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Peter DeFazio

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 27, 1947 in Needham, MA

Education:

  • Needham High School (Needham, MA), 1965
  • Tufts University, B.A., 1969
  • University of Oregon, M.S., 1977

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1967-1971

Career:

  • Aide to Rep. James Weaver, 1977-1982

Elected Office:

  • Lane County commissioner, 1983-1986


Election Results for Peter DeFazio


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 39 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,530 33.8%
1986 39 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,697 54.1%
1988 41 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 67,253 99.9%
1988 41 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,483 72.0%
1990 43 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,312 99.8%
1990 43 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 162,494 85.8%
1992 45 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 62,574 99.6%
1992 45 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 199,372 71.4%
1994 47 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,627 99.2%
1994 47 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 158,981 66.8%
1996 49 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 63,006 99.5%
1996 49 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 2 187,411 22.9%
1996 49 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 177,270 65.7%
1998 51 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,072 99.7%
1998 51 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 157,524 70.1%
2000 53 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 78,361 99.4%
2000 53 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 197,998 68.0%
2002 55 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 68,513 100.0%
2002 55 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 168,150 63.8%
2004 57 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 78,414 100.0%
2004 57 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 228,611 61.0%
2006 59 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 66,432 100.0%
2006 59 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 180,607 62.2%
2008 61 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 119,366 100.0%
2008 61 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 275,143 82.3%
2010 63 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 74,568 100.0%
2010 63 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 162,416 54.5%
2012 65 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 69,864 89.9%
2012 65 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 212,866 59.1%
2014 67 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,970 98.3%
2014 67 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 181,624 58.6%
2016 69 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 113,816 91.6%
2016 69 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 220,628 55.5%
2018 71 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 78,575 91.4%
2018 71 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 208,710 56.0%
2020 73 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 96,077 83.7%
2020 73 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 240,950 51.5%


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



Ideology Data for Peter DeFazio


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
1987 40 House 19 81 87 10 R 12 87 96 100 4
1988 41 House 24 61 86 10 R 20 71 95 89 13
1989 42 House 2 98 89 6 R 23 73 97 95 7
1990 43 House 19 80 86 8 R 19 75 95 83 14
1991 44 House 27 68 88 8 R 26 70 97 84 11
1992 45 House 21 75 85 7 R 12 84 93 90 10
1993 46 House 25 75 84 10 D 66 32 92 100 13
1994 47 House 31 58 83 9 D 56 35 91 72 29
1995 48 House 19 77 87 9 D 74 22 96 90 16
1996 49 House 18 80 87 11 D 67 28 96 95 5
1997 50 House 15 85 88 10 D 67 32 97 89 28
1998 51 House 14 86 89 7 D 77 20 95 95 16
1999 52 House 91 7 D 74 24 96 100 8
2000 53 House 83 14 D 58 38 94 95 8
2001 54 House 92 3 R 19 81 93 100 16
2002 55 House 91 6 R 21 71 97 95 12
2003 56 House 91 6 R 16 80 97 100 21
2004 57 House 89 9 R 27 70 98 95 16
2005 58 House 89 9 R 17 83 97 100 12
2006 59 House 91 9 R 18 82 99 90 28
2007 60 House 94 5 R 0 99 98 95 4
2008 61 House 89 7 R 14 86 97 90 20
2009 62 House 95 3 D 88 10 97 95 12
2010 63 House 88 5 D 80 15 93 95 0
2011 64 House 87 10 D 67 32 98 90 12
2012 65 House 90 9 D 78 22 98 90 4
2013 66 House 93 7 D 88 12 98 95 12
2014 67 House 94 3 D 85 15 97 90 12
2015 68 House 84 5 D 82 9 88 94 4
2016 69 House 91 5 D 94 4 96 100 4
2017 70 House 95 3 R 19 81 98 89 4
2018 71 House 92 3 R 19 70 94 82 4
2019 72 House 98 0 R 0 98 97 100 0
2020 73 House 91 2 R 6 92 91 100 0
2021 74 House 98 0 D 100 0 98 90 3
2022 75 House 99 1 D 93 7 99 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.