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Scott Peters

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 17, 1958 in Springfield, OH

Education:

  • Duke University, B.A., 1990
  • NYU, J.D., 1984

Career:

  • Economist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1980-1981
  • Practicing attorney, 1984-1991, 1996-2000
  • Deputy city attorney, San Diego, 1991-1996

Elected Office:

  • San Diego city council, 2000-2008


Election Results for Scott Peters


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 54 CA D U.S. House District 52 Open Primary 2 34,106 22.6%
2012 54 CA D U.S. House District 52 General 1 151,451 51.2%
2014 56 CA D U.S. House District 52 Open Primary 1 53,926 42.3%
2014 56 CA D U.S. House District 52 General 1 98,826 51.6%
2016 58 CA D U.S. House District 52 Open Primary 1 108,020 58.9%
2016 58 CA D U.S. House District 52 General 1 181,253 56.5%
2018 60 CA D U.S. House District 52 Open Primary 1 98,744 59.0%
2018 60 CA D U.S. House District 52 General 1 188,992 63.8%
2020 62 CA D U.S. House District 52 Open Primary 1 111,897 49.1%
2020 62 CA D U.S. House District 52 General 1 244,145 61.6%
2022 64 CA D U.S. House District 50 Open Primary 1 89,894 52.3%
2022 64 CA D U.S. House District 50 General 1 168,816 62.8%


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



Ideology Data for Scott Peters


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
2013 55 House 78 20 D 60 38 98 55 24
2014 56 House 84 15 D 61 39 99 60 4
2015 57 House 85 13 D 75 22 98 60 4
2016 58 House 87 12 D 72 26 99 79 0
2017 59 House 86 12 R 25 72 99 74 4
2018 60 House 87 11 R 56 44 98 33 20
2019 61 House 93 3 R 4 94 97 84 10
2020 62 House 97 3 R 6 94 100 85 4
2021 63 House 95 4 D 100 0 98 75 10
2022 64 House 96 4 D 100 0 98 3
2023 65 House 91 7 D 98 1
2024 66 House 82 18 D 99 0
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.