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Elton Gallegly

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 7, 1944 in Huntington Park, CA

Education:

  • Attended Los Angeles State College, 1962-1963

Career:

  • Real estate broker

Elected Office:

  • Simi Valley city council, 1979-1980
  • Mayor of Simi Valley, 1980-1986


Election Results for Elton Gallegly


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 42 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 34,109 50.2%
1986 42 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 132,090 68.4%
1988 44 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 57,568 82.0%
1988 44 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 181,413 69.1%
1990 46 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 45,800 68.3%
1990 46 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 118,326 58.4%
1992 48 CA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 34,666 63.3%
1992 48 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 115,504 54.3%
1994 50 CA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 40,904 100.0%
1994 50 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 114,043 66.2%
1996 52 CA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 56,700 100.0%
1996 52 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 118,880 59.6%
1998 54 CA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 71,151 100.0%
1998 54 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 96,362 60.1%
2000 56 CA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 92,010 100.0%
2000 56 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 119,479 54.1%
2002 58 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 62,239 100.0%
2002 58 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 120,585 65.2%
2004 60 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 78,839 100.0%
2004 60 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 178,660 62.8%
2006 62 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 51,923 80.1%
2006 62 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 129,812 62.0%
2008 64 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 45,124 77.0%
2008 64 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 174,492 58.2%
2010 66 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 71,041 100.0%
2010 66 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 144,055 59.9%


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



Ideology Data for Elton Gallegly


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
1987 43 House 88 12 94 5 R 71 29 99 4 96
1988 44 House 95 3 94 2 R 68 28 96 15 96
1989 45 House 93 7 90 8 R 76 24 98 5 89
1990 46 House 96 4 91 6 R 70 29 98 11 92
1991 47 House 95 3 94 3 R 81 18 96 10 85
1992 48 House 96 4 91 7 R 80 19 97 15 83
1993 49 House 95 5 92 5 D 41 59 97 10 96
1994 50 House 94 0 86 6 D 49 42 92 13 95
1995 51 House 95 1 92 2 D 16 82 93 0 84
1996 52 House 90 6 88 5 D 34 57 93 0 100
1997 53 House 87 9 88 7 D 29 69 96 5 80
1998 54 House 90 10 90 10 D 21 78 99 16 76
1999 55 House 85 12 D 24 72 98 25 79
2000 56 House 84 15 D 36 62 98 5 72
2001 57 House 95 4 R 91 9 97 0 88
2002 58 House 93 6 R 82 18 95 5 100
2003 59 House 90 4 R 91 2 92 5 88
2004 60 House 87 5 R 76 21 93 0 96
2005 61 House 93 3 R 83 17 93 0 80
2006 62 House 91 4 R 87 3 89 0 84
2007 63 House 90 6 R 83 15 95 6 91
2008 64 House 94 4 R 59 37 95 17 92
2009 65 House 88 10 D 26 72 97 5 96
2010 66 House 89 3 D 27 63 93 0 95
2011 67 House 92 5 D 24 72 97 0 84
2012 68 House 78 8 D 12 73 85 0 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.