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Calvin Dooley

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 11, 1954 in Visalia, CA

Education:

  • University of California (Davis), B.S., 1977
  • Stanford University, M.A., 1987

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Assistant, CA state Sen. Rose Ann Vuich, 1987-1989


Election Results for Calvin Dooley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 36 CA D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,907 58.7%
1990 36 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 82,611 54.5%
1992 38 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 27,512 100.0%
1992 38 CA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 72,679 64.9%
1994 40 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 25,629 100.0%
1994 40 CA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 57,394 56.7%
1996 42 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 26,402 100.0%
1996 42 CA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 65,381 56.5%
1998 44 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 30,781 78.0%
1998 44 CA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 60,599 60.7%
2000 46 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 43,608 100.0%
2000 46 CA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 66,235 52.3%
2002 48 CA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 27,422 100.0%
2002 48 CA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 47,627 63.7%


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



Ideology Data for Calvin Dooley


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
1991 37 House 62 38 84 16 R 38 62 99 60 10
1992 38 House 56 42 77 18 R 30 65 95 75 17
1993 39 House 36 61 83 13 D 66 27 94 75 25
1994 40 House 69 28 78 18 D 69 24 96 65 22
1995 41 House 83 14 60 37 D 65 35 96 58 17
1996 42 House 67 33 73 25 D 81 19 98 58 15
1997 43 House 73 25 75 23 D 75 24 98 65 12
1998 44 House 62 38 79 19 D 80 20 99 89 4
1999 45 House 77 21 D 69 31 98 80 8
2000 46 House 78 17 D 72 28 91 70 21
2001 47 House 65 31 R 53 47 93 65 32
2002 48 House 69 26 R 57 43 90 65 24
2003 49 House 69 25 R 53 44 92 65 44
2004 50 House 73 17 R 39 52 85 89 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.