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Mel Levine

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 7, 1943 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1964
  • Princeton University, M.P.A., 1966
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1969

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to CA Sen. John Tunney, 1971-1973

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1977-1982


Election Results for Mel Levine


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 39 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 59,311 100.0%
1982 39 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 108,347 59.5%
1984 41 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 66,181 88.6%
1984 41 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 116,933 55.0%
1986 43 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 51,891 100.0%
1986 43 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 110,403 63.7%
1988 45 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 66,452 88.4%
1988 45 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 148,814 67.5%
1990 47 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 49,069 100.0%
1990 47 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 90,857 58.2%
1992 49 CA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 3 667,359 21.8%


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



Ideology Data for Mel Levine


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 40 House 20 76 86 6 R 21 77 93 90 0
1984 41 House 5 88 88 5 R 28 68 93 95 9
1985 42 House 7 91 94 3 R 24 75 97 100 11
1986 43 House 6 86 92 3 R 16 81 96 94 5
1987 44 House 7 91 96 3 R 17 79 96 96 9
1988 45 House 8 84 92 4 R 21 75 94 100 4
1989 46 House 10 88 96 0 R 31 65 96 95 0
1990 47 House 6 94 93 3 R 19 78 95 100 4
1991 48 House 22 51 59 5 R 18 44 60 76 15
1992 49 House 13 48 50 4 R 15 33 54 83 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.