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Jared Huffman

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 18, 1964 in Independence, MO

Education:

  • University of California-Santa Barbara, B.A., 1986
  • Boston College, J.S.D, 1990

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1990-2001
  • Senior attorney for National Resources Defense Council, 2001-2006

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 2006-2012



Election Results for Jared Huffman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 48 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 63,922 37.5%
2012 48 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 226,216 71.2%
2014 50 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 99,186 67.9%
2014 50 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 163,124 75.0%
2016 52 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 157,897 68.3%
2016 52 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 254,194 76.9%
2018 54 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 144,005 72.5%
2018 54 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 243,081 77.0%
2020 56 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 184,155 67.7%
2020 56 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 294,435 75.7%
2022 58 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 145,245 70.1%
2022 58 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 229,720 74.4%
2024 60 CA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 170,271 73.4%
2024 60 CA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 272,883 71.9%


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




Ideology Data for Jared Huffman


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
2013 49 House 95 3 D 93 7 98 100 8
2014 50 House 97 1 D 94 6 97 95 4
2015 51 House 96 2 D 92 6 98 95 8
2016 52 House 98 1 D 98 2 98 100 4
2017 53 House 93 2 R 14 86 94 100 4
2018 54 House 91 2 R 19 70 95 91 8
2019 55 House 95 1 R 2 94 96 100 3
2020 56 House 99 0 R 8 92 99 100 0
2021 57 House 99 0 D 94 0 99 100 3
2022 58 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 0
2023 59 House 92 5 D 97 0
2024 60 House 88 9 D 96 9
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.