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Christopher Cox

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 16, 1952 in St. Paul, MN

Education:

  • University of Southern California, B.A., 1973
  • Harvard University, M.B.A. & J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1977-1978
  • Lawyer
  • Lecturer at Harvard Business School, 1982-1983
  • Senior counsel to President Reagan, 1986-1988


Election Results for Christopher Cox


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 35 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 30,713 30.8%
1988 35 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 181,269 67.0%
1990 37 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 72,132 100.0%
1990 37 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 142,299 67.6%
1992 39 CA R U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 53,628 67.8%
1992 39 CA R U.S. House District 47 General 1 165,004 64.9%
1994 41 CA R U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 55,223 85.5%
1994 41 CA R U.S. House District 47 General 1 154,071 71.7%
1996 43 CA R U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 83,372 100.0%
1996 43 CA R U.S. House District 47 General 1 160,078 65.7%
1998 45 CA R U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 91,638 100.0%
1998 45 CA R U.S. House District 47 General 1 132,711 67.6%
2000 47 CA R U.S. House District 47 Primary 1 134,959 100.0%
2000 47 CA R U.S. House District 47 General 1 181,365 65.6%
2002 49 CA R U.S. House District 48 Primary 1 84,229 89.4%
2002 49 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 122,884 68.4%
2004 51 CA R U.S. House District 48 Primary 1 85,697 100.0%
2004 51 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 189,004 65.0%


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



Ideology Data for Christopher Cox


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 85 12 85 12 R 71 26 97 5 96
1990 37 House 83 13 86 8 R 75 24 95 17 88
1991 38 House 89 8 85 10 R 77 23 96 10 100
1992 39 House 94 0 85 6 R 78 15 92 6 100
1993 40 House 91 9 89 4 D 32 63 92 0 100
1994 41 House 86 11 92 2 D 36 60 94 0 100
1995 42 House 93 3 94 1 D 14 83 95 0 100
1996 43 House 84 8 91 3 D 30 67 96 6 100
1997 44 House 84 11 87 6 D 23 67 91 12 96
1998 45 House 81 14 89 7 D 26 70 95 0 100
1999 46 House 86 5 D 19 76 90 0 95
2000 47 House 90 5 D 18 78 92 0 100
2001 48 House 88 4 R 86 7 90 5 96
2002 49 House 90 4 R 82 11 91 0 96
2003 50 House 90 2 R 100 0 91 5 92
2004 51 House 94 3 R 88 9 93 5 100
2005 52 House 63 3 R 54 9 59 0 94
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.