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Brian Bilbray

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 28, 1951 in Coronado, CA

Education:

  • Southwestern Community College, 1972

Career:

  • Tax consultant

Elected Office:

  • Imperial Beach city council, 1976-1978
  • Mayor of Imperial Beach, 1978-1985
  • San Diego County supervisor, 1985-1995


Election Results for Brian Bilbray


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 43 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 26,756 51.3%
1994 43 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 90,283 48.5%
1996 45 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 49,378 100.0%
1996 45 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 108,806 52.6%
1998 47 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 62,571 100.0%
1998 47 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 90,516 48.8%
2000 49 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 79,473 100.0%
2000 49 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 2 105,515 46.2%
2006 55 CA R U.S. House District 50 Special Open Primary 2 20,952 15.1%
2006 55 CA R U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 41,545 54.0%
2006 55 CA R U.S. House District 50 Special 1 78,341 49.6%
2006 55 CA R U.S. House District 50 General 1 118,018 53.1%
2008 57 CA R U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 58,511 100.0%
2008 57 CA R U.S. House District 50 General 1 157,502 50.2%
2010 59 CA R U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 72,605 100.0%
2010 59 CA R U.S. House District 50 General 1 142,247 56.7%
2012 61 CA R U.S. House District 52 Open Primary 1 61,930 41.0%
2012 61 CA R U.S. House District 52 General 2 144,459 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Brian Bilbray


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
1995 44 House 85 9 88 9 D 24 74 97 15 72
1996 45 House 63 24 80 17 D 44 54 97 22 74
1997 46 House 87 13 87 13 D 35 63 97 15 76
1998 47 House 83 17 73 26 D 34 65 97 20 64
1999 48 House 65 25 D 31 50 90 53 68
2000 49 House 73 24 D 38 58 93 25 68
2006 55 House 47 4 R 68 5 52 8 94
2007 56 House 91 5 R 82 15 97 11 92
2008 57 House 91 6 R 65 33 97 16 92
2009 58 House 87 12 D 36 62 98 10 88
2010 59 House 82 10 D 37 54 90 17 85
2011 60 House 85 9 D 24 71 95 0 63
2012 61 House 87 12 D 25 71 98 11 60
Lifetime conservative rating:   76%


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.