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Mike Thompson

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 24, 1951 in St. Helena, CA

Education:

  • Cal State-Chico, B.A., 1982, M.A., 1996

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1967-1973 (Vietnam)

Career:

  • Supervisor, Beringer Winery
  • Vineyard owner
  • Chief of staff, CA Assemblyman Lou Papan, 1984-1987
  • Chief of staff, CA Assemblywoman Jackie Speier, 1987-1990

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1990-1998



Election Results for Mike Thompson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 47 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 77,544 78.0%
1998 47 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,713 61.9%
2000 49 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 112,185 100.0%
2000 49 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 155,368 65.0%
2002 51 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 64,401 100.0%
2002 51 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,669 64.1%
2004 53 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 92,371 100.0%
2004 53 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 189,366 66.9%
2006 55 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 79,138 100.0%
2006 55 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 144,409 66.2%
2008 57 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 69,622 87.7%
2008 57 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 197,812 68.1%
2010 59 CA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 74,695 100.0%
2010 59 CA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 147,307 62.8%
2012 61 CA D U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 95,748 72.2%
2012 61 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 202,872 74.5%
2014 63 CA D U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 88,709 80.4%
2014 63 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 129,613 75.7%
2016 65 CA D U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 124,634 65.7%
2016 65 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 224,526 76.9%
2018 67 CA D U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 121,428 79.3%
2018 67 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 205,860 78.9%
2020 69 CA D U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 146,980 67.5%
2020 69 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 271,233 76.1%
2022 71 CA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 115,041 66.2%
2022 71 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 176,900 67.8%
2024 73 CA D U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 120,736 62.5%
2024 73 CA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 227,730 66.5%


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




Ideology Data for Mike Thompson


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
1999 48 House 86 14 D 70 30 99 100 4
2000 49 House 89 11 D 80 20 99 75 8
2001 50 House 87 11 R 30 67 99 95 8
2002 51 House 87 6 R 25 71 95 95 8
2003 52 House 90 9 R 27 73 99 90 24
2004 53 House 91 9 R 30 67 99 90 13
2005 54 House 91 8 R 17 80 99 89 16
2006 55 House 93 7 R 21 79 99 90 20
2007 56 House 96 2 R 4 94 98 95 0
2008 57 House 97 3 R 17 83 99 90 8
2009 58 House 99 1 D 96 4 99 100 0
2010 59 House 98 2 D 85 12 99 100 0
2011 60 House 93 7 D 87 12 99 90 4
2012 61 House 96 4 D 92 8 99 85 4
2013 62 House 93 5 D 91 7 98 89 13
2014 63 House 98 2 D 95 5 99 80 4
2015 64 House 93 2 D 89 5 95 83 4
2016 65 House 96 2 D 98 0 99 100 0
2017 66 House 95 2 R 11 89 97 90 4
2018 67 House 95 4 R 33 67 99 83 4
2019 68 House 97 0 R 4 94 97 95 0
2020 69 House 99 1 R 6 94 100 90 0
2021 70 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 80 8
2022 71 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 72 House 98 2 D 94 6 99 80 3
2024 73 House 97 3 D 99 3
2025 74 House 97 3 R 100
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.