Rep. Duncan Hunter

Former Representative from California's 52^nd District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-2009	Representative	California's 52^nd District
1983-1992	Representative	California's 45^th District
1981-1982	Representative	California's 42^nd District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Hunter was a rank-and-file Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Hunter’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Hunter to other members of the House of Representatives in the 110^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1981 to Dec 2008, Hunter missed 1,294 of 15,545 roll call votes, which is 8.3%. This is worse than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1981 Jan-Mar	15	1	6.7%	47^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	1	1.1%	9^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	3	2.8%	36^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	1	0.7%	11^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	3	2.5%	34^th
1982 Jul-Sep	193	9	4.7%	48^th
1982 Oct-Dec	97	11	11.3%	77^th
1983 Jan-Mar	43	3	7.0%	48^th
1983 Apr-Jun	182	7	3.8%	38^th
1983 Jul-Sep	130	2	1.5%	22^nd
1983 Oct-Nov	143	7	4.9%	47^th
1984 Jan-Mar	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1984 Apr-Jun	223	12	5.4%	42^nd
1984 Jul-Sep	94	6	6.4%	68^th
1984 Oct-Oct	36	2	5.6%	45^th
1985 Jan-Mar	36	4	11.1%	69^th
1985 Apr-Jun	154	7	4.5%	58^th
1985 Jul-Sep	101	16	15.8%	94^th
1985 Oct-Dec	148	13	8.8%	89^th
1986 Jan-Mar	61	3	4.9%	42^nd
1986 Apr-Jun	128	7	5.5%	69^th
1986 Jul-Sep	201	5	2.5%	43^rd
1986 Oct-Oct	60	3	5.0%	68^th
1987 Jan-Mar	39	0	0.0%	0^th
1987 Apr-Jun	187	6	3.2%	50^th
1987 Jul-Sep	94	13	13.8%	95^th
1987 Oct-Dec	167	24	14.4%	94^th
1988 Feb-Mar	49	3	6.1%	56^th
1988 Apr-Jun	161	14	8.7%	82^nd
1988 Jul-Sep	152	7	4.6%	62^nd
1988 Oct-Oct	89	2	2.2%	49^th
1989 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	52^nd
1989 Apr-Jun	105	15	14.3%	97^th
1989 Jul-Sep	127	5	3.9%	80^th
1989 Oct-Nov	121	6	5.0%	62^nd
1990 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	38^th
1990 Apr-Jun	150	8	5.3%	75^th
1990 Jul-Sep	183	10	5.5%	73^rd
1990 Oct-Oct	143	9	6.3%	72^nd
1991 Jan-Mar	62	7	11.3%	93^rd
1991 Apr-Jun	139	8	5.8%	74^th
1991 Jul-Sep	81	21	25.9%	98^th
1991 Oct-Nov	162	8	4.9%	77^th
1992 Jan-Mar	66	6	9.1%	78^th
1992 Apr-Jun	185	9	4.9%	68^th
1992 Jul-Sep	196	9	4.6%	70^th
1992 Oct-Oct	41	3	7.3%	70^th
1993 Jan-Mar	127	11	8.7%	91^st
1993 Apr-Jun	190	20	10.5%	87^th
1993 Jul-Sep	164	8	4.9%	82^nd
1993 Oct-Nov	134	10	7.5%	91^st
1994 Jan-Mar	95	3	3.2%	58^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	5	2.3%	54^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	14	9.9%	83^rd
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	19	6.8%	93^rd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	3	1.6%	42^nd
1995 Jul-Sep	232	13	5.6%	86^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	7	3.8%	69^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	4	3.6%	67^th
1996 Apr-Jun	182	14	7.7%	89^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	13	8.0%	91^st
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	8	4.6%	77^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	24	10.3%	98^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	8	4.9%	78^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	11	12.4%	90^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	8	4.3%	72^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	10	5.0%	80^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	1	1.4%	38^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	4	5.2%	77^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	6	3.3%	67^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	9	4.4%	79^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	6	4.1%	69^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	6	6.3%	68^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	8	2.9%	54^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	4	3.1%	62^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	43^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	4	5.3%	76^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	11	8.1%	90^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	13	8.7%	91^st
2001 Oct-Dec	153	8	5.2%	77^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	4	5.1%	70^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	9	4.4%	65^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	9	6.4%	75^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	3	4.9%	64^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	4	4.3%	71^st
2003 Apr-Jun	239	17	7.1%	88^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	13	6.7%	83^rd
2003 Oct-Dec	151	19	12.6%	91^st
2004 Jan-Mar	104	14	13.5%	89^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	16	7.2%	84^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	20	12.4%	89^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	2	3.4%	56^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	8	8.9%	86^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	11	4.0%	69^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	14	9.6%	88^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	5	3.1%	56^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	9	11.1%	92^nd
2006 Apr-Jun	276	37	13.4%	97^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	64^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	32	15.0%	97^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	158	40.2%	99^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	73	23.0%	96^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	93	35.4%	98^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	42	28.2%	96^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	33	10.3%	85^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	21	10.2%	87^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	3	20.0%	89^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA52, 1993-2009] leaves office as Representative for California's 52nd congressional district

Jan 03, 2009

Elections and Offices

Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA52, 1993-2009] takes office as Representative for California's 52nd congressional district

Jan 05, 1993

Elections and Offices

Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA52, 1993-2009] leaves office as Representative for California's 45th congressional district

Oct 09, 1992

Elections and Offices

Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA52, 1993-2009] takes office as Representative for California's 45th congressional district

Jan 03, 1983

Elections and Offices

Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA52, 1993-2009] leaves office as Representative for California's 42nd congressional district

Dec 23, 1982