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Pete McCloskey

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 29, 1927 in Loma Linda, CA

Education:

  • Stanford University, 1950, Law School, 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1947
  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1950-1952
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1952-1960
  • Ready Reserve, 1960-1967

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy Alameda County district attorney, 1953-1954
  • Law lecturer at Santa Clara University and Stanford University, 1964-1967

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for Republican presidential nomination, 1972


Election Results for Pete McCloskey


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1967 39 CA R U.S. House District 11 Special Open Primary 1 52,882 34.4%
1967 39 CA R U.S. House District 11 Special 1 63,850 57.2%
1968 40 CA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 35,660 53.0%
1968 40 CA R U.S. House District 11 General 1 166,252 79.4%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 38,830 60.0%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 11 General 1 144,500 77.5%
1972 44 CA R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,564 43.8%
1972 44 CA R U.S. House District 17 General 1 110,988 54.5%
1974 46 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 29,727 49.8%
1974 46 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 103,692 69.1%
1976 48 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 47,726 100.0%
1976 48 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 130,332 66.2%
1978 50 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 47,801 76.1%
1978 50 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 116,982 73.1%
1980 52 CA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 51,688 79.5%
1980 52 CA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 143,817 72.2%
1982 54 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 577,267 25.5%
2006 78 CA R U.S. House District 11 Primary 2 18,132 31.9%


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



Ideology Data for Pete McCloskey


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
1968 40 House 43 49 52 44 D 65 23 93 33 43
1969 41 House 22 69 29 56 R 62 23 85 67 14
1970 42 House 43 39 54 35 R 77 12 82 73 50
1971 43 House 21 55 28 45 R 46 40 73 77 6
1972 44 House 18 52 21 43 R 49 27 70 82 0
1973 45 House 35 61 38 58 R 45 48 95 76 40
1974 46 House 25 55 32 51 R 47 30 81 82 15
1975 47 House 44 46 48 40 R 64 26 87 68* 31
1976 48 House 29 52 30 55 R 37 49 77 50 21
1977 49 House 31 54 33 55 D 62 22 86 61 33
1978 50 House 35 57 36 53 D 71 20 81 76 19
1979 51 House 36 53 31 52 D 58 23 78 65 50
1980 52 House 24 58 23 48 D 57 21 65 78 26
1981 53 House 44 21 40 24 R 46 20 57 50 82
1982 54 House 44 29 38 25 R 45 21 57 55 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   33%


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.