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Anna Eshoo

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 13, 1942 in New Britain, CT

Education:

  • Canada College, A.A., 1975
  • Attended University of San Francisco, 1979

Career:

  • San Mateo Democrat party, 1980-1992
  • Chief of staff, CA Rep. Leo McCarthy, 1981-1982

Elected Office:

  • San Mateo County supervisor, 1983-1992



Election Results for Anna Eshoo


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 45 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 30,963 43.4%
1988 45 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 2 121,523 46.0%
1992 49 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 32,001 40.5%
1992 49 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 146,873 56.7%
1994 51 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 47,373 86.6%
1994 51 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 120,713 60.6%
1996 53 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 63,510 100.0%
1996 53 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 149,313 64.9%
1998 55 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 85,511 93.9%
1998 55 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 129,663 68.6%
2000 57 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 111,136 100.0%
2000 57 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 161,720 70.2%
2002 59 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 53,132 100.0%
2002 59 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,055 68.2%
2004 61 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 81,911 100.0%
2004 61 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 182,712 69.7%
2006 63 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 65,255 100.0%
2006 63 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 141,153 71.1%
2008 65 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 60,856 100.0%
2008 65 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 190,301 69.8%
2010 67 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 66,978 100.0%
2010 67 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 151,217 69.1%
2012 69 CA D U.S. House District 18 Open Primary 1 86,851 61.5%
2012 69 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 212,831 70.5%
2014 71 CA D U.S. House District 18 Open Primary 1 81,295 67.6%
2014 71 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 133,060 67.8%
2016 73 CA D U.S. House District 18 Open Primary 1 132,726 68.2%
2016 73 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 230,460 71.1%
2018 75 CA D U.S. House District 18 Open Primary 1 133,993 73.4%
2018 75 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 225,142 74.5%
2020 77 CA D U.S. House District 18 Open Primary 1 146,225 61.7%
2020 77 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 217,388 63.2%
2022 79 CA D U.S. House District 16 Open Primary 1 81,100 47.9%
2022 79 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 139,235 57.8%


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




Ideology Data for Anna Eshoo


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
1993 50 House 14 86 96 3 D 84 16 99 95 4
1994 51 House 11 89 98 2 D 81 19 100 95 0
1995 52 House 24 75 93 7 D 86 14 99 85 16
1996 53 House 12 86 90 7 D 82 16 98 89 0
1997 54 House 13 85 91 8 D 87 12 97 100 8
1998 55 House 21 79 92 5 D 87 10 96 95 0
1999 56 House 91 9 D 81 19 99 95 4
2000 57 House 84 10 D 72 18 90 83 8
2001 58 House 89 9 R 33 67 99 95 0
2002 59 House 91 4 R 25 75 98 100 0
2003 60 House 88 3 R 18 73 91 95 17
2004 61 House 93 6 R 36 64 97 100 12
2005 62 House 92 3 R 17 76 94 100 4
2006 63 House 93 3 R 21 79 97 95 4
2007 64 House 96 2 R 4 94 98 95 0
2008 65 House 99 1 R 16 84 99 95 0
2009 66 House 98 0 D 96 3 98 100 0
2010 67 House 95 0 D 90 7 95 100 0
2011 68 House 90 5 D 86 14 94 90 0
2012 69 House 95 5 D 92 8 99 95 0
2013 70 House 95 3 D 94 6 98 100 8
2014 71 House 97 1 D 89 9 98 85 8
2015 72 House 96 1 D 92 4 97 94 4
2016 73 House 97 2 D 98 2 99 100 0
2017 74 House 98 2 R 14 86 99 95 4
2018 75 House 86 1 R 26 63 86 83 4
2019 76 House 97 0 R 4 92 97 95 0
2020 77 House 99 0 R 6 94 99 100 0
2021 78 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 90 3
2022 79 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 80 House 99 1 D 94 4 98 95 3
2024 81 House 96 3 D 99 3
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.