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Tom Campbell

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 14, 1952 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1980
  • Harvard University, J.D. 1976

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • White House fellow, 1980-1981
  • Assistant to Deputy U.S. Attorney General, 1981
  • Federal Trade Commission, 1981-1983
  • Professor, Stanford University Law School, 1983-1988

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1993-1995


Election Results for Tom Campbell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 35 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 41,867 58.1%
1988 35 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 136,384 51.7%
1990 37 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 54,844 100.0%
1990 37 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 125,157 60.8%
1992 39 CA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 638,279 28.5%
1995 42 CA R U.S. House District 15 Special 1 54,372 58.9%
1996 43 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 50,254 100.0%
1996 43 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 132,737 58.5%
1998 45 CA R U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 86,248 100.0%
1998 45 CA R U.S. House District 15 General 1 111,876 60.5%
2000 47 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 1,697,208 56.2%
2000 47 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 3,886,853 36.6%
2010 57 CA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 504,289 21.6%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Campbell


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
1989 36 House 54 46 47 51 R 56 43 99 40 50
1990 37 House 48 43 69 28 R 50 47 97 50 46
1991 38 House 62 30 69 19 R 61 28 88 29 70
1992 39 House 63 17 70 13 R 57 16 85 38 67
1995 42 House 2 0 D 1 2 2 100 0
1996 43 House 43 57 73 27 D 54 46 99 40 60
1997 44 House 62 38 75 25 D 51 49 99 50 68
1998 45 House 64 36 64 36 D 51 48 99 35 52
1999 46 House 68 32 D 39 61 99 50 64
2000 47 House 34 10 D 14 30 43 31 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   59%


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.