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Julia Brownley

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 28, 1952 in Aiken, SC

Education:

  • Mount Vernon College, B.A., 1975
  • American University, M.B.A., 1979

Career:

  • Sales manager, 1981-1984 (Pitney Bowes), 1986-1991 (Burroughs Corporation)
  • Product manager for Steelcase, 1984-1992

Elected Office:

  • Santa Monica-Malibu school board, 1994-2006
  • CA Assembly, 2006-2012



Election Results for Julia Brownley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 59 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 2 29,892 26.9%
2012 59 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 139,072 52.7%
2014 61 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 1 38,854 45.5%
2014 61 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 87,176 51.3%
2016 63 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 1 108,937 64.0%
2016 63 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 169,248 60.4%
2018 65 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 1 72,764 54.1%
2018 65 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 158,216 61.9%
2020 67 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 1 106,141 55.8%
2020 67 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 208,856 60.6%
2022 69 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 1 91,535 54.3%
2022 69 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 134,575 54.5%
2024 71 CA D U.S. House District 26 Open Primary 1 84,997 51.4%
2024 71 CA D U.S. House District 26 General 1 187,393 56.1%


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




Ideology Data for Julia Brownley


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
2013 60 House 90 10 D 82 18 99 70 8
2014 61 House 89 10 D 67 33 99 60 4
2015 62 House 91 8 D 74 26 99 70 4
2016 63 House 93 6 D 87 13 99 95 4
2017 64 House 95 4 R 19 78 98 84 4
2018 65 House 92 6 R 59 41 98 67 4
2019 66 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 90 0
2020 67 House 97 1 R 3 92 96 89 4
2021 68 House 97 1 D 100 0 99 80 8
2022 69 House 98 1 D 97 0 99 3
2023 70 House 94 6 D 99 1
2024 71 House 88 9 D 94 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.