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Adam Schiff

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 22, 1960 in Framingham, MA

Education:

  • Stanford University, B.A., 1982
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1985

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Prosecutor, 1987-1993

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for CA Assembly, 1994
  • CA Senate, 1996-2001

Other notes:

  • Censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 21, 2023, for "misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives"


Election Results for Adam Schiff


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 40 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 70,449 100.0%
2000 40 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 113,708 52.7%
2002 42 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 29,852 100.0%
2002 42 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 76,036 62.6%
2004 44 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 40,699 100.0%
2004 44 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 133,670 64.6%
2006 46 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 33,750 82.6%
2006 46 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 91,014 63.5%
2008 48 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 24,486 100.0%
2008 48 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 146,198 68.9%
2010 50 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 31,832 100.0%
2010 50 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 104,374 64.8%
2012 52 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 42,797 59.0%
2012 52 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 188,703 76.5%
2014 54 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 46,004 74.5%
2014 54 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 91,996 76.5%
2016 56 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 111,766 70.2%
2016 56 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 210,883 78.0%
2018 58 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 94,249 73.5%
2018 58 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 196,662 78.4%
2020 60 CA D U.S. House District 28 Open Primary 1 110,251 59.6%
2020 60 CA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 244,271 72.7%
2022 62 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 1 102,290 62.4%
2022 62 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 150,100 71.1%


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



Ideology Data for Adam Schiff


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
2001 41 House 83 16 R 40 60 99 89 13
2002 42 House 92 8 R 29 64 99 95 8
2003 43 House 95 4 R 16 84 99 100 20
2004 44 House 93 7 R 42 58 98 95 12
2005 45 House 88 5 R 22 67 93 89 0
2006 46 House 94 6 R 34 66 100 85 12
2007 47 House 97 2 R 5 94 99 95 0
2008 48 House 97 2 R 16 84 99 90 4
2009 49 House 99 1 D 97 3 99 100 0
2010 50 House 99 1 D 95 2 99 95 0
2011 51 House 95 5 D 93 7 99 80 0
2012 52 House 95 5 D 90 8 99 85 4
2013 53 House 95 4 D 91 8 99 85 16
2014 54 House 98 0 D 92 6 99 84 8
2015 55 House 98 2 D 94 6 99 85 4
2016 56 House 96 2 D 98 0 97 100 0
2017 57 House 99 1 R 14 86 99 90 0
2018 58 House 97 2 R 37 63 99 83 8
2019 59 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 60 House 99 1 R 6 94 100 95 0
2021 61 House 100 0 D 100 0 99 100 3
2022 62 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 0
2023 63 House 94 4 D 98 1
2024 64 House 77 14 D 93 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.