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Barbara Boxer

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 11, 1940 in Brooklyn, NY

Education:

  • Brooklyn College, B.A., 1962

Career:

  • Stockbroker, 1962-1965
  • Newspaper editor, 1972-1974
  • Aide to Rep. John Burton, 1974-1976

Elected Office:

  • Marin County supervisor, 1976-1982


Election Results for Barbara Boxer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 41 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 40,199 50.0%
1982 41 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,379 52.4%
1984 43 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 76,606 87.2%
1984 43 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 162,511 68.0%
1986 45 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 60,057 90.3%
1986 45 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 142,946 73.9%
1988 47 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 86,364 100.0%
1988 47 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 176,645 73.4%
1990 49 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 76,352 100.0%
1990 49 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 137,306 68.1%
1992 51 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 1,339,126 43.7%
1992 51 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 5,173,467 47.9%
1998 57 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 2,574,284 92.2%
1998 57 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 4,411,705 53.1%
2004 63 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 2,566,198 100.0%
2004 63 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 6,955,728 57.7%
2010 69 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 1,957,920 80.9%
2010 69 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 5,218,441 52.2%


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



Ideology Data for Barbara Boxer


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 4 92 94 3 R 15 84 95 95 0
1984 43 House 2 92 86 3 R 20 68 89 100 0
1985 44 House 2 93 88 3 R 11 86 91 100 5
1986 45 House 12 82 84 4 R 13 78 88 95 5
1987 46 House 2 93 88 3 R 12 84 90 100 0
1988 47 House 8 87 86 5 R 17 69 89 95 4
1989 48 House 5 93 95 2 R 26 72 96 95 4
1990 49 House 11 83 86 4 R 14 81 89 94 4
1991 50 House 8 73 76 1 R 21 66 80 94 0
1992 51 House 8 50 50 4 R 5 51 55 92 0
1993 52 Senate 10 90 95 5 D 91 9 99 90 12
1994 53 Senate 19 78 91 8 D 85 13 97 95 0
1995 54 Senate 5 93 93 5 D 85 10 97 100 0
1996 55 Senate 18 82 94 6 D 88 10 99 100 5
1997 56 Senate 12 88 95 3 D 89 11 99 100 0
1998 57 Senate 38 63 88 10 D 85 10 98 95 4
1999 58 Senate 97 3 94 2 D 84 16 97 100 4
2000 59 Senate 100 0 95 0 D 92 8 92 94 4
2001 60 Senate 95 2 R 59 37 97 95 0
2002 61 Senate 93 5 R 59 33 96 95 5
2003 62 Senate 98 1 R 44 55 98 94 11
2004 63 Senate 91 4 R 71 27 94 100 4
2005 64 Senate 96 1 R 31 67 96 100 13
2006 65 Senate 93 3 R 43 49 96 100 8
2007 66 Senate 91 3 R 28 60 94 94 4
2008 67 Senate 96 1 R 31 67 94 100 4
2009 68 Senate 97 3 D 94 4 99 100 0
2010 69 Senate 95 3 D 97 2 98 95 0
2011 70 Senate 95 2 D 88 4 96 95 0
2012 71 Senate 85 3 D 88 4 88 100 4
2013 72 Senate 97 0 D 94 1 96 100 0
2014 73 Senate 89 1 D 91 2 92 94 4
2015 74 Senate 87 2 D 77 11 89 94 5
2016 75 Senate 85 0 D 61 10 82 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.