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Paul Gosar

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 22, 1958 in Rock Springs, WY

Education:

  • Creighton University, B.S., 1981, D.D.S., 1985

Career:

  • Dentist

Other notes:

  • Censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 17, 2021, for having "posted a manipulated video on his social media accounts depicting himself killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joseph Biden."


Election Results for Paul Gosar


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 51 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,942 30.7%
2010 51 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,816 49.7%
2012 53 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 40,033 51.3%
2012 53 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 162,907 66.8%
2014 55 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 65,354 100.0%
2014 55 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 122,560 70.0%
2016 57 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 64,947 71.4%
2016 57 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 203,487 71.5%
2018 59 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 94,092 100.0%
2018 59 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 188,842 68.2%
2020 61 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 82,376 63.1%
2020 61 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 278,002 69.7%
2022 63 AZ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 67,340 65.9%
2022 63 AZ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 192,796 97.8%
2024 65 AZ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 89,308 100.0%
2024 65 AZ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 249,583 65.3%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Gosar


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
2011 52 House 94 5 D 21 79 99 0 84
2012 53 House 91 3 D 17 73 91 21 96
2013 54 House 88 5 D 11 84 93 11 92
2014 55 House 72 4 D 3 77 79 13 91
2015 56 House 91 4 D 5 82 95 13 96
2016 57 House 95 3 D 4 96 98 5 100
2017 58 House 92 2 R 75 11 95 6 96
2018 59 House 89 6 R 67 30 96 18 88
2019 60 House 93 2 R 92 2 95 0 96
2020 61 House 86 1 R 83 0 85 0 92
2021 62 House 94 4 D 0 100 99 5 97
2022 63 House 94 4 D 3 97 98 97
2023 64 House 95 5 D 99 100
2024 65 House 76 8 D 85 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.