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Randy Forbes

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 17, 1952 in Chesapeake, VA

Education:

  • Randolph-Macon College, B.A., 1974
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1989-1997
  • VA Senate, 1997-2001


Election Results for Randy Forbes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2001 49 VA R U.S. House District 04 Special 1 70,917 52.0%
2002 50 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,733 97.9%
2004 52 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 182,444 64.5%
2006 54 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 150,967 76.1%
2008 56 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 199,075 59.5%
2010 58 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 123,659 62.3%
2012 60 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 199,292 56.9%
2014 62 VA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,684 60.2%
2016 64 VA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 16,552 40.6%


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



Ideology Data for Randy Forbes


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
2001 49 House 61 1 R 60 5 63 0 100
2002 50 House 97 2 R 82 14 99 0 100
2003 51 House 96 3 R 93 7 98 10 92
2004 52 House 90 4 R 73 24 94 5 100
2005 53 House 95 5 R 87 13 99 5 92
2006 54 House 90 7 R 95 5 97 10 92
2007 55 House 91 6 R 72 23 97 20 92
2008 56 House 88 5 R 53 36 92 28 91
2009 57 House 89 9 D 26 74 98 0 96
2010 58 House 93 5 D 27 73 98 5 100
2011 59 House 93 7 D 24 76 99 5 84
2012 60 House 95 5 D 8 90 98 0 88
2013 61 House 94 5 D 15 84 97 0 68
2014 62 House 95 5 D 14 86 99 0 60
2015 63 House 95 2 D 8 89 98 0 96
2016 64 House 87 1 D 4 85 85 0 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.