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John Garamendi

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 24, 1945 in Camp Blanding, FL

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1966
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1970

Career:

  • U.S. Peace Corps (Ethiopia), 1966-1968
  • Deputy secretary, U.S. Interior Department, 1995-1998

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1974-1976
  • CA Senate, 1976-1990
  • CA Insurance Commissioner, 1991-1994, 2002-2006
  • CA Lt. Governor, 2007-2009


Election Results for John Garamendi


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 37 CA D Governor Primary 2 712,161 25.2%
1986 41 CA D Controller Primary 2 821,415 37.8%
1990 45 CA D Insurance Commissioner Primary 1 849,678 35.5%
1990 45 CA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 3,770,717 52.2%
1994 49 CA D Governor Primary 2 755,879 32.9%
2002 57 CA D Insurance Commissioner Primary 1 800,146 38.5%
2002 57 CA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 3,346,937 46.5%
2006 61 CA D Lt. Governor Primary 1 1,045,130 42.5%
2006 61 CA D Lt. Governor General 1 4,189,584 49.1%
2009 64 CA D U.S. House District 10 Special Open Primary 1 27,580 26.0%
2009 64 CA D U.S. House District 10 Special 1 72,817 52.8%
2010 65 CA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 62,138 100.0%
2010 65 CA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 137,578 58.8%
2012 67 CA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 59,546 51.5%
2012 67 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 126,882 54.2%
2014 69 CA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 54,672 53.5%
2014 69 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 79,224 52.7%
2016 71 CA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 98,430 63.1%
2016 71 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 152,513 59.4%
2018 73 CA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 74,552 53.6%
2018 73 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 134,875 58.1%
2020 75 CA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 110,504 59.2%
2020 75 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 176,043 54.7%
2022 77 CA D U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 72,333 63.1%
2022 77 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 145,501 75.7%


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



Ideology Data for John Garamendi


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
2009 64 House 12 0 D 9 0 13 100 0
2010 65 House 93 1 D 83 17 91 100 0
2011 66 House 94 2 D 82 14 96 100 0
2012 67 House 85 9 D 71 20 95 68 21
2013 68 House 89 10 D 78 20 99 80 12
2014 69 House 89 8 D 67 30 97 58 4
2015 70 House 89 6 D 80 11 95 79 9
2016 71 House 93 5 D 89 11 97 100 0
2017 72 House 96 2 R 14 86 98 90 0
2018 73 House 89 7 R 56 44 94 64 9
2019 74 House 97 1 R 4 94 98 89 0
2020 75 House 98 1 R 6 92 99 85 4
2021 76 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 90 5
2022 77 House 97 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 78 House 93 6 D 97 3
2024 79 House 88 11 D 99 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.