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Nancy Pelosi

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 26, 1940 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Trinity College, B.A., 1962

Career:

  • CA Democrat party chairman (northern district), 1977-1981
  • CA state Democrat party chairman, 1981-1983
  • DSCC finance chairman, 1985-1986
  • P.R. executive, 1986-1987

Other notes:

  • Daughter of Thomas D'Alesandro



Election Results for Nancy Pelosi


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1987 47 CA D U.S. House District 05 Special Open Primary 1 38,927 36.1%
1987 47 CA D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 46,428 63.4%
1988 48 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 77,735 100.0%
1988 48 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 133,530 76.4%
1990 50 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 68,453 100.0%
1990 50 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 120,633 77.2%
1992 52 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 81,753 100.0%
1992 52 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 191,906 82.5%
1994 54 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 58,426 91.4%
1994 54 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 137,642 81.8%
1996 56 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 54,318 100.0%
1996 56 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 175,216 84.3%
1998 58 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 106,001 100.0%
1998 58 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 148,027 85.8%
2000 60 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 109,246 100.0%
2000 60 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 181,847 84.4%
2002 62 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 65,949 93.1%
2002 62 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 127,684 79.6%
2004 64 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 94,564 100.0%
2004 64 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 224,017 82.9%
2006 66 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 77,976 100.0%
2006 66 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 148,435 80.4%
2008 68 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 83,510 89.2%
2008 68 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 204,996 71.9%
2010 70 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 77,175 100.0%
2010 70 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 167,957 80.1%
2012 72 CA D U.S. House District 12 Open Primary 1 89,446 74.9%
2012 72 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 253,709 85.1%
2014 74 CA D U.S. House District 12 Open Primary 1 79,816 73.6%
2014 74 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 160,067 83.3%
2016 76 CA D U.S. House District 12 Open Primary 1 169,537 78.1%
2016 76 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 274,035 80.9%
2018 78 CA D U.S. House District 12 Open Primary 1 141,365 68.5%
2018 78 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 275,292 86.8%
2020 80 CA D U.S. House District 12 Open Primary 1 190,590 74.0%
2020 80 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 281,776 77.6%
2022 82 CA D U.S. House District 11 Open Primary 1 133,798 71.7%
2022 82 CA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 220,848 84.0%


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




Ideology Data for Nancy Pelosi


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
1987 47 House 0 88 90 3 R 15 84 94 100 0
1988 48 House 3 97 95 3 R 20 79 95 100 0
1989 49 House 0 98 93 1 R 26 70 96 100 0
1990 50 House 4 96 92 3 R 15 84 96 100 4
1991 51 House 3 86 89 4 R 24 69 93 95 0
1992 52 House 2 90 91 1 R 12 80 93 100 0
1993 53 House 7 93 93 2 D 77 19 93 95 0
1994 54 House 0 97 93 1 D 74 19 94 100 0
1995 55 House 11 85 92 3 D 80 14 94 94 0
1996 56 House 2 98 91 2 D 80 16 94 95 0
1997 57 House 7 84 91 4 D 77 19 93 100 4
1998 58 House 12 83 94 3 D 80 16 94 95 12
1999 59 House 93 3 D 78 22 95 100 0
2000 60 House 94 4 D 74 24 95 100 8
2001 61 House 97 2 R 28 72 97 100 0
2002 62 House 97 1 R 21 75 97 100 0
2003 63 House 95 2 R 20 80 97 100 16
2004 64 House 94 3 R 27 70 94 100 8
2005 65 House 97 1 R 15 80 95 95 0
2006 66 House 96 2 R 24 76 97 95 8
2007 67 House 12 0 R 2 29 10 93 0
2008 68 House 12 0 R 11 33 9 100 0
2009 69 House 7 0 D 20 0 5 100 0
2010 70 House 18 0 D 54 2 9 100 0
2011 71 House 88 2 D 84 8 91 83 0
2012 72 House 94 2 D 92 5 96 84 4
2013 73 House 88 3 D 88 4 92 94 8
2014 74 House 89 0 D 92 5 89 89 4
2015 75 House 94 1 D 95 5 94 95 4
2016 76 House 89 1 D 87 2 88 100 0
2017 77 House 87 0 R 11 83 88 100 7
2018 78 House 92 1 R 33 63 93 83 4
2019 79 House 7 0 R 2 38 7 88 0
2020 80 House 14 0 R 6 42 16 100 0
2021 81 House 18 0 D 56 0 14 100 0
2022 82 House 18 0 D 50 0 14 0
2023 83 House 85 4 D 88 0
2024 84 House 87 12 D 96 0
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.