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Lynn Woolsey

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 3, 1937 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • Attended University of Washington, 1955-1957
  • University of San Francisco, B.A., 1980

Career:

  • Human resources manager, 1969-1980
  • Business owner, 1980-1992

Elected Office:

  • Petaluma city council, 1985-1992
  • Vice-Mayor of Petaluma, 1986, 1991


Election Results for Lynn Woolsey


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 54 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 25,484 26.1%
1992 54 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 190,322 65.2%
1994 56 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 67,793 100.0%
1994 56 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 137,642 58.1%
1996 58 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 82,911 100.0%
1996 58 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 156,958 61.8%
1998 60 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 110,364 100.0%
1998 60 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 158,446 68.0%
2000 62 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 135,941 100.0%
2000 62 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 182,116 64.3%
2002 64 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 69,158 80.5%
2002 64 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 139,750 66.7%
2004 66 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 99,970 84.0%
2004 66 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 226,423 72.6%
2006 68 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 72,058 66.2%
2006 68 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 173,190 70.2%
2008 70 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 88,969 100.0%
2008 70 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 229,672 71.7%
2010 72 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 92,204 100.0%
2010 72 CA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 172,216 65.9%


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



Ideology Data for Lynn Woolsey


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
1993 55 House 9 91 96 2 D 78 20 98 100 4
1994 56 House 8 92 98 1 D 77 23 99 100 0
1995 57 House 10 90 97 2 D 86 11 99 100 4
1996 58 House 4 96 98 2 D 84 16 99 95 0
1997 59 House 13 85 96 2 D 80 19 96 100 0
1998 60 House 17 83 95 5 D 84 15 99 100 8
1999 61 House 97 2 D 80 20 98 100 4
2000 62 House 96 2 D 72 28 96 100 8
2001 63 House 99 1 R 14 86 98 100 0
2002 64 House 98 1 R 25 75 97 95 0
2003 65 House 89 1 R 13 76 91 100 10
2004 66 House 96 2 R 15 85 95 100 8
2005 67 House 97 1 R 13 87 99 100 8
2006 68 House 96 2 R 5 95 96 100 4
2007 69 House 95 1 R 6 92 95 84 0
2008 70 House 84 2 R 17 76 85 100 4
2009 71 House 96 2 D 90 9 96 100 0
2010 72 House 90 2 D 78 10 89 100 0
2011 73 House 95 3 D 78 20 99 100 8
2012 74 House 93 1 D 81 10 93 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.