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Adam Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 15, 1965 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Tyee High School (Seattle, WA), 1983
  • Fordham University, B.A., 1987
  • University of Washington, J.D., 1990

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Seattle prosecutor, 1993-1995

Elected Office:

  • WA Senate, 1991-1996


Election Results for Adam Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 31 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 56,668 49.0%
1996 31 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 105,236 50.1%
1998 33 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 53,899 57.9%
1998 33 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 111,948 64.7%
2000 35 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 70,901 59.8%
2000 35 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 135,452 61.7%
2002 37 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 57,250 59.5%
2002 37 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 95,805 58.5%
2004 39 WA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 65,185 100.0%
2004 39 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 162,433 63.3%
2006 41 WA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 52,428 62.3%
2006 41 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 119,038 65.7%
2008 43 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 81,503 64.7%
2008 43 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 176,295 65.4%
2010 45 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 63,866 51.2%
2010 45 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 123,743 54.9%
2012 47 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 72,868 61.2%
2012 47 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 192,034 71.6%
2014 49 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 59,489 64.0%
2014 49 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,132 70.8%
2016 51 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 67,100 56.3%
2016 51 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 205,165 72.9%
2018 53 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 71,035 48.4%
2018 53 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 163,345 67.9%
2020 55 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 145,601 73.6%
2020 55 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 258,771 74.1%
2022 57 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 78,272 55.2%
2022 57 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 171,746 71.6%


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



Ideology Data for Adam Smith


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 32 House 44 53 83 16 D 83 17 97 80 20
1998 33 House 55 45 83 17 D 79 20 98 100 0
1999 34 House 75 23 D 70 24 98 85 20
2000 35 House 66 16 D 60 16 83 64 21
2001 36 House 78 20 R 42 56 97 80 20
2002 37 House 77 18 R 39 54 92 89 23
2003 38 House 70 12 R 35 53 80 88 29
2004 39 House 76 14 R 39 48 91 95 17
2005 40 House 89 10 R 24 76 98 89 12
2006 41 House 85 11 R 42 53 96 83 21
2007 42 House 94 5 R 7 93 95 95 0
2008 43 House 93 3 R 20 73 93 85 4
2009 44 House 92 7 D 93 6 95 95 0
2010 45 House 92 3 D 90 10 95 95 8
2011 46 House 84 11 D 89 6 95 79 12
2012 47 House 91 7 D 85 14 97 74 8
2013 48 House 87 7 D 85 10 94 85 12
2014 49 House 82 2 D 71 6 84 84 4
2015 50 House 80 2 D 78 5 81 93 6
2016 51 House 75 2 D 70 0 78 93 0
2017 52 House 97 1 R 8 83 98 100 8
2018 53 House 94 1 R 18 74 96 91 8
2019 54 House 98 0 R 4 96 98 89 0
2020 55 House 98 1 R 6 92 97 95 0
2021 56 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 95 5
2022 57 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 58 House 94 5 D 98 0
2024 59 House 89 10 D 99 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.