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Earl Blumenauer

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 16, 1948 in Portland, OR

Education:

  • Lewis & Clark College, B.A., 1970, J.D., 1976

Career:

  • Assistant to the president of Portland State University, 1970-1977
  • Portland Community College board of directors, 1975-1981

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1973-1978
  • Multnomah County commissioner, 1978-1985
  • Portland city council, 1986-1996


Election Results for Earl Blumenauer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 47 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 50,747 78.0%
1996 47 OR D U.S. House District 03 Special Primary 1 53,275 56.2%
1996 47 OR D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 73,656 68.5%
1996 47 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 165,922 66.9%
1998 49 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,830 98.4%
1998 49 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 153,889 83.9%
2000 51 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 70,388 88.1%
2000 51 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 181,049 66.8%
2002 53 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 68,893 87.3%
2002 53 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 156,851 66.8%
2004 55 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 76,811 89.3%
2004 55 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 245,559 70.9%
2006 57 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,350 90.9%
2006 57 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 186,380 73.5%
2008 59 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 121,176 87.0%
2008 59 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 254,235 74.5%
2010 61 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 73,962 91.6%
2010 61 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 193,104 70.0%
2012 63 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 84,628 98.9%
2012 63 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 264,979 74.5%
2014 65 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 69,753 98.6%
2014 65 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 211,748 72.3%
2016 67 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 144,706 98.3%
2016 67 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 274,687 71.8%
2018 69 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 91,226 90.8%
2018 69 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 279,019 72.6%
2020 71 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 140,812 80.5%
2020 71 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 343,574 73.0%
2022 73 OR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 96,386 94.3%
2022 73 OR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 212,119 69.9%


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



Ideology Data for Earl Blumenauer


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
1996 47 House 9 91 91 6 D 82 13 95 78 0
1997 48 House 18 76 88 7 D 80 17 95 95 4
1998 49 House 24 74 91 8 D 83 15 98 100 4
1999 50 House 90 8 D 76 22 97 100 4
2000 51 House 88 7 D 86 12 95 95 0
2001 52 House 82 9 R 16 67 94 100 0
2002 53 House 96 4 R 25 75 99 100 4
2003 54 House 91 5 R 20 78 97 100 12
2004 55 House 83 6 R 27 61 92 100 9
2005 56 House 93 3 R 11 85 95 100 4
2006 57 House 93 3 R 8 84 94 95 8
2007 58 House 95 3 R 6 93 97 89 0
2008 59 House 96 3 R 17 81 97 95 12
2009 60 House 98 1 D 93 7 98 95 0
2010 61 House 94 2 D 85 12 96 100 5
2011 62 House 90 4 D 87 9 94 89 4
2012 63 House 93 3 D 80 10 94 94 0
2013 64 House 93 5 D 92 7 97 95 12
2014 65 House 91 1 D 82 9 93 100 9
2015 66 House 96 3 D 98 2 99 85 4
2016 67 House 93 1 D 94 2 93 100 0
2017 68 House 96 1 R 14 81 97 100 8
2018 69 House 92 3 R 22 74 90 92 13
2019 70 House 98 1 R 4 96 99 95 4
2020 71 House 99 1 R 8 92 99 100 4
2021 72 House 98 0 D 100 0 98 100 3
2022 73 House 99 0 D 93 7 99 0
2023 74 House 89 4 D 93 1
2024 75 House 84 8 D 90 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.