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 26,092 83.4%
2010 69 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 88,385 69.5%
2012 71 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 2 31,086 32.4%
2012 71 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 2 98,395 39.7%


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



Ideology Data for Howard Berman


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
1983 42 House 10 88 85 5 R 24 67 87 95 0
1984 43 House 7 88 84 6 R 29 62 91 100 10
1985 44 House 9 85 91 3 R 24 68 93 100 11
1986 45 House 12 82 89 5 R 18 80 95 100 5
1987 46 House 5 93 89 3 R 14 84 93 100 0
1988 47 House 5 84 90 4 R 23 66 92 100 4
1989 48 House 10 90 90 3 R 31 63 93 95 4
1990 49 House 7 93 93 3 R 20 77 96 100 4
1991 50 House 14 81 83 7 R 32 63 90 89 11
1992 51 House 17 79 89 5 R 21 78 93 85 8
1993 52 House 20 73 86 3 D 78 10 88 95 5
1994 53 House 14 78 91 2 D 83 15 92 94 0
1995 54 House 21 76 86 6 D 83 8 92 94 5
1996 55 House 20 73 87 5 D 82 11 90 90 0
1997 56 House 25 71 81 9 D 81 13 91 94 9
1998 57 House 10 74 83 4 D 76 13 87 100 5
1999 58 House 89 5 D 80 11 89 95 0
2000 59 House 88 4 D 88 8 92 100 4
2001 60 House 89 6 R 37 60 92 95 4
2002 61 House 91 3 R 21 71 91 95 10
2003 62 House 87 6 R 16 80 92 85 13
2004 63 House 80 2 R 30 64 84 100 0
2005 64 House 91 4 R 17 80 92 94 4
2006 65 House 92 4 R 26 68 94 95 8
2007 66 House 95 2 R 6 91 96 89 4
2008 67 House 93 2 R 19 72 94 89 4
2009 68 House 96 0 D 97 3 95 100 0
2010 69 House 95 1 D 93 2 95 90 0
2011 70 House 94 4 D 94 5 98 85 0
2012 71 House 87 4 D 80 12 89 83 9
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.