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Carlos Moorhead

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 6, 1922 in Long Beach, CA
Died: November 23, 2011 in La Canada Flintridge, CA

Education:

  • UCLA, B.A., 1943
  • University of Southern California, J.D., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1945-1982

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1967-1972


Election Results for Carlos Moorhead


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 50 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 46,607 51.2%
1972 50 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 122,309 57.4%
1974 52 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 54,540 86.2%
1974 52 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 81,641 55.8%
1976 54 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 72,847 100.0%
1976 54 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 114,769 62.6%
1978 56 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 64,732 80.7%
1978 56 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 99,502 64.6%
1980 58 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 54,760 100.0%
1980 58 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 115,241 63.9%
1982 60 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 81,246 100.0%
1982 60 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 145,831 73.6%
1984 62 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 76,003 100.0%
1984 62 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 184,981 85.2%
1986 64 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 56,764 100.0%
1986 64 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 141,096 73.8%
1988 66 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 67,378 86.7%
1988 66 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 164,699 69.5%
1990 68 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 63,350 100.0%
1990 68 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 108,634 60.0%
1992 70 CA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 37,172 61.7%
1992 70 CA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 105,521 49.7%
1994 72 CA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 34,724 76.9%
1994 72 CA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 88,341 53.0%


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



Ideology Data for Carlos Moorhead


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
1973 51 House 88 9 88 9 R 70 22 95 4 91
1974 52 House 81 9 82 9 R 66 25 93 9 79
1975 53 House 86 7 82 7 R 60 34 91 5* 94
1976 54 House 93 4 91 7 R 69 31 98 5 83
1977 55 House 92 5 93 5 D 29 66 99 0 97
1978 56 House 92 4 93 4 D 29 65 96 5 96
1979 57 House 95 3 95 3 D 27 72 95 11 90
1980 58 House 85 7 86 8 D 35 62 94 11 89
1981 59 House 92 4 91 4 R 75 18 95 5 100
1982 60 House 96 3 92 5 R 78 21 97 0 95
1983 61 House 96 2 92 3 R 78 16 95 0 100
1984 62 House 90 7 91 7 R 67 28 97 0 100
1985 63 House 93 5 96 3 R 80 20 99 5 89
1986 64 House 96 4 92 7 R 82 17 99 0 95
1987 65 House 86 12 91 6 R 71 27 97 4 96
1988 66 House 97 0 98 1 R 73 24 98 11 96
1989 67 House 95 2 88 10 R 72 24 96 0 93
1990 68 House 98 2 93 6 R 74 26 99 6 96
1991 69 House 95 0 95 3 R 82 15 98 6 100
1992 70 House 98 2 97 2 R 85 14 99 5 100
1993 71 House 93 7 98 2 D 33 67 99 0 100
1994 72 House 97 3 96 3 D 41 59 99 0 100
1995 73 House 94 3 97 2 D 17 82 99 0 92
1996 74 House 92 2 95 3 D 34 63 98 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.