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Jim McDermott

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1936 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Wheaton College, B.S., 1958
  • University of Illinois, M.D., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Medical Corps, 1968-1970

Career:

  • Psychiatrist
  • Faculty, University of Washington, 1970-1983

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1971-1972
  • WA Senate, 1975-1987


Election Results for Jim McDermott


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 35 WA D Governor Open Primary 5 99,155 10.9%
1980 43 WA D Governor Open Primary 1 321,256 33.0%
1980 43 WA D Governor General 2 749,813 43.3%
1984 47 WA D Governor Open Primary 3 209,435 22.9%
1988 51 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 47,026 38.5%
1988 51 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 173,809 76.3%
1990 53 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 47,306 72.8%
1990 53 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 106,761 72.3%
1992 55 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 102,818 73.0%
1992 55 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 222,604 78.4%
1994 57 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 67,639 71.3%
1994 57 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 148,353 75.1%
1996 59 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 106,613 78.5%
1996 59 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 209,753 81.0%
1998 61 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 80,149 84.4%
1998 61 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 183,076 88.2%
2000 63 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 94,450 77.9%
2000 63 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 193,470 72.8%
2002 65 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 84,876 77.4%
2002 65 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 156,300 74.1%
2004 67 WA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 124,779 100.0%
2004 67 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 272,302 80.7%
2006 69 WA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 95,065 79.5%
2006 69 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 195,462 79.4%
2008 71 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 95,344 73.8%
2008 71 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 291,963 83.7%
2010 73 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 110,914 79.8%
2010 73 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 232,649 83.0%
2012 75 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 124,692 70.9%
2012 75 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 298,368 79.7%
2014 77 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 114,039 76.9%
2014 77 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 203,954 81.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jim McDermott


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
1989 52 House 10 85 94 2 R 29 67 96 95 4
1990 53 House 7 93 92 5 R 20 79 99 94 0
1991 54 House 8 92 95 5 R 27 70 98 95 0
1992 55 House 13 88 94 4 R 18 82 98 95 0
1993 56 House 14 80 91 2 D 82 11 93 94 4
1994 57 House 14 78 95 2 D 78 21 96 95 5
1995 58 House 5 95 96 2 D 86 10 97 100 4
1996 59 House 8 90 95 3 D 82 18 97 95 0
1997 60 House 5 90 92 2 D 80 15 95 95 4
1998 61 House 14 79 92 4 D 89 5 96 95 0
1999 62 House 74 2 D 56 9 80 92 5
2000 63 House 87 3 D 90 6 93 94 0
2001 64 House 90 5 R 21 77 97 94 0
2002 65 House 92 2 R 14 75 93 95 0
2003 66 House 97 2 R 13 84 97 100 8
2004 67 House 89 1 R 27 70 92 100 0
2005 68 House 94 1 R 13 83 94 100 0
2006 69 House 96 3 R 16 84 99 95 4
2007 70 House 95 2 R 6 93 96 85 4
2008 71 House 96 2 R 19 81 97 95 8
2009 72 House 97 1 D 93 7 98 100 4
2010 73 House 98 1 D 85 12 98 100 0
2011 74 House 95 3 D 91 9 98 95 4
2012 75 House 98 1 D 85 15 99 95 0
2013 76 House 96 3 D 90 9 97 100 8
2014 77 House 97 1 D 89 9 97 100 8
2015 78 House 97 1 D 89 9 98 95 8
2016 79 House 94 1 D 87 2 94 100 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.