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Jane Harman

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1945 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Smith College, B.A., 1966
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1969

Career:

  • Assistant to Sen. John Tunney, 1972-1973
  • Adjunct professor at Georgetown University, 1974-1975
  • Counsel to U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, 1975-1977
  • Deputy Cabinet Secretary, White House, 1977-1978
  • Counsel to Department of Defense, 1979


Election Results for Jane Harman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 47 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 26,812 45.2%
1992 47 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 125,751 48.4%
1994 49 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 38,895 100.0%
1994 49 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 93,939 48.0%
1996 51 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 43,706 100.0%
1996 51 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 117,752 52.5%
1998 53 CA D Governor Primary 3 741,251 20.5%
2000 55 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 63,013 87.6%
2000 55 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 115,651 48.4%
2002 57 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 35,638 100.0%
2002 57 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 88,198 61.4%
2004 59 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 48,524 100.0%
2004 59 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 151,208 62.0%
2006 61 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 30,333 62.5%
2006 61 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 105,323 63.4%
2008 63 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 32,009 100.0%
2008 63 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 171,948 68.6%
2010 65 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 27,146 59.1%
2010 65 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 114,489 59.6%


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



Ideology Data for Jane Harman


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 48 House 41 57 88 7 D 85 10 93 85 17
1994 49 House 72 25 79 17 D 86 12 96 59 19
1995 50 House 66 28 62 28 D 63 29 90 68 25
1996 51 House 61 31 70 23 D 61 30 90 60 26
1997 52 House 51 47 79 17 D 71 28 96 63 25
1998 53 House 40 31 63 13 D 52 15 68 94 15
2001 56 House 82 17 R 40 58 98 90 20
2002 57 House 81 16 R 46 54 96 60 36
2003 58 House 87 8 R 24 73 95 94 20
2004 59 House 86 9 R 36 58 94 100 13
2005 60 House 79 9 R 24 70 89 88 5
2006 61 House 87 9 R 24 76 96 90 12
2007 62 House 90 4 R 4 93 94 95 0
2008 63 House 93 2 R 19 78 93 100 0
2009 64 House 88 2 D 91 4 89 100 0
2010 65 House 94 2 D 90 5 93 95 0
2011 66 House 9 1 D 15 0 9 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.