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Barbara Lee

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 16, 1946 in El Paso, TX

Education:

  • Mills College, B.A., 1973
  • University of California, M.S.W., 1975

Career:

  • Chief of staff, Rep. Ron Dellums, 1975-1987

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1991-1997
  • CA Senate, 1997-1998



Election Results for Barbara Lee


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 51 CA D U.S. House District 09 Special 1 33,497 66.8%
1998 51 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 87,389 82.2%
1998 51 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 140,722 82.8%
2000 53 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 117,173 100.0%
2000 53 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 182,362 85.0%
2002 55 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 68,550 84.8%
2002 55 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 135,893 81.4%
2004 57 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 105,211 100.0%
2004 57 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 215,630 84.5%
2006 59 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 97,874 100.0%
2006 59 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 167,245 86.3%
2008 61 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 80,466 100.0%
2008 61 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 238,915 86.1%
2010 63 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 82,951 100.0%
2010 63 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 180,400 84.3%
2012 65 CA D U.S. House District 13 Open Primary 1 94,709 83.1%
2012 65 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 250,436 86.8%
2014 67 CA D U.S. House District 13 Open Primary 1 77,461 82.6%
2014 67 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 168,491 88.5%
2016 69 CA D U.S. House District 13 Open Primary 1 192,227 92.0%
2016 69 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 293,117 90.8%
2018 71 CA D U.S. House District 13 Open Primary 1 159,751 99.3%
2018 71 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 260,580 88.4%
2020 73 CA D U.S. House District 13 Open Primary 1 230,482 92.6%
2020 73 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 327,863 90.4%
2022 75 CA D U.S. House District 12 Open Primary 1 135,892 87.7%
2022 75 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 217,110 90.5%
2024 77 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 4 717,129 9.8%


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




Ideology Data for Barbara Lee


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
1998 51 House 3 97 98 1 D 85 11 99 100 5
1999 52 House 95 5 D 81 19 98 100 8
2000 53 House 96 3 D 74 24 98 95 4
2001 54 House 97 3 R 12 88 99 95 0
2002 55 House 98 1 R 21 79 99 90 0
2003 56 House 99 1 R 11 89 99 100 8
2004 57 House 93 1 R 18 82 94 100 0
2005 58 House 97 2 R 13 87 96 100 4
2006 59 House 98 1 R 5 95 97 100 4
2007 60 House 96 2 R 6 92 97 90 0
2008 61 House 97 1 R 16 82 96 100 4
2009 62 House 99 1 D 93 7 99 100 0
2010 63 House 94 2 D 83 15 95 100 0
2011 64 House 96 3 D 79 21 98 100 8
2012 65 House 90 2 D 78 14 92 100 0
2013 66 House 97 3 D 91 9 96 100 20
2014 67 House 97 0 D 86 9 95 100 8
2015 68 House 89 1 D 86 6 88 100 4
2016 69 House 95 0 D 96 2 92 100 4
2017 70 House 98 0 R 8 92 98 100 4
2018 71 House 96 2 R 7 85 98 92 8
2019 72 House 99 1 R 2 98 99 100 0
2020 73 House 97 1 R 8 89 98 100 4
2021 74 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 100 0
2022 75 House 99 0 D 90 7 99 0
2023 76 House 95 0 D 83 8 94 100 1
2024 77 House 96 1 D 97 10
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.