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Republican representative for Arizona’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Lesko votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Lesko’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Lesko votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Lesko’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.9% | 14.3% | -1.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Lesko vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| July 22 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.1% | -39.1 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.5% | -24.5 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.7% | +36.3 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.8% | +71.2 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Debbie Lesko's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Debbie Lesko's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 73.4% | ||
| Average | 14.3% | 15.5% | -1.2 | |||
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