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Ron Dellums

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 24, 1935 in Oakland, CA
Died: July 30, 2018 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Oakland City College, A.A., 1958
  • San Francisco State College, B.A., 1960
  • University of California, M.S.W., 1962

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1954-1956

Career:

  • Social worker, 1962-1968

Elected Office:

  • Berkeley city council, 1967-1970
  • Mayor of Oakland, 2007-2011


Election Results for Ron Dellums


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 34 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,778 54.8%
1970 34 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 89,794 57.3%
1972 36 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 84,929 73.1%
1972 36 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 126,913 55.9%
1974 38 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 58,340 67.9%
1974 38 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,041 56.6%
1976 40 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 60,864 100.0%
1976 40 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 122,342 62.1%
1978 42 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 74,715 100.0%
1978 42 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 94,824 57.4%
1980 44 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 72,325 100.0%
1980 44 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 108,380 55.5%
1982 46 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 67,613 76.1%
1982 46 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 121,537 55.9%
1984 48 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 86,299 79.1%
1984 48 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 144,316 60.3%
1986 50 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 67,696 82.5%
1986 50 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 121,790 60.0%
1988 52 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 96,862 100.0%
1988 52 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 163,221 66.6%
1990 54 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 76,952 100.0%
1990 54 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 119,645 61.3%
1992 56 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 76,896 100.0%
1992 56 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 164,265 71.9%
1994 58 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 63,783 100.0%
1994 58 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 129,233 72.2%
1996 60 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 73,353 85.1%
1996 60 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 154,806 77.0%


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



Ideology Data for Ron Dellums


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
1971 35 House 2 87 82 9 R 14 74 80 100 20
1972 36 House 2 91 88 7 R 49 49 84 100 0
1973 37 House 6 91 86 9 R 23 72 93 96 13
1974 38 House 1 87 84 6 R 32 57 88 96 10
1975 39 House 5 91 87 8 R 30 70 94 100* 3
1976 40 House 8 85 86 9 R 24 73 89 100 3
1977 41 House 5 90 85 10 D 73 25 93 100 3
1978 42 House 5 86 83 6 D 76 17 81 100 4
1979 43 House 1 89 83 5 D 72 17 85 100 3
1980 44 House 8 84 79 10 D 61 30 83 100 11
1981 45 House 8 87 83 6 R 21 66 82 100 8
1982 46 House 4 96 90 5 R 17 81 89 85 14
1983 47 House 2 91 82 7 R 7 83 86 95 5
1984 48 House 0 100 89 6 R 21 78 95 100 5
1985 49 House 5 91 91 3 R 16 83 94 95 5
1986 50 House 2 92 89 4 R 12 86 93 100 0
1987 51 House 5 95 91 2 R 10 86 94 100 0
1988 52 House 0 95 88 4 R 19 78 94 100 0
1989 53 House 0 100 93 2 R 23 76 95 100 0
1990 54 House 4 96 87 5 R 15 85 95 100 4
1991 55 House 3 92 90 3 R 25 69 93 100 0
1992 56 House 4 94 89 4 R 12 86 93 95 0
1993 57 House 5 93 91 9 D 75 24 92 100 4
1994 58 House 0 100 92 1 D 74 26 94 100 5
1995 59 House 2 97 97 1 D 90 9 98 100 8
1996 60 House 2 96 95 3 D 72 23 94 100 0
1997 61 House 5 93 88 5 D 79 20 91 100 4
1998 62 House 2 0 D 0 0 1 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.