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Dave Reichert

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 29, 1950 in Detroit Lakes, MN

Education:

  • Concordia Lutheran College, A.A., 1970

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1971-1976 (active duty, 1976)

Career:

  • Police officer, 1972-1997
  • King County sheriff, 1997-2004


Election Results for Dave Reichert


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 53 WA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,088 43.0%
2004 53 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 173,298 51.5%
2006 55 WA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,598 49.0%
2006 55 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 129,362 51.5%
2008 57 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 74,140 48.5%
2008 57 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 191,568 52.8%
2010 59 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 76,118 47.2%
2010 59 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 161,296 52.1%
2012 61 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 66,220 50.6%
2012 61 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 180,204 59.7%
2014 63 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 66,715 62.5%
2014 63 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 125,741 63.3%
2016 65 WA R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 73,600 56.8%
2016 65 WA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 193,145 60.2%
2024 73 WA R Governor Open Primary 2 541,533 27.5%
2024 73 WA R Governor General 2 1,709,818 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for Dave Reichert


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
2005 54 House 87 12 R 83 13 98 11 64
2006 55 House 78 20 R 84 13 97 25 54
2007 56 House 71 26 R 41 55 98 40 50
2008 57 House 75 25 R 52 47 99 60 56
2009 58 House 67 32 D 57 43 99 45 60
2010 59 House 74 19 D 37 56 94 21 67
2011 60 House 74 20 D 33 63 94 28 42
2012 61 House 80 15 D 20 78 96 5 62
2013 62 House 90 10 D 18 82 99 5 48
2014 63 House 87 13 D 15 85 99 10 56
2015 64 House 83 14 D 18 81 97 10 26
2016 65 House 80 15 D 11 83 95 11 32
2017 66 House 87 11 R 86 14 98 16 42
2018 67 House 88 8 R 93 4 96 22 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   50%


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.