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Darrell Issa

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 1, 1953 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • Kent State University, A.A., 1976
  • Siena Heights University, B.A., 1976

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1970-1980

Career:

  • CEO of auto security company


Election Results for Darrell Issa


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 44 CA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 1,143,107 40.0%
2000 46 CA R U.S. House District 48 Primary 1 67,732 45.5%
2000 46 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 160,627 61.4%
2002 48 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 48,344 100.0%
2002 48 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 94,594 77.2%
2004 50 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 66,710 100.0%
2004 50 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 141,658 62.6%
2006 52 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 47,693 100.0%
2006 52 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 98,831 63.3%
2008 54 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 41,369 100.0%
2008 54 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 140,300 58.3%
2010 56 CA R U.S. House District 49 Primary 1 60,447 100.0%
2010 56 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 119,088 62.8%
2012 58 CA R U.S. House District 49 Open Primary 1 71,329 61.1%
2012 58 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 159,725 58.2%
2014 60 CA R U.S. House District 49 Open Primary 1 56,558 61.9%
2014 60 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 98,161 60.2%
2016 62 CA R U.S. House District 49 Open Primary 1 84,626 50.8%
2016 62 CA R U.S. House District 49 General 1 155,888 50.3%
2020 66 CA R U.S. House District 50 Open Primary 2 47,036 23.1%
2020 66 CA R U.S. House District 50 General 1 195,521 54.0%
2022 68 CA R U.S. House District 48 Open Primary 1 101,280 61.5%
2022 68 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 155,171 60.4%
2024 70 CA R U.S. House District 48 Open Primary 1 111,510 62.4%
2024 70 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 213,625 59.3%


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



Ideology Data for Darrell Issa


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 47 House 93 3 R 88 12 96 10 83
2002 48 House 92 6 R 89 11 97 0 96
2003 49 House 92 3 R 93 2 95 5 87
2004 50 House 92 5 R 82 18 98 0 92
2005 51 House 93 5 R 85 13 97 0 83
2006 52 House 89 6 R 92 5 94 5 80
2007 53 House 92 3 R 80 13 96 21 88
2008 54 House 94 1 R 75 20 96 11 100
2009 55 House 96 2 D 20 80 98 5 100
2010 56 House 94 4 D 29 68 97 0 100
2011 57 House 96 2 D 22 78 98 0 84
2012 58 House 96 2 D 14 81 98 0 92
2013 59 House 94 5 D 16 83 99 5 72
2014 60 House 96 3 D 12 88 99 0 80
2015 61 House 96 4 D 12 88 99 0 83
2016 62 House 89 4 D 6 87 93 0 82
2017 63 House 96 3 R 92 8 99 5 81
2018 64 House 89 2 R 89 4 81 0 96
2021 67 House 90 4 D 11 89 94 0 76
2022 68 House 92 7 D 20 80 99 79
2023 69 House 93 5 D 6 92 98 5 75
2024 70 House 88 8 D 95 92
2025 71 House 97 0 R 97
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.