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Ed Pastor

[Congressional biography]

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

Education:

  • Arizona State University, B.A., 1966, J.D., 1974

Career:

  • Teacher, 1966-1969
  • Asst. to AZ Governor Raul Castro, 1971-1972

Elected Office:

  • Maricopa County supervisor, 1977-1991



Election Results for Ed Pastor


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
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


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
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.