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Judy Chu

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 7, 1953 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • Attended University of California-Santa Barbara, 1973
  • UCLA, B.A., 1974
  • California School of Psychology, M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1979

Career:

  • Psychology professor, 1981-2001

Elected Office:

  • Garvey school board, 1985-1988
  • Monterey Park city council, 1988-2001 (Mayor, 1990, 1994, 1999)
  • CA Assembly, 2001-2006
  • CA Board of Equalization, 2006-2009


Election Results for Judy Chu


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2009 55 CA D U.S. House District 32 Special Open Primary 1 17,661 32.6%
2009 55 CA D U.S. House District 32 Special 1 16,194 61.2%
2010 56 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 21,718 100.0%
2010 56 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 77,759 71.0%
2012 58 CA D U.S. House District 27 Open Primary 1 50,203 57.8%
2012 58 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 154,191 64.0%
2014 60 CA D U.S. House District 27 Open Primary 1 39,915 60.4%
2014 60 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 75,728 59.4%
2016 62 CA D U.S. House District 27 Open Primary 1 93,204 66.2%
2016 62 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 168,977 67.4%
2018 64 CA D U.S. House District 27 Open Primary 1 86,932 83.5%
2018 64 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 160,504 79.2%
2020 66 CA D U.S. House District 27 Open Primary 1 117,724 70.9%
2020 66 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 221,411 69.8%
2022 68 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 90,395 63.0%
2022 68 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 150,062 66.2%
2024 70 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 99,261 62.7%
2024 70 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 204,489 64.9%


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



Ideology Data for Judy Chu


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
2009 55 House 42 0 D 48 0 44 100 0
2010 56 House 96 1 D 85 12 98 100 0
2011 57 House 97 2 D 84 15 98 100 4
2012 58 House 94 2 D 85 12 96 95 0
2013 59 House 94 1 D 83 10 94 100 17
2014 60 House 98 0 D 92 5 98 95 8
2015 61 House 96 0 D 89 5 96 100 4
2016 62 House 93 0 D 89 2 95 100 0
2017 63 House 98 0 R 11 89 98 100 7
2018 64 House 95 1 R 11 89 97 92 4
2019 65 House 99 0 R 2 98 99 95 0
2020 66 House 99 1 R 8 92 99 100 4
2021 67 House 100 0 D 100 0 99 100 0
2022 68 House 99 0 D 100 0 100 0
2023 69 House 95 5 D 99 1
2024 70 House 88 9 D 96 6
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.