Dana Rohrabacher

Dana Rohrabacher
U.S. House, California, District 48
Incumbent
In office
1989-Present
Term ends
January 3, 2015
Years in position	24
Party	Republican
Predecessor	Loretta Sanchez (D)
Compensation
Base salary	$174,000/year
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 8, 1988
Next election	November 4, 2014
Campaign $	$3,355,996
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Long Beach State College, 1969
Master's	University of Southern California, 1976
Personal
Birthday	June 21, 1947
Place of birth	Coronado, California
Net worth	$183,001
Religion	Baptist
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Dana Rohrabacher (b. June 21, 1947) is a Republican member of the U.S. House representing California's 48th congressional district. Rohrabacher was first elected to the House in 1988.

Rohrabacher won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 48th District as a Republican. He was displaced from district 46 by redistricting. The open primary election took place on June 5, 2012.

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Rohrabacher is a "rank-and-file Republican".

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Rohrabacher's academic, professional and political career:

• 1969: Graduated from California State University, Long Beach with B.A.
• 1976: Graduated from University of Southern California, with M.A.
• 1981-1988: Speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan
• 1989-Present: U.S Representative from California

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2013-2014

Rohrabacher serves on the following committees:

• Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats Chair
  • Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
• Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  • Subcommittee on Space

2011-2012

Rohrabacher served on the following committees:

• Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Chair
  • Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
• Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Dana Rohrabacher endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Rohrabacher voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.

Conservative Fight Club

According to the conservative website RedState, Rohrabacher is one of 16 U.S. House members in the "Conservative Fight Club", a designation meant to describe the gold standard of conservatives, as outlined by RedState. They are the 16 Republicans who voted against the continuing appropriations resolution to avoid the impending government shutdown in March. This type of resolution is used to fund government agencies when a formal federal budget has not been approved.

Elections

2012

See also: California's 48th congressional district elections, 2012

Rohrabacher won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 48th District as a Republican. He was displaced from district 46 by redistricting. He and Ron Varasteh (D) advanced past the June 5, 2012, blanket primary, defeating Alan Schlar (Ind). They faced off in the November 6, 2012, general election.

U.S. House, California, District 48 General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher Incumbent	61%	177,144
	Democratic	Ron Varasteh	39%	113,358
Total Votes				290,502
Source: California Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Dana Rohrabacher, click [show] to expand the section.

2010 On November 2, 2010, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Arnold (D) and Jay Shah (Write-in) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 46 General Election, 2010 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 62.2% 139,822      Democratic Ken Arnold 37.8% 84,940      Write-in Jay Shah 0% 20 Total Votes 224,782 2008 On November 4, 2008, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Debbie Cook (D), Thomas Lash (Green), and Ernst Gasteiger (L) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 46 General Election, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 52.5% 149,818      Democratic Debbie Cook 43.1% 122,891      Green Thomas Lash 2.9% 8,257      Libertarian Ernst Gasteiger 1.5% 4,311 Total Votes 285,277 2006 On November 7, 2006, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Brandt (D) and Dennis Chang (L) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 46 General Election, 2006 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 59.6% 116,176      Democratic Jim Brandt 36.7% 71,573      Libertarian Dennis Chang 3.7% 7,303 Total Votes 195,052 2004 On November 2, 2004, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Brandt (D), Tom Lash (G), and Keith Gann (L) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 46 General Election, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 61.9% 171,318      Democratic Jim Brandt 32.6% 90,129      Green Tom Lash 3.7% 10,238      Libertarian Keith Gann 1.8% 5,005 Total Votes 276,690 2002 On November 5, 2002, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Gerrie Schipske (D), Keith Gann (L), and Thomas Lash (Write-in) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 46 General Election, 2002 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 61.7% 108,807      Democratic Gerrie Schipske 34.5% 60,890      Libertarian Keith Gann 3.7% 6,488      Write-in Thomas Lash 0% 80 Total Votes 176,265 2000 On November 7, 2000, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ted Crisell (D), Don Hull (L), and Constance Betton (Natural Law) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 45 General Election, 2000 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 62.1% 136,275      Democratic Ted Crisell 32.4% 71,066      Libertarian Don Hull 3.8% 8,409      Natural Law Constance Betton 1.7% 3,635 Total Votes 219,385 1998 On November 3, 1998, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Patricia Neal (D), Don Hull (L), and Willaim Verkamp, Jr. (Natural Law) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 45 General Election, 1998 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 58.7% 94,296      Democratic Patricia Neal 37.3% 60,022      Libertarian Don Hull 2.7% 4,337      Natural Law Willaim Verkamp, Jr. 1.3% 2,115 Total Votes 160,770 1996 On November 5, 1996, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sally Alexander (D), Mark Murphy (L), and Rand McDevitt (Natural Law) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 45 General Election, 1996 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 61% 125,326      Democratic Sally Alexander 33.2% 68,312      Libertarian Mark Murphy 4.3% 8,813      Natural Law Rand McDevitt 1.5% 3,071 Total Votes 205,522 1994 On November 8, 1994, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Brett Williamson (D) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 45 General Election, 1994 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 69.1% 124,875      Democratic Brett Williamson 30.9% 55,849 Total Votes 180,724 1992 On November 3, 1992, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Patricia McCabe (D) and Gary Copeland (L) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 45 General Election, 1992 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 54.5% 123,731      Democratic Patricia McCabe 39% 88,508      Libertarian Gary Copeland 6.5% 14,777 Total Votes 227,016 1990 On November 6, 1990, Dana Rohrabacher won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Guy Kimbrough (D) and Richard Gibb Martin (L) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 42 General Election, 1990 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher incumbent 59.3% 109,353      Democratic Guy Kimbrough 36.5% 67,189      Libertarian Richard Gibb Martin 4.2% 7,744 Total Votes 184,286 1988 On November 8, 1988, Dana Rohrabacher won election to the United States House. He defeated Guy Kimbrough (D) and Richard Rose (Peace and Freedom) in the general election. U.S. House, California District 42 General Election, 1988 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Dana Rohrabacher 64.2% 153,280      Democratic Guy Kimbrough 33% 78,778      Peace and Freedom Richard Rose 2.8% 6,563 Total Votes 238,621

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Rohrabacher is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, Rohrabacher raised a total of $3,355,996 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 22, 2013.

