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Suzan DelBene

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 17, 1962 in Selma, AL

Education:

  • The Choate School (Wallingford, CT), 1979
  • Reed College, B.A., 1983
  • University of Washington, M.B.A., 1990

Career:

  • Director of marketing, Microsoft, 1989-1998
  • VP, Drugstore.com, 1998-2000
  • President.CEO, Nimble Tech, 2000-2003
  • VP, Microsoft, 2004-2007
  • Consultant, Global Partnerships, 2008-2009
  • Director, WA Dept. of Revenue, 2010-2012


Election Results for Suzan DelBene


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 48 WA D U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 2 43,272 26.8%
2010 48 WA D U.S. House District 08 General 2 148,581 47.9%
2012 50 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 2 33,670 22.5%
2012 50 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 177,025 53.9%
2014 52 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 59,798 50.7%
2014 52 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,151 55.0%
2016 54 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 77,765 53.5%
2016 54 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 193,619 55.4%
2018 56 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 106,107 59.3%
2018 56 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 197,209 59.3%
2020 58 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 147,666 55.4%
2020 58 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 249,944 58.6%
2022 60 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 102,857 61.9%
2022 60 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 181,992 63.5%
2024 62 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 109,456 63.1%
2024 62 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 227,213 94.1%


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



Ideology Data for Suzan DelBene


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
2012 50 House 3 0 D 7 0 8 100 0
2013 51 House 90 10 D 73 27 99 70 12
2014 52 House 92 6 D 83 17 99 75 4
2015 53 House 95 5 D 92 8 100 75 8
2016 54 House 97 3 D 96 4 99 95 0
2017 55 House 98 2 R 14 86 99 95 4
2018 56 House 95 5 R 33 67 100 75 4
2019 57 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 90 0
2020 58 House 99 0 R 6 92 98 95 0
2021 59 House 99 1 D 100 0 100 85 8
2022 60 House 99 1 D 100 0 100 3
2023 61 House 95 5 D 99 0
2024 62 House 89 11 D 99 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.