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Cathy McMorris Rodgers

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 22, 1969 in Salem, OR

Education:

  • Columbia River Christian Academy (Kettle Falls, WA), 1986
  • Pensacola Christian College, B.A., 1990
  • University of Washington, M.B.A., 2002

Career:

  • Owner/operator, Fruit Basket Orchard, 1984-1998
  • State legislative aide, 1990-1994

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1994-2004


Election Results for Cathy McMorris Rodgers


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 35 WA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,948 49.7%
2004 35 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 179,600 59.7%
2006 37 WA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 73,902 59.2%
2006 37 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 134,967 56.4%
2008 39 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 96,584 56.3%
2008 39 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 211,305 65.3%
2010 41 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 106,191 62.5%
2010 41 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 177,235 63.7%
2012 43 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 83,186 55.8%
2012 43 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 191,066 61.9%
2014 45 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 74,416 51.7%
2014 45 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 135,470 60.7%
2016 47 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 60,184 42.2%
2016 47 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 192,959 59.6%
2018 49 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 99,689 49.3%
2018 49 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 175,422 54.8%
2020 51 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 122,744 52.7%
2020 51 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 247,815 61.3%
2022 53 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 106,072 51.5%
2022 53 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 188,648 59.5%


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



Ideology Data for Cathy McMorris Rodgers


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 36 House 97 2 R 87 13 98 5 100
2006 37 House 94 2 R 87 5 96 5 96
2007 38 House 75 6 R 56 25 84 18 85
2008 39 House 92 4 R 61 35 96 21 92
2009 40 House 95 4 D 23 75 98 0 96
2010 41 House 83 2 D 24 61 87 0 95
2011 42 House 95 3 D 19 77 98 0 80
2012 43 House 96 3 D 17 83 98 0 84
2013 44 House 89 5 D 12 83 93 11 72
2014 45 House 97 2 D 14 86 99 0 72
2015 46 House 94 5 D 15 85 99 0 75
2016 47 House 99 1 D 4 94 99 0 96
2017 48 House 99 1 R 100 0 99 0 81
2018 49 House 97 3 R 93 7 99 17 76
2019 50 House 87 11 R 90 8 99 5 76
2020 51 House 90 2 R 78 8 93 11 78
2021 52 House 94 4 D 17 83 98 0 74
2022 53 House 92 6 D 20 80 98 79
2023 54 House 91 7 D 97 78
2024 55 House 94 4 D 97 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.