Election results and ideology ratings for Ed Pastor -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1943 in Claypool, AZ
Died: November 28, 2018 in Phoenix, AZ

Election Results for Ed Pastor

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1991	48	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Special Primary	1	12,374	37.4%
1991	48	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Special	1	32,289	55.5%

1992	49	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	33,289	100.0%
1992	49	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	90,693	66.0%

1994	51	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	26,426	73.9%
1994	51	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	62,589	62.3%

1996	53	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	29,969	100.0%
1996	53	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	81,982	65.0%

1998	55	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	18,719	100.0%
1998	55	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	57,178	67.8%

2000	57	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	26,354	100.0%
2000	57	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	84,034	68.5%

2002	59	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	17,051	100.0%
2002	59	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	44,517	67.4%

2004	61	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	15,201	100.0%
2004	61	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	77,150	70.1%

2006	63	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	14,833	100.0%
2006	63	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	56,464	72.5%

2008	65	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	18,660	100.0%
2008	65	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	89,721	72.1%

2010	67	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	Primary	1	24,613	100.0%
2010	67	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 04	General	1	61,524	66.9%

2012	69	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 07	Primary	1	22,664	78.8%
2012	69	AZ	D	U.S. House	District 07	General	1	104,489	81.4%

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

Ideology Data for Ed Pastor

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1991	48	House	24	76	92	7	R	33	67	98	83	0
1992	49	House	25	73	89	9	R	20	75	98	85	13
1993	50	House	27	73	95	4	D	86	14	99	90	4
1994	51	House	42	58	95	5	D	83	15	98	79	14
1995	52	House	27	69	91	8	D	83	16	99	95	4
1996	53	House	43	55	89	10	D	75	20	96	85	5
1997	54	House	49	51	86	13	D	79	20	99	95	8
1998	55	House	45	55	91	9	D	82	18	99	100	4
1999	56	House			92	8	D	80	20	99	100	0
2000	57	House			90	10	D	82	18	99	90	8
2001	58	House			90	10	R	21	79	99	100	8
2002	59	House			92	8	R	25	75	99	95	0
2003	60	House			89	5	R	20	67	94	94	21
2004	61	House			93	7	R	24	76	99	100	4
2005	62	House			92	7	R	15	85	99	100	8
2006	63	House			89	10	R	21	79	99	100	8
2007	64	House			95	2	R	2	94	96	100	0
2008	65	House			99	1	R	14	86	99	100	4
2009	66	House			98	1	D	96	4	99	100	0
2010	67	House			93	2	D	88	10	97	89	0
2011	68	House			91	7	D	74	26	97	100	8
2012	69	House			91	9	D	83	17	98	90	0
2013	70	House			87	8	D	88	10	92	95	8
2014	71	House			85	1	D	82	8	83	88	4
Lifetime conservative rating:												6%

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.