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Pete Stark

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 11, 1931 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: January 24, 2020 in Harwood, MD

Education:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology., B.S., 1953
  • University of California, M.B.A., 1960

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Founder/president of Security National Bank, 1963-1972


Election Results for Pete Stark


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 40 CA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,881 55.6%
1972 40 CA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 102,153 52.9%
1974 42 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 50,761 81.2%
1974 42 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 92,436 70.6%
1976 44 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 33,427 100.0%
1976 44 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 116,398 70.8%
1978 46 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 63,749 78.3%
1978 46 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 88,179 65.4%
1980 48 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 67,262 100.0%
1980 48 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 90,504 55.3%
1982 50 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 51,506 78.4%
1982 50 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 104,393 60.7%
1984 52 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 70,447 100.0%
1984 52 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 136,511 69.9%
1986 54 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 56,282 89.0%
1986 54 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 113,490 69.7%
1988 56 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 73,700 100.0%
1988 56 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 152,866 73.0%
1990 58 CA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 57,916 100.0%
1990 58 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 94,739 58.4%
1992 60 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 50,603 100.0%
1992 60 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 123,795 60.2%
1994 62 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 34,103 76.7%
1994 62 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 97,344 64.6%
1996 64 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 46,978 100.0%
1996 64 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 114,408 65.2%
1998 66 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 69,405 100.0%
1998 66 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 101,671 71.2%
2000 68 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 77,905 100.0%
2000 68 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 129,012 70.4%
2002 70 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 40,981 100.0%
2002 70 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 86,495 71.1%
2004 72 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 59,726 100.0%
2004 72 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 144,605 71.6%
2006 74 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 54,654 100.0%
2006 74 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 110,756 74.9%
2008 76 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 42,897 100.0%
2008 76 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 166,829 76.4%
2010 78 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 48,603 84.3%
2010 78 CA D U.S. House District 13 General 1 118,278 72.0%
2012 80 CA D U.S. House District 15 Open Primary 1 39,943 42.1%
2012 80 CA D U.S. House District 15 General 2 110,646 47.9%


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



Ideology Data for Pete Stark


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
1973 41 House 5 87 88 6 R 24 71 90 92 4
1974 42 House 5 86 82 8 R 32 58 90 100 6
1975 43 House 2 85 83 4 R 30 64 89 89* 0
1976 44 House 5 87 87 6 R 16 76 93 100 3
1977 45 House 4 89 85 8 D 66 23 90 95 5
1978 46 House 4 87 81 12 D 75 13 87 100 4
1979 47 House 3 75 74 7 D 67 14 77 95 8
1980 48 House 4 84 79 10 D 62 30 86 100 6
1981 49 House 11 83 84 8 R 29 64 87 95 17
1982 50 House 5 88 85 4 R 23 64 87 100 0
1983 51 House 12 83 83 7 R 21 72 89 95 10
1984 52 House 3 83 78 4 R 25 56 79 100 0
1985 53 House 2 91 89 3 R 18 73 91 100 12
1986 54 House 4 92 86 4 R 18 77 88 100 5
1987 55 House 2 88 86 4 R 12 81 89 96 13
1988 56 House 5 68 78 5 R 15 67 83 100 0
1989 57 House 2 93 90 3 R 24 73 93 100 4
1990 58 House 6 89 88 5 R 16 82 94 100 4
1991 59 House 8 86 87 3 R 24 71 93 100 0
1992 60 House 4 83 81 6 R 14 80 88 95 4
1993 61 House 9 89 91 3 D 71 25 94 100 4
1994 62 House 0 94 92 2 D 72 21 93 100 0
1995 63 House 3 84 89 3 D 81 11 91 100 8
1996 64 House 0 94 82 4 D 65 23 88 100 0
1997 65 House 4 71 82 3 D 72 23 86 100 4
1998 66 House 5 88 92 2 D 82 12 93 100 8
1999 67 House 88 4 D 80 13 93 100 9
2000 68 House 83 3 D 72 24 85 95 4
2001 69 House 82 2 R 16 70 85 100 0
2002 70 House 93 0 R 21 79 94 100 0
2003 71 House 93 1 R 11 89 93 100 8
2004 72 House 94 1 R 18 79 87 100 0
2005 73 House 93 2 R 11 87 87 100 0
2006 74 House 93 1 R 5 95 94 100 4
2007 75 House 90 3 R 9 86 92 84 4
2008 76 House 85 6 R 12 76 88 100 13
2009 77 House 80 3 D 77 12 78 88 10
2010 78 House 81 3 D 80 15 82 95 0
2011 79 House 92 3 D 79 19 95 100 10
2012 80 House 95 1 D 81 10 92 94 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.