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Tom McClintock

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 10, 1956 in Bronxville, NY

Education:

  • UCLA, B.S., 1978

Career:

  • Newspaper columnist
  • Journalist
  • Public policy analayst

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1982-1992, 1996-2000
  • CA Senate, 2000-2008


Election Results for Tom McClintock


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 35 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 20,163 34.5%
1992 35 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 2 99,835 39.1%
1994 37 CA R Controller Primary 1 1,112,435 60.8%
1994 37 CA R Controller General 2 3,792,997 46.0%
2002 45 CA R Controller Primary 1 948,539 45.7%
2002 45 CA R Controller General 2 3,273,028 45.1%
2003 46 CA R Governor Special 3 1,161,264 13.4%
2006 49 CA R Lt. Governor Primary 1 1,760,667 93.8%
2006 49 CA R Lt. Governor General 2 3,845,858 45.1%
2008 51 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,655 53.5%
2008 51 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 185,790 50.2%
2010 53 CA R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 89,443 78.5%
2010 53 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 186,397 61.3%
2012 55 CA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 114,311 64.8%
2012 55 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 197,803 61.1%
2014 57 CA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 80,999 56.2%
2014 57 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 126,784 60.0%
2016 59 CA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 135,626 61.5%
2016 59 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 220,133 62.7%
2018 61 CA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 109,679 51.8%
2018 61 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 184,401 54.1%
2020 63 CA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 141,244 50.7%
2020 63 CA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 247,291 55.9%
2022 65 CA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 87,010 45.5%
2022 65 CA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 173,524 61.3%


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



Ideology Data for Tom McClintock


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
2009 52 House 98 2 D 13 87 99 0 100
2010 53 House 98 2 D 29 71 99 0 100
2011 54 House 92 7 D 18 82 99 10 100
2012 55 House 92 8 D 32 66 99 47 92
2013 56 House 94 6 D 15 85 100 15 100
2014 57 House 93 5 D 6 91 98 10 100
2015 58 House 96 4 D 7 92 99 5 100
2016 59 House 97 3 D 6 94 100 0 100
2017 60 House 98 2 R 89 11 99 5 96
2018 61 House 94 5 R 63 33 99 25 100
2019 62 House 96 3 R 98 2 99 0 96
2020 63 House 89 3 R 86 8 92 6 100
2021 64 House 94 5 D 0 100 98 5 100
2022 65 House 92 4 D 7 83 97 91
2023 66 House 94 6 D 99 95
2024 67 House 83 12 D 96 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.