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Edward Roybal

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 10, 1916 in Albuquerque, NM
Died: October 24, 2005 in Pasadena, CA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1945

Other notes:

  • Reprimanded by the U.S. House of Representatives on October 13, 1978, for failure to report campaign contributions and converting campaign funds for personal use


Election Results for Edward Roybal


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 46 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 30,262 61.6%
1962 46 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 69,008 56.5%
1964 48 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 49,151 100.0%
1964 48 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 90,329 66.3%
1966 50 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 48,117 100.0%
1966 50 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 72,173 66.4%
1968 52 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 76,967 67.4%
1970 54 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 34,466 84.5%
1970 54 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 63,903 68.3%
1972 56 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 42,176 85.7%
1972 56 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 78,193 68.4%
1974 58 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 38,429 100.0%
1974 58 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 45,059 99.8%
1976 60 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 36,479 86.1%
1976 60 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 57,966 71.9%
1978 62 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 38,699 100.0%
1978 62 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 45,881 67.4%
1980 64 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 24,841 100.0%
1980 64 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 49,080 66.0%
1982 66 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 39,667 100.0%
1982 66 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 71,106 85.5%
1984 68 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 37,827 86.3%
1984 68 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 74,261 71.7%
1986 70 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 31,481 89.0%
1986 70 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 62,692 76.1%
1988 72 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 41,224 100.0%
1988 72 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 85,378 85.5%
1990 74 CA D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 25,289 100.0%
1990 74 CA D U.S. House District 25 General 1 48,120 70.0%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Roybal


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
1963 47 House 0 73 89 3 D 83 6 90 100 0
1964 48 House 0 83 79 3 D 85 4 77 100 0
1965 49 House 2 84 84 3 D 83 5 85 100 0
1966 50 House 0 92 81 5 D 81 8 84 100 9
1967 51 House 2 85 83 2 D 79 9 84 100 0
1968 52 House 4 67 74 2 D 71 10 78 100 5
1969 53 House 2 84 80 7 R 47 43 83 100 7
1970 54 House 0 84 76 14 R 43 38 83 100 12
1971 55 House 1 87 80 6 R 26 63 88 97 5
1972 56 House 6 87 81 10 R 41 54 92 100 10
1973 57 House 8 86 83 8 R 26 67 89 96 18
1974 58 House 8 87 82 9 R 34 58 92 100 10
1975 59 House 8 87 87 7 R 33 65 93 95* 3
1976 60 House 8 90 92 5 R 20 73 94 100 3
1977 61 House 8 86 90 4 D 72 20 92 89 0
1978 62 House 7 90 88 5 D 77 21 91 85 4
1979 63 House 7 81 86 5 D 77 14 89 100 6
1980 64 House 6 80 84 4 D 67 23 89 100 6
1981 65 House 12 87 92 7 R 34 64 96 95 17
1982 66 House 8 92 95 2 R 23 71 96 95 9
1983 67 House 7 89 95 3 R 15 83 95 95 0
1984 68 House 5 90 85 4 R 24 67 90 100 5
1985 69 House 7 84 89 3 R 16 78 91 95 5
1986 70 House 16 74 88 5 R 16 80 94 100 5
1987 71 House 2 74 88 2 R 11 75 89 96 9
1988 72 House 5 95 89 3 R 20 77 96 100 0
1989 73 House 2 93 90 1 R 24 66 90 100 0
1990 74 House 15 81 92 4 R 16 81 97 100 4
1991 75 House 11 76 88 4 R 29 65 92 94 0
1992 76 House 25 73 92 5 R 14 84 97 95 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.