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Rick Larsen

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 15, 1965 in Arlington, WA

Education:

  • Arlington High School (Arlington, WA), 1983
  • Pacific Lutheran University, B.A., 1987
  • University of Minnesota, M.P.A., 1990

Career:

  • Economic development official, Port of Everett, 1990-1991
  • Public affairs director, WA Dental Association, 1991-1998

Elected Office:

  • Snohomish city council, 1998-2000


Election Results for Rick Larsen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 35 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 2 68,315 46.4%
2000 35 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 146,617 50.0%
2002 37 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 59,238 48.4%
2002 37 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,219 50.1%
2004 39 WA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 77,962 100.0%
2004 39 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 202,383 63.9%
2006 41 WA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 70,662 58.0%
2006 41 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 157,064 64.2%
2008 43 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 98,304 54.3%
2008 43 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 217,416 62.4%
2010 45 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 2 73,734 42.0%
2010 45 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,241 51.1%
2012 47 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 79,632 57.2%
2012 47 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 184,826 61.1%
2014 49 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 61,150 55.6%
2014 49 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 122,173 60.6%
2016 51 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 71,955 51.8%
2016 51 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 208,314 64.0%
2018 53 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 101,497 64.9%
2018 53 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 210,187 71.3%
2020 55 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 120,694 48.5%
2020 55 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 255,252 63.1%
2022 57 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 100,631 45.8%
2022 57 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 202,980 60.1%
2024 59 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 106,276 48.1%
2024 59 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 263,750 63.8%


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



Ideology Data for Rick Larsen


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 36 House 81 19 R 42 58 99 85 12
2002 37 House 86 12 R 39 61 98 85 24
2003 38 House 89 10 R 36 64 98 95 28
2004 39 House 89 8 R 33 67 96 95 8
2005 40 House 91 7 R 28 72 97 89 16
2006 41 House 89 11 R 37 63 99 85 20
2007 42 House 96 3 R 6 93 99 95 0
2008 43 House 97 2 R 18 82 98 90 0
2009 44 House 97 2 D 96 3 96 100 0
2010 45 House 98 2 D 95 5 99 90 0
2011 46 House 89 10 D 91 9 99 85 0
2012 47 House 89 10 D 85 15 99 75 4
2013 48 House 86 6 D 84 12 92 67 5
2014 49 House 94 5 D 91 9 98 70 4
2015 50 House 94 6 D 93 7 99 75 4
2016 51 House 98 2 D 98 2 99 95 0
2017 52 House 95 2 R 14 86 97 90 4
2018 53 House 96 4 R 37 63 98 92 8
2019 54 House 99 1 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 55 House 97 2 R 6 92 98 84 7
2021 56 House 98 1 D 100 0 96 90 11
2022 57 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 58 House 91 2 D 96 4 92 80 3
2024 59 House 97 2 D 99 8
2025 60 House 97 2 R 98
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.