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Mary Bono

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1961 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • University of Southern California, B.A., 1984

Career:

  • Restaurant manager, 1986-1990

Other notes:

  • Wife of Sonny Bono


Election Results for Mary Bono


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 36 CA R U.S. House District 44 Special 1 53,755 64.0%
1998 36 CA R U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 66,504 89.9%
1998 36 CA R U.S. House District 44 General 1 97,013 60.1%
2000 38 CA R U.S. House District 44 Primary 1 79,365 89.0%
2000 38 CA R U.S. House District 44 General 1 123,738 59.2%
2002 40 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 42,716 99.5%
2002 40 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 87,101 65.2%
2004 42 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 51,429 85.9%
2004 42 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 153,523 66.6%
2006 44 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 42,080 100.0%
2006 44 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 99,638 60.7%
2008 46 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 38,726 89.3%
2008 46 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 155,166 58.3%
2010 48 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 42,981 70.6%
2010 48 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 106,472 51.5%
2012 50 CA R U.S. House District 36 Open Primary 1 52,474 58.1%
2012 50 CA R U.S. House District 36 General 2 97,953 47.1%


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



Ideology Data for Mary Bono


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
1998 36 House 95 5 92 7 D 23 59 99 0 95
1999 37 House 83 13 D 30 69 94 15 76
2000 38 House 85 14 D 36 64 97 5 68
2001 39 House 90 9 R 84 16 97 15 68
2002 40 House 86 11 R 75 18 94 11 71
2003 41 House 89 9 R 89 11 97 10 72
2004 42 House 82 14 R 58 42 95 35 56
2005 43 House 87 7 R 74 22 94 16 71
2006 44 House 79 14 R 71 18 93 25 68
2007 45 House 80 13 R 53 38 94 32 65
2008 46 House 86 10 R 59 35 95 44 74
2009 47 House 87 12 D 32 67 98 30 79
2010 48 House 88 10 D 32 68 97 20 91
2011 49 House 93 6 D 24 75 98 10 64
2012 50 House 88 7 D 14 81 90 0 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.