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Bob Filner

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 4, 1942 in Pittsburgh, PA

Education:

  • Cornell University, B.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1973
  • University of Delaware, M.A., 1969

Career:

  • Professor at San Diego State University, 1970-1992
  • Assistant to Sen. Hubert Humphrey, 1975
  • Assistant to Rep. Donald Fraser, 1976
  • Assistant to Rep. Jim Bates, 1984

Elected Office:

  • San Diego school board, 1979-1983
  • San Diego city council, 1987-1992 (deputy Mayor, 1990)
  • Mayor of San Diego, 2012-2013 (resigned)


Election Results for Bob Filner


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 49 CA D U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 10,932 26.0%
1992 49 CA D U.S. House District 50 General 1 77,293 56.6%
1994 51 CA D U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 24,961 100.0%
1994 51 CA D U.S. House District 50 General 1 59,214 56.7%
1996 53 CA D U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 18,809 54.5%
1996 53 CA D U.S. House District 50 General 1 73,200 61.9%
1998 55 CA D U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 46,636 100.0%
1998 55 CA D U.S. House District 50 General 1 77,354 99.2%
2000 57 CA D U.S. House District 50 Primary 1 61,742 100.0%
2000 57 CA D U.S. House District 50 General 1 95,191 68.3%
2002 59 CA D U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 25,179 70.4%
2002 59 CA D U.S. House District 51 General 1 59,541 57.9%
2004 61 CA D U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 33,046 76.6%
2004 61 CA D U.S. House District 51 General 1 111,441 61.6%
2006 63 CA D U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 23,312 51.2%
2006 63 CA D U.S. House District 51 General 1 78,114 67.4%
2008 65 CA D U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 31,690 75.7%
2008 65 CA D U.S. House District 51 General 1 148,281 72.7%
2010 67 CA D U.S. House District 51 Primary 1 40,628 100.0%
2010 67 CA D U.S. House District 51 General 1 86,423 60.1%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Filner


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 9 91 96 4 D 77 23 100 100 8
1994 51 House 17 83 98 2 D 79 21 100 100 0
1995 52 House 14 82 92 4 D 86 8 96 100 9
1996 53 House 12 86 90 2 D 77 13 91 95 0
1997 54 House 11 84 93 5 D 72 23 97 95 8
1998 55 House 7 93 94 3 D 84 15 98 100 4
1999 56 House 99 1 D 80 20 99 100 0
2000 57 House 89 1 D 82 12 90 100 0
2001 58 House 98 1 R 12 86 98 95 0
2002 59 House 98 1 R 21 79 96 100 0
2003 60 House 96 1 R 11 87 98 100 8
2004 61 House 87 2 R 21 73 89 100 9
2005 62 House 96 2 R 15 85 97 100 4
2006 63 House 93 3 R 18 76 96 95 13
2007 64 House 95 1 R 2 93 98 95 0
2008 65 House 92 5 R 14 83 95 100 12
2009 66 House 97 2 D 93 7 99 95 0
2010 67 House 93 3 D 76 20 97 100 0
2011 68 House 88 1 D 72 12 86 100 5
2012 69 House 42 0 D 31 8 38 100 0
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.