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Maxine Waters

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 31, 1938 in St. Louis, MO

Education:

  • Cal State-Los Angeles, B.A., 1970

Career:

  • Teacher, 1966
  • Asst. to L.A. councilman David Cunningham, 1973-1976

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1977-1991


Election Results for Maxine Waters


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 51 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 36,182 88.5%
1990 51 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 51,350 79.4%
1992 53 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 51,534 89.2%
1992 53 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 102,941 82.5%
1994 55 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 31,813 100.0%
1994 55 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 65,688 78.1%
1996 57 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 41,993 100.0%
1996 57 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 92,762 85.5%
1998 59 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 48,892 100.0%
1998 59 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 78,732 89.3%
2000 61 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 64,176 100.0%
2000 61 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 100,569 86.5%
2002 63 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 36,351 100.0%
2002 63 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 72,401 77.5%
2004 65 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 41,452 100.0%
2004 65 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 125,949 80.5%
2006 67 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 34,338 86.1%
2006 67 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 82,498 83.7%
2008 69 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 36,685 100.0%
2008 69 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 150,778 82.6%
2010 71 CA D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 32,946 100.0%
2010 71 CA D U.S. House District 35 General 1 98,131 79.3%
2012 73 CA D U.S. House District 43 Open Primary 1 36,062 65.4%
2012 73 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 143,123 71.2%
2014 75 CA D U.S. House District 43 Open Primary 1 33,746 67.2%
2014 75 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 69,681 71.0%
2016 77 CA D U.S. House District 43 Open Primary 1 92,909 76.1%
2016 77 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 167,017 76.1%
2018 79 CA D U.S. House District 43 Open Primary 1 63,908 72.3%
2018 79 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 152,272 77.7%
2020 81 CA D U.S. House District 43 Open Primary 1 100,468 78.1%
2020 81 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 199,210 71.7%
2022 83 CA D U.S. House District 43 Open Primary 1 55,889 74.3%
2022 83 CA D U.S. House District 43 General 1 95,462 77.3%


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



Ideology Data for Maxine Waters


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
1991 52 House 5 84 85 3 R 23 70 88 100 0
1992 53 House 10 88 82 4 R 11 77 87 95 0
1993 54 House 14 86 92 4 D 77 22 95 100 4
1994 55 House 6 92 92 3 D 72 24 95 100 10
1995 56 House 11 89 91 4 D 82 12 95 95 9
1996 57 House 12 80 86 5 D 67 24 88 100 0
1997 58 House 18 78 92 6 D 75 25 96 95 8
1998 59 House 12 79 85 5 D 76 13 89 100 0
1999 60 House 94 2 D 80 19 95 100 0
2000 61 House 92 3 D 78 18 91 100 0
2001 62 House 93 3 R 12 84 93 100 0
2002 63 House 93 2 R 18 79 91 95 0
2003 64 House 93 2 R 11 84 94 100 13
2004 65 House 91 3 R 12 82 91 100 4
2005 66 House 89 4 R 13 83 90 100 8
2006 67 House 89 3 R 13 82 93 100 4
2007 68 House 93 3 R 7 90 94 85 0
2008 69 House 92 2 R 19 78 92 100 0
2009 70 House 95 2 D 91 7 94 100 0
2010 71 House 85 3 D 68 20 86 95 4
2011 72 House 88 5 D 74 22 92 100 8
2012 73 House 90 3 D 85 7 93 100 0
2013 74 House 93 4 D 89 9 95 95 21
2014 75 House 91 1 D 85 11 91 100 10
2015 76 House 93 1 D 86 8 93 100 4
2016 77 House 89 2 D 96 2 89 95 0
2017 78 House 97 1 R 6 94 96 100 0
2018 79 House 94 2 R 19 78 95 100 4
2019 80 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 81 House 98 0 R 6 92 95 100 0
2021 82 House 96 0 D 100 0 96 95 0
2022 83 House 99 0 D 100 0 98 0
2023 84 House 93 5 D 97 0
2024 85 House 81 13 D 95 11
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.