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Jackie Speier

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 14, 1950 in San Francisco, CA

Education:

  • University of California-Davis, B.A., 1972, J.D., 1976

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Staff aide to Rep. Leo Ryan, 1973-1978
  • Corporate director of government affairs, 1996-1998

Elected Office:

  • San Mateo County supervisor, 1980-1986
  • CA Assembly, 1986-1998
  • CA Senate, 1998-2006


Election Results for Jackie Speier


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1979 29 CA D U.S. House District 11 Special Open Primary 4 13,744 16.0%
2006 56 CA D Lt. Governor Primary 2 975,547 39.7%
2008 58 CA D U.S. House District 12 Special 1 66,279 77.7%
2008 58 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 60,393 89.5%
2008 58 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 200,442 75.1%
2010 60 CA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 64,770 100.0%
2010 60 CA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 152,044 75.6%
2012 62 CA D U.S. House District 14 Open Primary 1 80,850 74.3%
2012 62 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 203,828 78.9%
2014 64 CA D U.S. House District 14 Open Primary 1 66,800 77.4%
2014 64 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 114,389 76.7%
2016 66 CA D U.S. House District 14 Open Primary 1 144,719 99.0%
2016 66 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 231,630 80.9%
2018 68 CA D U.S. House District 14 Open Primary 1 123,900 79.4%
2018 68 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 211,384 79.2%
2020 70 CA D U.S. House District 14 Open Primary 1 158,158 77.3%
2020 70 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 278,300 79.3%


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



Ideology Data for Jackie Speier


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
2008 58 House 62 0 R 8 65 63 100 0
2009 59 House 88 4 D 84 7 90 100 4
2010 60 House 88 1 D 83 12 87 100 0
2011 61 House 88 4 D 78 15 91 95 0
2012 62 House 84 3 D 75 10 86 94 0
2013 63 House 89 3 D 87 8 91 94 14
2014 64 House 95 1 D 85 11 95 100 9
2015 65 House 89 2 D 85 6 91 88 9
2016 66 House 92 2 D 94 2 93 100 4
2017 67 House 97 1 R 17 81 96 95 4
2018 68 House 65 2 R 19 52 69 80 20
2019 69 House 97 1 R 4 92 98 95 0
2020 70 House 93 1 R 3 83 91 94 4
2021 71 House 95 1 D 100 0 96 95 5
2022 72 House 93 1 D 90 0 92 0
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.