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Robert Lagomarsino

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 4, 1926 in Ventura, CA
Died: February 7, 2021 in Ojai, CA

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1950
  • University of Santa Clara, LL.B., 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Ojai city council, 1958
  • Mayor of Ojai, 1958-1961
  • CA Senate, 1961-1974


Election Results for Robert Lagomarsino


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 47 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 45,155 90.9%
1974 47 CA R U.S. House District 19 Special 1 52,140 53.6%
1974 47 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 84,249 56.3%
1976 49 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 58,334 100.0%
1976 49 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 124,201 64.4%
1978 51 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 61,177 100.0%
1978 51 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 123,192 71.7%
1980 53 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 53,285 100.0%
1980 53 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 162,854 77.7%
1982 55 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 52,669 100.0%
1982 55 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 112,486 61.1%
1984 57 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 49,064 100.0%
1984 57 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 153,187 67.3%
1986 59 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 50,487 100.0%
1986 59 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 122,578 71.9%
1988 61 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 55,631 100.0%
1988 61 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 116,026 50.2%
1990 63 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 47,906 88.8%
1990 63 CA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 94,599 54.6%
1992 65 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 33,844 42.8%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Lagomarsino


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
1974 47 House 85 12 78 17 R 69 31 96 14 71
1975 48 House 92 8 90 10 R 67 33 99 11* 86
1976 49 House 77 22 R 67 31 99 10 74
1977 50 House 94 6 92 8 D 41 59 100 0 95
1978 51 House 94 6 88 12 D 32 68 100 10 96
1979 52 House 92 8 92 8 D 28 72 99 26 87
1980 53 House 92 8 92 8 D 36 63 98 11 84
1981 54 House 96 4 95 5 R 82 18 100 5 92
1982 55 House 93 7 90 10 R 83 16 99 5 86
1983 56 House 88 12 88 12 R 85 15 99 0 82
1984 57 House 93 7 89 11 R 68 32 100 5 78
1985 58 House 96 4 94 5 R 80 19 99 5 89
1986 59 House 88 12 92 7 R 80 19 99 5 86
1987 60 House 95 5 91 9 R 71 29 99 8 96
1988 61 House 95 5 91 9 R 63 38 100 35 80
1989 62 House 85 15 87 13 R 73 27 100 0 93
1990 63 House 93 7 89 11 R 70 30 99 11 92
1991 64 House 95 5 92 8 R 85 14 99 10 85
1992 65 House 87 2 92 4 R 81 12 96 11 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.