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Dianne Feinstein

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 22, 1933 in San Francisco, CA
Died: September 29, 2023 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1955

Career:

  • CA women's parole board, 1960-1966
  • 'San Francisco board of supervisors, 1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1978
  • Bank director, 1988-1989

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of San Francisco, 1978-1988


Election Results for Dianne Feinstein


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 57 CA D Governor Primary 1 1,361,361 52.3%
1990 57 CA D Governor General 2 3,525,197 45.8%
1992 59 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Open Primary 1 1,775,730 32.6%
1992 59 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 5,853,651 54.3%
1994 61 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 1,635,837 74.2%
1994 61 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 3,979,152 46.7%
2000 67 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 3,759,560 95.4%
2000 67 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 5,932,522 55.8%
2006 73 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 2,176,888 87.0%
2006 73 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 5,076,289 59.4%
2012 79 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 2,392,822 49.3%
2012 79 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 7,864,624 62.5%
2018 85 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 2,974,039 44.4%
2018 85 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 6,019,422 54.2%


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



Ideology Data for Dianne Feinstein


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 60 Senate 37 59 88 10 D 89 8 97 89 13
1994 61 Senate 44 56 89 11 D 92 8 99 70 8
1995 62 Senate 39 56 79 20 D 83 16 99 95 13
1996 63 Senate 53 47 81 19 D 88 10 99 95 20
1997 64 Senate 56 44 85 13 D 89 11 99 85 4
1998 65 Senate 50 50 87 13 D 88 13 99 90 4
1999 66 Senate 91 9 91 9 D 87 13 99 100 4
2000 67 Senate 88 12 83 11 D 84 16 85 74 28
2001 68 Senate 84 14 R 70 30 98 84 12
2002 69 Senate 82 17 R 76 24 99 79 20
2003 70 Senate 90 9 R 48 50 98 90 5
2004 71 Senate 95 5 R 71 29 100 100 4
2005 72 Senate 90 8 R 40 56 98 95 13
2006 73 Senate 89 9 R 53 44 99 95 0
2007 74 Senate 89 6 R 35 59 97 90 0
2008 75 Senate 90 9 R 41 57 99 100 4
2009 76 Senate 96 3 D 95 4 99 100 0
2010 77 Senate 97 3 D 98 2 100 90 8
2011 78 Senate 96 2 D 99 1 96 90 5
2012 79 Senate 92 7 D 98 2 99 95 4
2013 80 Senate 98 1 D 99 0 99 100 4
2014 81 Senate 89 0 D 97 1 92 95 0
2015 82 Senate 86 10 D 95 5 97 83 0
2016 83 Senate 85 11 D 94 6 98 89 8
2017 84 Senate 87 3 R 41 58 92 100 0
2018 85 Senate 89 4 R 28 62 96 95 5
2019 86 Senate 91 9 R 45 55 100 100 0
2020 87 Senate 88 8 R 45 52 97 95 4
2021 88 Senate 82 0 D 95 5 84 100 5
2022 89 Senate 93 0 D 90 0 93 0
2023 90 Senate 30 1 D 36 0
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.