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Richard Lehman

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 20, 1948 in Sanger, CA

Education:

  • Fresno City College, A.A., 1968
  • University of California-Santa Cruz, B.A., 1971

Military Service:

  • CA National Guard, 1970-1976

Career:

  • Assistant to CA state Sen. George Zenovich, 1970-1976

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1976-1982


Election Results for Richard Lehman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 33 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 55,424 100.0%
1982 33 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 92,762 59.5%
1984 35 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 55,275 100.0%
1984 35 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 128,186 67.3%
1986 37 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 49,086 100.0%
1986 37 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 101,480 71.3%
1988 39 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 62,328 100.0%
1988 39 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 125,715 69.9%
1990 41 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 55,282 100.0%
1990 41 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 98,804 100.0%
1992 43 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 39,846 75.8%
1992 43 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 101,619 46.9%
1994 45 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 38,311 100.0%
1994 45 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 2 72,912 39.6%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Lehman


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
1983 34 House 15 79 91 4 R 22 76 92 84 0
1984 35 House 20 71 81 7 R 23 64 88 85 0
1985 36 House 20 71 83 3 R 16 74 86 84 0
1986 37 House 26 68 87 4 R 20 76 91 79 10
1987 38 House 19 79 91 3 R 16 83 94 92 0
1988 39 House 26 63 89 3 R 20 73 94 95 8
1989 40 House 12 83 92 3 R 29 63 94 95 0
1990 41 House 31 65 89 6 R 19 81 93 94 4
1991 42 House 46 51 84 11 R 38 59 94 63 25
1992 43 House 58 25 72 17 R 26 58 90 75 20
1993 44 House 48 43 79 12 D 69 26 91 70 17
1994 45 House 67 25 76 18 D 72 19 94 56 16
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.