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Diana DeGette

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 29, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan

Education:

  • Colorado College, B.A., 1979
  • NYU, J.D., 1982

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1982-1996

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1992-1996



Election Results for Diana DeGette


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 38 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,523 55.9%
1996 38 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,631 56.9%
1998 40 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,730 100.0%
1998 40 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,628 66.9%
2000 42 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,742 100.0%
2000 42 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 141,831 68.7%
2002 44 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,526 73.5%
2002 44 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,718 66.3%
2004 46 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 47,579 100.0%
2004 46 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 177,077 73.5%
2006 48 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,000 100.0%
2006 48 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 129,446 79.8%
2008 50 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,804 100.0%
2008 50 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 203,755 71.9%
2010 52 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,527 100.0%
2010 52 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 140,073 67.4%
2012 54 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,072 100.0%
2012 54 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 237,579 68.2%
2014 56 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,514 100.0%
2014 56 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 183,281 65.8%
2016 58 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 55,925 86.4%
2016 58 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 257,254 67.9%
2018 60 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 91,102 68.2%
2018 60 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 272,886 73.8%
2020 62 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 187,341 100.0%
2020 62 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 331,621 73.6%
2022 64 CO D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 79,931 81.7%
2022 64 CO D U.S. House District 01 General 1 226,929 80.3%


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




Ideology Data for Diana DeGette


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
1997 39 House 7 89 94 2 D 80 17 96 100 13
1998 40 House 14 86 96 3 D 85 13 99 100 4
1999 41 House 95 4 D 83 15 98 100 0
2000 42 House 88 6 D 82 16 93 83 9
2001 43 House 96 4 R 23 77 95 95 0
2002 44 House 95 2 R 25 75 96 100 0
2003 45 House 90 4 R 29 69 93 90 13
2004 46 House 90 2 R 33 58 91 100 0
2005 47 House 93 4 R 15 83 96 89 0
2006 48 House 94 2 R 24 76 96 95 4
2007 49 House 95 1 R 4 93 94 95 0
2008 50 House 96 1 R 14 82 96 94 0
2009 51 House 98 1 D 97 3 98 100 0
2010 52 House 90 0 D 85 7 92 100 0
2011 53 House 97 3 D 87 13 98 90 4
2012 54 House 96 2 D 92 5 98 95 0
2013 55 House 90 3 D 85 8 93 94 8
2014 56 House 96 1 D 92 6 96 85 8
2015 57 House 99 1 D 93 7 99 95 4
2016 58 House 97 1 D 100 0 98 100 0
2017 59 House 91 1 R 11 86 93 90 9
2018 60 House 93 2 R 19 78 95 92 4
2019 61 House 99 0 R 2 98 99 95 0
2020 62 House 95 0 R 8 92 96 95 0
2021 63 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 90 5
2022 64 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 65 House 94 5 D 98 1
2024 66 House 87 11 D 99 10
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.