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Doris Matsui

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 25, 1944 in Poston, Arizona

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1966

Career:

  • Transition team for President-elect Clinton, 1992-1993
  • Deputy asst. to the President
  • White House liaison, 1993-1998
  • Lobbyist, 1998-2005



Election Results for Doris Matsui


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2005 60 CA D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 56,175 68.2%
2006 61 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 52,951 100.0%
2006 61 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 105,676 70.8%
2008 63 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 51,006 100.0%
2008 63 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 164,242 74.3%
2010 65 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 56,762 100.0%
2010 65 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 124,220 72.0%
2012 67 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 67,174 71.4%
2012 67 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 160,667 75.1%
2014 69 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 62,640 73.6%
2014 69 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,008 72.7%
2016 71 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 99,599 70.4%
2016 71 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 177,565 75.4%
2018 73 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 99,789 87.9%
2018 73 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 162,411 80.4%
2020 75 CA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 119,408 70.2%
2020 75 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 229,648 73.3%
2022 77 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 94,896 63.2%
2022 77 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 150,618 68.3%
2024 79 CA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 89,485 56.5%
2024 79 CA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 197,429 66.8%


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




Ideology Data for Doris Matsui


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
2005 60 House 88 2 R 13 78 91 100 0
2006 61 House 96 3 R 24 76 98 95 4
2007 62 House 98 1 R 4 95 99 95 0
2008 63 House 99 0 R 14 86 100 100 0
2009 64 House 99 0 D 96 4 99 100 0
2010 65 House 100 0 D 90 10 99 100 0
2011 66 House 96 4 D 87 13 99 90 4
2012 67 House 98 2 D 90 8 99 95 0
2013 68 House 95 4 D 92 8 99 95 12
2014 69 House 96 1 D 91 8 97 83 4
2015 70 House 99 1 D 93 7 99 100 4
2016 71 House 98 1 D 96 0 99 100 0
2017 72 House 96 1 R 14 86 98 95 4
2018 73 House 97 2 R 22 78 99 83 4
2019 74 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 75 House 100 0 R 6 94 100 95 0
2021 76 House 98 1 D 100 0 98 95 5
2022 77 House 98 0 D 100 0 99 3
2023 78 House 94 5 D 99 0
2024 79 House 84 10 D 95 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.