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Ted Lieu

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 29, 1969 in Taipei, Taiwan

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., B.S., 1991
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1994

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1995-1999
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 2000-2021

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Elected Office:

  • Torrance city council, 2002-2005
  • CA Assembly, 2005-2010
  • Candidate for CA Attorney General, 2010
  • CA Senate, 2011-2014


Election Results for Ted Lieu


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 41 CA D Attorney General Primary 4 237,618 10.4%
2014 45 CA D U.S. House District 33 Open Primary 2 20,432 18.8%
2014 45 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 108,331 59.2%
2016 47 CA D U.S. House District 33 Open Primary 1 127,733 69.2%
2016 47 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 219,397 66.4%
2018 49 CA D U.S. House District 33 Open Primary 1 100,581 61.7%
2018 49 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 219,091 70.0%
2020 51 CA D U.S. House District 33 Open Primary 1 130,063 60.5%
2020 51 CA D U.S. House District 33 General 1 257,094 67.6%
2022 53 CA D U.S. House District 36 Open Primary 1 122,969 67.1%
2022 53 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 194,299 69.8%


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



Ideology Data for Ted Lieu


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
2015 46 House 94 2 D 88 9 95 84 13
2016 47 House 82 2 D 77 4 84 100 0
2017 48 House 89 1 R 14 81 90 89 0
2018 49 House 89 4 R 33 63 94 82 14
2019 50 House 95 0 R 0 96 95 100 0
2020 51 House 96 1 R 3 92 96 100 0
2021 52 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 100 3
2022 53 House 99 0 D 97 0 99 0
2023 54 House 92 6 D 98 0
2024 55 House 84 15 D 98 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.