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Tony Coelho

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 15, 1942 in Los Banos, CA

Education:

  • Loyola University, B.A., 1964

Career:

  • Staff, CA Rep. B.F. Sisk, 1965-1978
  • Staff Director to U.S. House Committees, 1965-1976
  • Consultant to House Parking Committee, 1971-1974


Election Results for Tony Coelho


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 36 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 48,253 78.9%
1978 36 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 75,212 60.1%
1980 38 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 56,466 100.0%
1980 38 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 108,072 71.8%
1982 40 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 46,223 100.0%
1982 40 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 86,022 63.7%
1984 42 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 43,969 100.0%
1984 42 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 109,590 65.5%
1986 44 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 39,144 100.0%
1986 44 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 93,600 71.0%
1988 46 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 50,248 90.2%
1988 46 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 118,710 69.8%


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



Ideology Data for Tony Coelho


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
1979 37 House 38 55 77 13 D 72 22 87 69 8
1980 38 House 15 72 82 7 D 74 16 87 72 11
1981 39 House 47 52 81 17 R 47 49 94 55 17
1982 40 House 37 59 81 11 R 44 52 91 65 16
1983 41 House 21 64 83 4 R 28 62 87 83 5
1984 42 House 20 71 85 3 R 23 64 88 89 4
1985 43 House 24 69 88 3 R 20 78 92 80 0
1986 44 House 40 46 87 4 R 21 71 90 74 14
1987 45 House 28 70 92 2 R 18 79 92 88 0
1988 46 House 29 68 95 2 R 21 75 96 90 12
1989 47 House 18 1 R 9 22 20 80 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.