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Bill Lowery

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 2, 1947 in San Diego, CA

Education:

  • Attended San Diego State University

Career:

  • Public relations businessman, 1973-1977

Elected Office:

  • San Diego city council, 1977-1980 (Deputy Mayor, 1979-1980)


Election Results for Bill Lowery


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 33 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 37,066 49.5%
1980 33 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 123,187 52.7%
1982 35 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 61,780 100.0%
1982 35 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 140,130 68.9%
1984 37 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 55,591 100.0%
1984 37 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 161,068 63.4%
1986 39 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 61,582 100.0%
1986 39 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 133,566 67.8%
1988 41 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 63,485 88.7%
1988 41 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 187,380 65.6%
1990 43 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 60,205 100.0%
1990 43 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 105,723 49.2%
1992 45 CA R U.S. House District 51 Primary 3 12,039 15.4%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Lowery


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
1981 34 House 85 9 85 11 R 74 24 91 5 92
1982 35 House 93 7 88 10 R 78 17 92 0 90
1983 36 House 83 15 83 13 R 79 20 95 5 82
1984 37 House 86 7 76 16 R 69 28 91 5 82
1985 38 House 84 11 74 16 R 71 24 91 5 79
1986 39 House 80 18 68 22 R 76 21 92 5 74
1987 40 House 84 7 77 16 R 63 30 93 4 87
1988 41 House 79 11 81 9 R 62 30 92 16 92
1989 42 House 80 20 71 19 R 74 22 93 10 82
1990 43 House 89 4 68 19 R 67 29 89 12 71
1991 44 House 89 5 79 12 R 83 17 93 5 90
1992 45 House 63 13 66 14 R 75 8 79 5 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.