Dana Rohrabacher's Campaign Contribution History
Year	Office	Result	Contributions
2012	US House (California, District 48)		$493,391
2010	US House (California, District 46)		$404,285
2008	US House (California, District 46)		$746,799
2006	US House (California, District 46)		$294,370
2004	US House (California, District 46)		$748,974
2002	US House (California, District 46)		$393,483
2000	US House (California, District 45)		$274,694
Grand Total Raised			$3,355,996

2012

Breakdown of the source of Rohrabacher's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Rohrabacher won re-election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Rohrabacher's campaign committee raised a total of $493,391 and spent $582,122.

U.S. House, California District 48, 2012 - Dana Rohrabacher Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$493,391
Total Spent	$582,122
Total Raised by Election Runner-up	$158,255
Total Spent by Election Runner-up	$75,073
Top contributors to Dana Rohrabacher's campaign committee
Aeros	$12,500
Desert Caucus	$10,000
General Atomics	$10,000
Health Care Concepts	$10,000
SpaceX	$9,500
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Real Estate	$40,210
Air Transport	$26,900
Retired	$26,200
Health Professionals	$25,600
Business Services	$14,050

2010

Breakdown of the source of Rohrabacher's campaign funds before the 2010 election.

Rohrabacher won re-election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that election cycle, Rohrabacher's campaign committee raised a total of $404,285 and spent $382,319.

His top 5 contributors between 2009-2010 were:

U.S. House, California District 46, 2010 - Dana Rohrabacher Campaign Contributions
Total Raised	$404,285
Total Spent	$382,319
Total Raised by General Election Opponent	$18,405
Total Spent by General Election Opponent	$18,088
Top contributors to Dana Rohrabacher's campaign committee
Honeywell International	$10,000
Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay	$7,000
Brian F Sweeney MD	$6,000
AT&T Inc	$5,000
Credit Union National Assn	$5,000
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Real Estate	$31,100
Misc Manufacturing & Distributing	$23,900
Retired	$22,650
Health Professionals	$20,750
Republican/Conservative	$17,700

Analysis

Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Rohrabacher missed 450 of 15,356 roll call votes from January 1989 to March 2013. This amounts to 2.9%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Rohrabacher paid his congressional staff a total of $1,169,212 in 2011. He ranked 4th on the list of the highest paid Republican Representative Staff Salaries and he ranked 24th overall of the highest paid Representative Staff Salaries in 2011. Overall, California ranked 5th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.

Net worth

See also: Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Rohrabacher's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between -$398,997 and $764,999. That averages to $183,001, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican Representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth decreased by 51.20% from 2010.

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Rohrabacher's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $1 and $749,999. That averages to $400,000, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican Representatives in 2010 of $7,561,133.

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Rohrabacher ranked 120th in the conservative rankings in 2012.

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Rohrabacher ranked 205th in the conservative rankings.

Political positions

Percentage voting with party

November 2011

The website Open Congress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Dana Rohrabacher voted with the Republican Party 86.4% of the time, which ranked 220 among the 242 House Republican members in 2011.

Personal

Rohrabacher and his wife, Rhonda, have three children.

Recent news

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Dana Rohrabacher News Feed

• Global warming as real as Obama's jobless numbers, GOP Rep. Dana ... - Washington Times (blog)
• Pakistan: Balochistan's alienation - In Defence of Marxism - In Defense of Marxism (blog)
• What's next for House immigration deal? - 89.3 KPCC (blog)
• California conservative congressman defends state pot laws in Congress - UPI.com
• Male Bicep Size Predicts Opinion On Welfare Programs, Study Suggests - Huffington Post
• Congress Debates War, Sanctions, Diplomacy and MEK with Top Obama Officials - National Iranian American Council
• House members spent more than $1.5 million traveling in 2012 - Jacksonville Daily News
• Congressman Urges US to Foment Ethnic Tension in Iran - National Iranian American Council
• Interview: US Congressman Says Deal With Serbia Gave Kosovo 'Nothing' - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
• Most Oppose Gays in Scouting; State Dept. 'Cowardly' on Pakistan Doctor; Study ... - Newsmax.com

External links

• Official House website
• Official campaign website

• Social media:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
• Biographies:
  • U.S. Congress
• Political profiles:
  • GovTrack
  • OpenCongress
  • Project Vote Smart
  • CongressMerge
• Financial:
  • FEC
  • OpenSecrets.org
  • LegiStorm.com
• Interest group ratings:
  • Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions:
  • On The Issues
  • Project Vote Smart
• Public statements:
  • Project Vote Smart
• Voting record:
  • Project Vote Smart
  • Washington Post
• Media appearances:
  • C-SPAN
• Media coverage:
  • Washington Post

References

Political offices
Preceded by Loretta Sanchez	U.S. House - California District 48 1989-Present	Succeeded by '