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Gary Condit

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 21, 1948 in Salina, OK

Education:

  • California State University (Stanislaus), B.A., 1972

Elected Office:

  • Ceres city council, 1972-1976 (Mayor, 1974-1976)
  • Stanislaus County supervisor, 1976-1982
  • CA Assembly, 1982-1989


Election Results for Gary Condit


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1989 41 CA D U.S. House District 15 Special 1 51,543 57.1%
1990 42 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 51,793 100.0%
1990 42 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 97,147 66.2%
1992 44 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 39,927 100.0%
1992 44 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 139,704 84.7%
1994 46 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,922 100.0%
1994 46 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 91,105 65.5%
1996 48 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 42,619 100.0%
1996 48 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 108,827 65.7%
1998 50 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 83,512 100.0%
1998 50 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 118,842 86.8%
2000 52 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 80,543 92.9%
2000 52 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 121,003 67.1%
2002 54 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 2 16,618 38.7%


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



Ideology Data for Gary Condit


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 41 House 34 4 R 17 29 39 100 33
1990 42 House 54 44 70 24 R 25 70 95 56 29
1991 43 House 73 27 62 33 R 36 61 96 60 58
1992 44 House 58 42 61 36 R 38 62 97 55 46
1993 45 House 57 43 61 36 D 50 49 96 60 50
1994 46 House 64 33 58 39 D 63 32 97 47 38
1995 47 House 77 20 45 52 D 49 51 96 42 64
1996 48 House 82 18 52 48 D 53 47 99 35 70
1997 49 House 69 31 60 39 D 53 45 99 60 52
1998 50 House 79 19 62 37 D 50 49 99 60 56
1999 51 House 62 38 D 52 48 99 70 44
2000 52 House 72 28 D 50 50 99 50 44
2001 53 House 75 25 R 47 53 99 80 24
2002 54 House 69 15 R 36 54 83 83 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   46%


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.