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Vic Fazio

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1942 in Winchester, MA
Died: March 16, 2022 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Union College, B.A., 1965

Career:

  • Legislative consultant, 1966-1975
  • Assistant to CA Assembly Speaker, 1971-1975
  • Sacramento County charter and planning commissions, 1972-1975

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1975-1978


Election Results for Vic Fazio


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 35 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 47,319 57.1%
1978 35 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 87,764 55.4%
1980 37 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 71,344 79.8%
1980 37 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 133,853 65.1%
1982 39 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 61,095 100.0%
1982 39 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 118,476 63.9%
1984 41 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 60,541 100.0%
1984 41 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 130,109 61.4%
1986 43 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 61,885 100.0%
1986 43 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 128,364 70.2%
1988 45 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 74,942 100.0%
1988 45 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 181,184 99.3%
1990 47 CA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 60,005 78.8%
1990 47 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,090 54.7%
1992 49 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,980 100.0%
1992 49 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,149 51.2%
1994 51 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 42,896 75.1%
1994 51 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 97,093 49.8%
1996 53 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 51,575 81.9%
1996 53 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 118,663 53.5%


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



Ideology Data for Vic Fazio


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
1979 36 House 20 77 92 5 D 81 17 94 84 5
1980 37 House 13 83 88 4 D 79 12 92 89 11
1981 38 House 33 64 81 17 R 41 57 95 84 0
1982 39 House 29 67 92 7 R 36 58 96 80 5
1983 40 House 24 72 91 6 R 28 68 96 80 9
1984 41 House 25 68 88 8 R 31 64 59 75 5
1985 42 House 35 65 90 6 R 26 65 95 75 11
1986 43 House 30 64 93 5 R 20 80 98 80 9
1987 44 House 35 63 92 3 R 23 75 96 84 0
1988 45 House 16 74 92 2 R 19 73 94 90 0
1989 46 House 24 76 95 4 R 35 64 99 80 4
1990 47 House 26 72 91 5 R 19 81 95 89 4
1991 48 House 24 68 87 9 R 34 61 96 79 0
1992 49 House 44 48 88 9 R 28 68 97 90 8
1993 50 House 41 59 94 6 D 93 7 99 85 8
1994 51 House 50 50 93 5 D 87 13 98 74 14
1995 52 House 52 43 84 12 D 77 18 96 85 8
1996 53 House 57 43 85 10 D 78 15 93 80 0
1997 54 House 45 51 89 10 D 81 19 98 85 12
1998 55 House 45 52 88 10 D 77 18 97 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.