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Suzanne Bonamici

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 14, 1954 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • Lane Community College, A.A., 1978
  • University of Oregon, B.A., 1980, J.D., 1983

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1983-1986
  • Legislative aide, 2001-2006

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 2001-2008
  • OR Senate, 2008-2011


Election Results for Suzanne Bonamici


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 57 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,146 98.9%
2012 57 OR D U.S. House District 01 Special Primary 1 49,721 65.2%
2012 57 OR D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 113,404 53.8%
2012 57 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 197,845 59.6%
2014 59 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 50,903 98.8%
2014 59 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 160,038 57.3%
2016 61 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 99,153 89.7%
2016 61 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 225,391 59.6%
2018 63 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 69,774 91.7%
2018 63 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 231,198 63.6%
2020 65 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 100,733 83.6%
2020 65 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 297,071 64.6%
2022 67 OR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 80,317 88.5%
2022 67 OR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 210,682 67.9%


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



Ideology Data for Suzanne Bonamici


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
2012 57 House 93 2 D 88 8 95 95 0
2013 58 House 98 2 D 93 7 100 90 12
2014 59 House 99 1 D 95 5 100 85 4
2015 60 House 98 2 D 100 0 99 85 4
2016 61 House 96 1 D 98 0 95 100 4
2017 62 House 99 1 R 14 86 99 95 7
2018 63 House 97 2 R 30 70 99 92 4
2019 64 House 100 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 65 House 100 0 R 8 92 99 100 0
2021 66 House 100 0 D 100 0 100 100 3
2022 67 House 100 0 D 97 3 100 0
2023 68 House 83 5 D 91 1
2024 69 House 87 13 D 100 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.