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Lois Capps

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 10, 1938 in Ladysmith, WI

Education:

  • Pacific Lutheran University, B.S., 1959
  • Yale University, M.A., 1964
  • University of California-Santa Barbara, M.A., 1990

Career:

  • Nurse, 1960-1964, 1979-1996
  • College instructor, 1983-1995

Other notes:

  • Wife of Walter Capps


Election Results for Lois Capps


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 60 CA D U.S. House District 22 Special 1 93,392 53.5%
1998 60 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 79,787 100.0%
1998 60 CA D U.S. House District 22 Special Open Primary 1 69,605 44.9%
1998 60 CA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 111,388 55.1%
2000 62 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 105,850 100.0%
2000 62 CA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 135,538 53.1%
2002 64 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 43,324 100.0%
2002 64 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 95,752 59.0%
2004 66 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 64,202 100.0%
2004 66 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 153,980 63.0%
2006 68 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 53,503 100.0%
2006 68 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 114,661 65.2%
2008 70 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 50,385 100.0%
2008 70 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 171,403 68.1%
2010 72 CA D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 52,305 100.0%
2010 72 CA D U.S. House District 23 General 1 111,768 57.8%
2012 74 CA D U.S. House District 24 Open Primary 1 72,356 46.4%
2012 74 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 156,749 55.1%
2014 76 CA D U.S. House District 24 Open Primary 1 58,198 43.7%
2014 76 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 103,228 51.9%


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



Ideology Data for Lois Capps


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 60 House 29 71 90 8 D 73 23 99 100 18
1999 61 House 87 9 D 72 22 93 100 8
2000 62 House 86 11 D 70 26 95 74 17
2001 63 House 91 7 R 35 63 97 84 4
2002 64 House 93 6 R 32 68 99 90 12
2003 65 House 94 3 R 20 78 97 100 12
2004 66 House 97 2 R 27 73 98 100 0
2005 67 House 95 2 R 11 89 96 95 0
2006 68 House 98 2 R 13 87 99 95 4
2007 69 House 99 1 R 3 97 99 95 0
2008 70 House 99 0 R 16 84 99 100 0
2009 71 House 98 0 D 97 3 98 100 0
2010 72 House 97 0 D 95 2 96 95 0
2011 73 House 97 2 D 89 9 98 90 0
2012 74 House 97 3 D 92 8 99 95 0
2013 75 House 96 4 D 92 7 99 89 12
2014 76 House 97 3 D 88 12 99 80 4
2015 77 House 91 2 D 82 7 92 94 9
2016 78 House 97 2 D 100 0 99 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.