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Zoe Lofgren

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 21, 1947 in San Mateo, CA

Education:

  • Stanford Unversity, B.A., 1970
  • Santa Clara University, J.D., 1975

Career:

  • Staff asst. to Rep. Don Edwards, 1970-1978
  • Attorney, 1978-1980
  • Law professor, 1977-1980

Elected Office:

  • Santa Clara County supervisor, 1980-1994


Election Results for Zoe Lofgren


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 46 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 16,168 45.3%
1994 46 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 74,935 65.0%
1996 48 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 37,224 100.0%
1996 48 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 94,020 65.7%
1998 50 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 58,947 100.0%
1998 50 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 85,503 72.8%
2000 52 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 72,515 100.0%
2000 52 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 115,118 72.1%
2002 54 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 34,247 100.0%
2002 54 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 72,370 67.0%
2004 56 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 50,254 100.0%
2004 56 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 129,222 70.9%
2006 58 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 46,286 100.0%
2006 58 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 98,929 72.7%
2008 60 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 39,616 100.0%
2008 60 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 146,481 71.3%
2010 62 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 48,757 100.0%
2010 62 CA D U.S. House District 16 General 1 105,841 67.8%
2012 64 CA D U.S. House District 19 Open Primary 1 60,726 65.2%
2012 64 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 162,300 73.2%
2014 66 CA D U.S. House District 19 Open Primary 1 63,845 76.0%
2014 66 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 85,888 67.2%
2016 68 CA D U.S. House District 19 Open Primary 1 107,773 76.1%
2016 68 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 181,802 73.9%
2018 70 CA D U.S. House District 19 Open Primary 1 97,096 99.0%
2018 70 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 162,496 73.8%
2020 72 CA D U.S. House District 19 Open Primary 1 104,456 62.7%
2020 72 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 224,385 71.7%
2022 74 CA D U.S. House District 18 Open Primary 1 50,104 56.1%
2022 74 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 99,776 65.9%


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



Ideology Data for Zoe Lofgren


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
1995 47 House 19 77 89 7 D 82 14 96 95 8
1996 48 House 16 84 91 9 D 77 23 99 85 5
1997 49 House 20 80 92 8 D 88 11 99 95 8
1998 50 House 24 76 90 8 D 84 11 95 95 0
1999 51 House 82 11 D 76 15 94 95 4
2000 52 House 79 8 D 74 20 90 85 4
2001 53 House 88 12 R 30 70 97 90 0
2002 54 House 94 5 R 14 86 98 100 0
2003 55 House 91 4 R 18 75 94 94 13
2004 56 House 90 6 R 30 67 97 100 12
2005 57 House 96 3 R 13 87 99 100 4
2006 58 House 96 3 R 21 79 99 100 4
2007 59 House 96 1 R 5 93 97 95 0
2008 60 House 98 1 R 16 84 98 100 0
2009 61 House 89 1 D 90 7 93 100 0
2010 62 House 90 2 D 88 10 92 100 4
2011 63 House 92 4 D 81 17 96 89 8
2012 64 House 91 7 D 88 12 98 100 4
2013 65 House 90 8 D 89 10 99 95 12
2014 66 House 97 2 D 89 11 99 95 8
2015 67 House 87 2 D 85 6 90 100 14
2016 68 House 96 2 D 94 2 98 100 4
2017 69 House 97 1 R 14 86 98 95 7
2018 70 House 92 3 R 19 81 95 83 13
2019 71 House 98 0 R 4 92 97 95 0
2020 72 House 94 1 R 3 89 96 100 0
2021 73 House 99 1 D 100 0 98 95 5
2022 74 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 75 House 91 6 D 96 3
2024 76 House 83 15 D 99 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.