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Mike Lowry

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 8, 1939 in St. John, WA
Died: May 1, 2017 in Olympia, WA

Education:

  • Washington State University, B.A., 1962

Career:

  • Staff member, WA Senate committee, 1969-1973
  • Puget Sound Group Health Cooperative, 1974-1975

Elected Office:

  • Kings County council, 1975-1978
  • CA for WA Land Commissioner, 2000


Election Results for Mike Lowry


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 39 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 2 19,601 40.3%
1978 39 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 67,450 53.3%
1980 41 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 66,209 59.1%
1980 41 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 112,848 57.3%
1982 43 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 68,998 74.6%
1982 43 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 126,313 70.9%
1983 44 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Open Primary 2 179,509 26.3%
1983 44 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 2 540,981 44.6%
1984 45 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 80,773 68.5%
1984 45 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 174,560 70.4%
1986 47 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 57,612 72.1%
1986 47 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 124,317 72.6%
1988 49 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 2 297,399 31.8%
1988 49 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 904,183 48.9%
1992 53 WA D Governor Open Primary 1 337,783 30.4%
1992 53 WA D Governor General 1 1,184,315 52.2%
2000 61 WA D Commissioner of Public Lands General 2 1,052,366 45.1%
2000 61 WA D Commissioner of Public Lands Open Primary 2 346,197 29.2%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Lowry


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
1979 40 House 15 84 92 7 D 79 19 99 84 15
1980 41 House 11 88 88 10 D 76 22 96 100 11
1981 42 House 11 89 89 11 R 33 64 97 100 8
1982 43 House 11 89 92 5 R 34 62 95 95 5
1983 44 House 7 83 84 6 R 16 79 91 94 5
1984 45 House 7 93 95 5 R 25 74 99 95 4
1985 46 House 7 89 91 5 R 18 79 97 100 11
1986 47 House 6 94 88 12 R 17 83 99 95 5
1987 48 House 5 95 91 7 R 16 82 98 96 9
1988 49 House 13 84 90 4 R 19 72 86 100 0
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.