RightDataUSA


Esteban Torres

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 27, 1930 in Miami, AZ
Died: January 25, 2022

Education:

  • Attended Cal State University-Los Angeles, 1963
  • Attended University of Maryland, 1965
  • Attended American University, 1966

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1949-1953

Career:

  • Assembly-line worker, 1953-1963
  • United Auto Workers union rep, 1954-1976
  • Director, East LA Community Union, 1968-1974
  • U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, 1977-1979
  • Special assistant to President Carter, 1979-1981


Election Results for Esteban Torres


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 44 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 2 21,589 37.0%
1982 52 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 27,271 50.7%
1982 52 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 68,316 57.2%
1984 54 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 28,045 80.6%
1984 54 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 87,060 59.8%
1986 56 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 32,692 100.0%
1986 56 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 66,404 60.3%
1988 58 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 45,271 100.0%
1988 58 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 92,087 63.2%
1990 60 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 30,035 100.0%
1990 60 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 55,646 60.7%
1992 62 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 30,872 100.0%
1992 62 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 91,738 61.3%
1994 64 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 31,669 100.0%
1994 64 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 72,439 61.7%
1996 66 CA D U.S. House District 34 Primary 1 35,195 100.0%
1996 66 CA D U.S. House District 34 General 1 94,730 68.4%


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



Ideology Data for Esteban Torres


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
1983 53 House 12 85 88 4 R 21 77 90 90 0
1984 54 House 5 95 94 2 R 26 73 94 95 0
1985 55 House 11 82 90 1 R 18 75 92 75 11
1986 56 House 10 84 91 2 R 18 80 94 95 5
1987 57 House 12 70 85 3 R 10 79 89 100 0
1988 58 House 11 76 90 2 R 16 76 93 95 4
1989 59 House 10 85 90 1 R 29 69 92 95 0
1990 60 House 20 78 94 2 R 17 81 97 89 0
1991 61 House 14 84 94 3 R 25 70 94 84 5
1992 62 House 19 73 84 5 R 20 70 89 94 5
1993 63 House 16 77 86 3 D 87 11 90 90 0
1994 64 House 25 67 90 2 D 90 6 94 88 10
1995 65 House 20 73 85 6 D 86 10 92 95 4
1996 66 House 25 69 91 5 D 81 15 94 100 0
1997 67 House 16 78 87 3 D 73 19 91 90 10
1998 68 House 12 74 81 4 D 77 11 81 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.