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Jay Inslee

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 9, 1951 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • Ingraham High School (Seattle, WA), 1969
  • Attended Stanford University, 1969-1970
  • University of Washington, B.A., 1972
  • Williamette Law School, J.D., 1976

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Selah city prosecutor, 1976-1984
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1997-1998

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1988-1992


Election Results for Jay Inslee


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 41 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 2 27,429 22.6%
1992 41 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,556 50.8%
1994 43 WA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 2 41,917 41.2%
1994 43 WA D U.S. House District 04 General 2 81,198 46.7%
1996 45 WA D Governor Open Primary 5 118,571 9.7%
1998 47 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 2 52,602 43.7%
1998 47 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,726 49.8%
2000 49 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 80,362 57.1%
2000 49 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 155,820 54.6%
2002 51 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 65,368 56.3%
2002 51 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,087 55.6%
2004 53 WA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 89,168 100.0%
2004 53 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 204,121 62.3%
2006 55 WA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 75,644 65.6%
2006 55 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 163,832 67.7%
2008 57 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 104,342 66.4%
2008 57 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 233,780 67.8%
2010 59 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 90,208 55.8%
2010 59 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 172,642 57.7%
2012 61 WA D Governor Open Primary 1 664,534 47.1%
2012 61 WA D Governor General 1 1,582,802 51.5%
2016 65 WA D Governor Open Primary 1 687,412 49.3%
2016 65 WA D Governor General 1 1,760,520 54.2%
2020 69 WA D Governor Open Primary 1 1,247,916 50.1%
2020 69 WA D Governor General 1 2,294,243 56.6%


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



Ideology Data for Jay Inslee


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 42 House 39 61 86 13 D 71 29 99 75 17
1994 43 House 67 33 82 17 D 78 22 99 68 10
1999 48 House 89 11 D 76 24 100 100 8
2000 49 House 80 20 D 64 36 99 65 28
2001 50 House 90 8 R 33 67 98 95 4
2002 51 House 96 4 R 29 71 99 95 4
2003 52 House 95 4 R 22 78 99 100 16
2004 53 House 94 6 R 30 70 98 100 4
2005 54 House 97 3 R 17 83 99 95 0
2006 55 House 92 7 R 29 68 99 90 12
2007 56 House 96 2 R 5 93 97 89 4
2008 57 House 97 1 R 17 81 98 90 12
2009 58 House 97 2 D 93 6 98 100 0
2010 59 House 97 1 D 88 12 98 95 4
2011 60 House 92 7 D 92 8 98 80 0
2012 61 House 15 1 D 10 2 15 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.