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Norm Dicks

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 16, 1940 in Bremerton, WA

Education:

  • University of Washington, B.A., 1963, J.D., 1968

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to Sen. Warren Magnuson, 1968-1976


Election Results for Norm Dicks


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 35 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 39,613 32.0%
1976 35 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 137,964 73.5%
1978 37 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 44,822 63.2%
1978 37 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 71,057 60.9%
1980 39 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 71,407 55.9%
1980 39 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 122,903 53.6%
1982 41 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 48,088 63.7%
1982 41 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 89,985 62.5%
1984 43 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 54,238 62.2%
1984 43 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 124,367 66.1%
1986 45 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 40,803 71.6%
1986 45 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 90,063 71.2%
1988 47 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 62,833 68.7%
1988 47 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 125,904 67.6%
1990 49 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 38,346 57.9%
1990 49 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 79,079 61.4%
1992 51 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 73,832 57.6%
1992 51 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 152,933 64.2%
1994 53 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 67,750 59.1%
1994 53 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 105,480 58.3%
1996 55 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 94,755 66.7%
1996 55 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 155,467 65.9%
1998 57 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 91,906 71.1%
1998 57 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 143,308 68.4%
2000 59 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 103,131 66.0%
2000 59 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 164,853 64.7%
2002 61 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 83,455 63.0%
2002 61 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 126,116 64.2%
2004 63 WA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 82,331 100.0%
2004 63 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 202,919 69.0%
2006 65 WA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 76,210 67.3%
2006 65 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 158,202 70.6%
2008 67 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 96,862 57.3%
2008 67 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 205,991 66.9%
2010 69 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 90,596 56.6%
2010 69 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 151,873 58.0%


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



Ideology Data for Norm Dicks


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
1977 36 House 32 55 76 14 D 67 24 90 53 6
1978 37 House 29 64 79 16 D 69 24 93 45 8
1979 38 House 33 64 82 9 D 75 18 92 71 6
1980 39 House 44 53 81 15 D 74 12 94 71 5
1981 40 House 60 35 68 24 R 50 42 91 53 25
1982 41 House 36 63 89 8 R 40 53 97 65 9
1983 42 House 34 60 83 11 R 38 61 93 75 14
1984 43 House 54 42 79 15 R 43 49 93 70 13
1985 44 House 44 53 85 9 R 35 61 95 70 21
1986 45 House 46 54 90 7 R 27 73 97 70 23
1987 46 House 42 51 87 5 R 28 71 93 76 9
1988 47 House 53 47 90 7 R 29 68 97 85 8
1989 48 House 41 59 91 7 R 38 57 96 75 7
1990 49 House 37 63 91 8 R 28 70 98 83 4
1991 50 House 43 54 85 9 R 36 59 94 70 5
1992 51 House 56 44 85 11 R 36 61 96 80 9
1993 52 House 48 52 88 7 D 91 5 95 79 13
1994 53 House 58 42 92 6 D 90 9 97 63 14
1995 54 House 49 48 82 14 D 80 18 96 84 0
1996 55 House 59 41 80 15 D 85 11 95 72 0
1997 56 House 65 35 78 18 D 77 21 97 74 17
1998 57 House 60 40 84 15 D 84 15 98 95 0
1999 58 House 87 9 D 76 20 97 95 0
2000 59 House 86 11 D 82 14 96 80 8
2001 60 House 80 17 R 35 63 98 90 8
2002 61 House 85 14 R 36 64 98 80 13
2003 62 House 86 11 R 29 65 97 95 24
2004 63 House 83 9 R 36 58 93 94 13
2005 64 House 91 8 R 24 76 97 84 0
2006 65 House 84 14 R 34 66 97 89 8
2007 66 House 94 3 R 6 93 96 95 0
2008 67 House 94 2 R 20 77 93 90 0
2009 68 House 97 1 D 96 3 97 100 0
2010 69 House 97 2 D 98 2 96 90 0
2011 70 House 91 8 D 94 5 98 80 0
2012 71 House 86 7 D 81 17 91 68 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.