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Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 27, 1966 in Forest Hills, NY

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A., 1988
  • M.A., 1990

Career:

  • Aide to Rep. Peter Deutsch, 1989-1992

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1992-2000
  • FL Senate, 2000-2004



Election Results for Debbie Wasserman-Schultz


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 37 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 191,195 70.2%
2006 39 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 0 0.0%
2008 41 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 202,832 77.5%
2010 43 FL D U.S. House District 20 General 1 100,787 60.1%
2012 45 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 174,205 63.2%
2014 47 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 103,269 62.7%
2016 49 FL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 28,809 56.8%
2016 49 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 183,225 56.7%
2018 51 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 161,611 58.5%
2020 53 FL D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 55,729 72.0%
2020 53 FL D U.S. House District 23 General 1 221,239 58.2%
2022 55 FL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 50,554 89.0%
2022 55 FL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 129,113 55.1%
2024 57 FL D U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 36,479 83.2%
2024 57 FL D U.S. House District 25 General 1 186,942 54.5%


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




Ideology Data for Debbie Wasserman-Schultz


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
2005 38 House 92 6 R 24 76 96 100 0
2006 39 House 92 6 R 32 68 97 95 4
2007 40 House 96 2 R 5 94 97 95 0
2008 41 House 98 0 R 14 84 96 100 0
2009 42 House 98 1 D 97 3 96 100 0
2010 43 House 92 1 D 88 5 94 95 0
2011 44 House 89 5 D 87 7 93 89 0
2012 45 House 92 3 D 85 3 94 95 0
2013 46 House 85 8 D 85 8 91 78 9
2014 47 House 91 3 D 89 3 94 82 0
2015 48 House 86 3 D 88 4 100 89 5
2016 49 House 94 1 D 87 4 94 100 0
2017 50 House 90 1 R 8 89 91 95 5
2018 51 House 96 2 R 33 63 97 73 4
2019 52 House 95 1 R 4 96 96 89 3
2020 53 House 99 1 R 6 94 100 85 4
2021 54 House 98 2 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 55 House 98 2 D 100 0 100 3
2023 56 House 93 7 D 99 4
2024 57 House 87 13 D 99 3
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.