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Brad Sherman

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • UCLA, B.A., 1974
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1979

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Accountant

Elected Office:

  • CA Board of Equalization, 1990-1995



Election Results for Brad Sherman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 41 CA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 27,513 53.7%
1996 41 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 106,193 49.4%
1998 43 CA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 62,185 100.0%
1998 43 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 103,491 57.3%
2000 45 CA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 99,236 100.0%
2000 45 CA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 155,398 66.0%
2002 47 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 33,718 100.0%
2002 47 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 79,815 62.0%
2004 49 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 40,350 100.0%
2004 49 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 125,296 62.3%
2006 51 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 35,563 100.0%
2006 51 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 92,650 68.8%
2008 53 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 25,591 100.0%
2008 53 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 145,812 68.5%
2010 55 CA D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 31,724 100.0%
2010 55 CA D U.S. House District 27 General 1 102,927 62.4%
2012 57 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 1 40,589 42.4%
2012 57 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 149,456 60.3%
2014 59 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 1 40,787 57.9%
2014 59 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 86,568 65.6%
2016 61 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 1 92,448 60.1%
2016 61 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 205,279 72.6%
2018 63 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 1 80,038 62.3%
2018 63 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 191,573 73.4%
2020 65 CA D U.S. House District 30 Open Primary 1 99,282 58.1%
2020 65 CA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 240,038 69.5%
2022 67 CA D U.S. House District 32 Open Primary 1 88,063 53.7%
2022 67 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 167,411 69.2%
2024 69 CA D U.S. House District 32 Open Primary 1 91,952 58.6%
2024 69 CA D U.S. House District 32 General 1 212,934 66.2%


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




Ideology Data for Brad Sherman


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
1997 42 House 47 53 78 20 D 77 23 98 75 32
1998 43 House 38 62 82 17 D 72 28 99 95 20
1999 44 House 88 12 D 72 26 99 95 8
2000 45 House 93 7 D 78 22 99 90 20
2001 46 House 93 7 R 33 67 98 95 12
2002 47 House 95 5 R 25 75 99 100 4
2003 48 House 95 3 R 16 84 98 90 9
2004 49 House 96 4 R 33 64 99 95 4
2005 50 House 95 5 R 15 85 99 100 0
2006 51 House 93 5 R 26 71 99 95 4
2007 52 House 97 3 R 5 93 99 100 0
2008 53 House 95 2 R 14 81 97 94 9
2009 54 House 97 1 D 96 4 99 100 0
2010 55 House 97 3 D 98 2 98 90 0
2011 56 House 96 4 D 84 16 99 90 0
2012 57 House 95 4 D 93 7 98 80 4
2013 58 House 92 7 D 85 15 99 75 20
2014 59 House 96 4 D 92 8 99 75 0
2015 60 House 96 4 D 92 7 99 80 4
2016 61 House 94 5 D 91 9 98 90 4
2017 62 House 96 3 R 16 81 99 90 4
2018 63 House 95 4 R 26 70 98 67 4
2019 64 House 98 1 R 4 94 98 90 0
2020 65 House 98 1 R 6 94 98 95 0
2021 66 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 90 8
2022 67 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 68 House 93 6 D 98 0
2024 69 House 88 12 D 98 6
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.