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Dana Rohrabacher

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 21, 1947 in Coronado, CA

Education:

  • Attended Los Angeles Harbor College, 1965-1967
  • Long Beach State College, B.A., 1969
  • University of Southern California, M.A., 1971

Career:

  • Editorial writer for Orange County Register, 1972-1980
  • Assistant press secretary for Ronald Reagan presidential campaigns, 1976, 1980
  • Speechwriter/assistant to President Reagan, 1981-1988


Election Results for Dana Rohrabacher


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 41 CA R U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 27,507 35.1%
1988 41 CA R U.S. House District 42 General 1 153,280 64.2%
1990 43 CA R U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 58,770 100.0%
1990 43 CA R U.S. House District 42 General 1 109,353 59.3%
1992 45 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 30,649 47.9%
1992 45 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 123,731 54.5%
1994 47 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 46,837 100.0%
1994 47 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 124,875 69.1%
1996 49 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 57,724 100.0%
1996 49 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 125,326 61.0%
1998 51 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 58,537 76.2%
1998 51 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 94,296 58.7%
2000 53 CA R U.S. House District 45 Primary 1 89,174 89.1%
2000 53 CA R U.S. House District 45 General 1 136,275 62.1%
2002 55 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 65,748 100.0%
2002 55 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 108,807 61.7%
2004 57 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 69,132 83.5%
2004 57 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 171,318 61.9%
2006 59 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 53,239 100.0%
2006 59 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 116,176 59.6%
2008 61 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 43,693 86.6%
2008 61 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 149,818 52.5%
2010 63 CA R U.S. House District 46 Primary 1 67,156 100.0%
2010 63 CA R U.S. House District 46 General 1 139,822 62.2%
2012 65 CA R U.S. House District 48 Open Primary 1 73,302 66.3%
2012 65 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 177,144 61.0%
2014 67 CA R U.S. House District 48 Open Primary 1 52,431 56.1%
2014 67 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 112,082 64.1%
2016 69 CA R U.S. House District 48 Open Primary 1 92,815 56.6%
2016 69 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 1 178,701 58.3%
2018 71 CA R U.S. House District 48 Open Primary 1 52,737 30.3%
2018 71 CA R U.S. House District 48 General 2 136,899 46.4%


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



Ideology Data for Dana Rohrabacher


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
1989 42 House 93 7 82 15 R 70 29 98 11 96
1990 43 House 80 20 90 10 R 74 25 99 6 96
1991 44 House 89 11 91 8 R 70 30 99 15 100
1992 45 House 88 13 93 5 R 74 26 98 20 96
1993 46 House 68 32 95 5 D 23 77 99 20 92
1994 47 House 69 31 96 3 D 28 71 99 11 86
1995 48 House 82 18 94 6 D 15 85 99 0 100
1996 49 House 76 22 91 8 D 28 71 98 15 100
1997 50 House 80 18 92 8 D 20 79 99 10 92
1998 51 House 79 21 90 10 D 26 74 99 5 100
1999 52 House 95 5 D 19 81 99 5 96
2000 53 House 93 6 D 12 88 99 10 96
2001 54 House 93 7 R 86 14 99 10 96
2002 55 House 94 6 R 79 18 99 5 96
2003 56 House 91 8 R 87 13 98 15 88
2004 57 House 88 9 R 79 15 96 15 91
2005 58 House 92 6 R 78 22 98 5 96
2006 59 House 90 10 R 89 11 99 15 88
2007 60 House 90 5 R 79 18 96 5 96
2008 61 House 92 5 R 71 25 90 11 96
2009 62 House 89 8 D 23 75 92 5 100
2010 63 House 95 3 D 24 76 94 5 96
2011 64 House 92 7 D 13 87 97 20 88
2012 65 House 93 5 D 20 80 94 20 96
2013 66 House 90 8 D 12 87 92 5 96
2014 67 House 92 8 D 11 89 94 10 96
2015 68 House 91 7 D 6 93 95 10 100
2016 69 House 94 4 D 4 96 92 0 96
2017 70 House 95 3 R 89 11 91 5 81
2018 71 House 89 8 R 78 22 91 25 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.