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Mike Honda

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 27, 1941 in Walnut Creek, CA

Education:

  • San Jose State University, B.S., 1968, B.A., 1970, M.A., 1974

Career:

  • Peace Corps, 1965-1967
  • Elementary school principal, 1978-1990

Elected Office:

  • San Jose school board, 1981-1990
  • Santa Clara County supervisor, 1990-1996
  • CA Assembly, 1997-2000


Election Results for Mike Honda


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 59 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 62,876 66.6%
2000 59 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 128,545 54.3%
2002 61 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 38,636 100.0%
2002 61 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 87,482 65.8%
2004 63 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 58,531 100.0%
2004 63 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 154,385 72.0%
2006 65 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 49,400 100.0%
2006 65 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 115,532 72.3%
2008 67 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 46,652 100.0%
2008 67 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 170,977 71.7%
2010 69 CA D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 57,662 100.0%
2010 69 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 1 126,147 67.6%
2012 71 CA D U.S. House District 17 Open Primary 1 60,252 66.7%
2012 71 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 159,392 73.5%
2014 73 CA D U.S. House District 17 Open Primary 1 43,607 48.2%
2014 73 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 1 69,561 51.8%
2016 75 CA D U.S. House District 17 Open Primary 2 49,823 37.4%
2016 75 CA D U.S. House District 17 General 2 90,924 39.0%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Honda


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 60 House 94 5 R 23 74 99 95 0
2002 61 House 98 1 R 21 79 97 95 0
2003 62 House 95 3 R 16 82 97 95 8
2004 63 House 89 3 R 27 64 92 100 10
2005 64 House 95 1 R 17 80 96 100 4
2006 65 House 97 3 R 21 79 99 95 4
2007 66 House 95 1 R 4 95 95 95 0
2008 67 House 93 0 R 16 77 91 100 0
2009 68 House 98 1 D 93 6 97 100 0
2010 69 House 90 3 D 88 10 94 100 0
2011 70 House 94 2 D 78 19 96 100 4
2012 71 House 92 2 D 92 5 94 100 0
2013 72 House 89 2 D 87 9 91 100 5
2014 73 House 95 1 D 85 11 94 95 8
2015 74 House 99 0 D 92 6 99 100 8
2016 75 House 98 1 D 98 2 97 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.