WASHINGTON — The Bay Area doesn’t have a reputation for being politically purple. A new analysis suggests that its representatives in Congress aren’t, either.
Bay Area members of Congress are more partisan than their peers, on average, according to a new st of rankings — although there are surprises among a few lawmakers whose scores don’t fit their public profiles.
Only a handful of the delegation received positive scores on the rankings from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. A positive score indicates a lawmaker is more likely to work across the aisle than their peers, which the think tank and public policy school calculated by averaging the number of bipartisan bills in the previous 13 Congresses.
The most bipartisan Bay Area lawmaker in either chamber of Congress was Rep. Mike Thompson, who ranked 30th overall in the House. The St. Helena Democrat, who has worked on gun violence prevention legislation with Republicans, got a score of 1.08.
“My highest priority is to serve our district and I strongly believe that finding common ground with Republicans and Democrats alike is the best way to get things done,” Thompson said in a statement. “I’ll continue to work in a bipartisan way, particularly right now in a divided Congress.”
On the other end of the spectrum, the least bipartisan of the delegation was Sen. Kamala Harris, who scored a -0.93 and was ranked 93rd in the Senate. Harris’ office did not respond to a request for comment.
The California Democrat, who was seen as somewhere in the middle of the ideology pack during her unsuccessful presidential run, actually came out bluer than fellow former hopeful Elizabeth Warren, who was seen as more progressive. The Massachusetts senator scored a -0.19 and was ranked 66th in the Senate.
It wasn’t the only way the rankings sometimes defied public personas.
While Sen. Dianne Feinstein is perceived as a more moderate Democrat, she ranked only 78th on the bipartisan scoreboard in the Senate. Her score was -0.41.
Fremont Rep. Ro Khanna, who is an outspoken member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was firmly in the middle of the road in the House, ranking 228th. Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo of Palo Alto, who has a reputation as being relatively moderate, was 283rd.
Longtime progressive Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, would seem to be a likely candidate for the top of the partisan pile, and she was close — her -0.7 score ranked 375th on the bipartisanship scale. But she was outdone by another Northern Californian, GOP Rep. Tom McClintock of Elk Grove (Sacramento County). He was more partisan than not only Lee but nearly every other House member as well, racking up an impressively one-sided score of -1.38.
Rep. Josh Harder of Turlock (Stanislaus County) is a first-term Democrat from a swing district in the Central Valley, and he’s spent his first year-plus in office trying to forge a purple path. His 0.73 score was good for 60th place.
Democratic Rep. TJ Cox of Fresno, who like Harder flipped a GOP-held seat in 2018, is in 209th place — slightly more bipartisan than the nearby Trump-defending Republican every Democrat loves to hate, Tulare Rep. Devin Nunes. He’s 294th.
As the heads of their parties in the House, who typically do not put their names on legislation, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and GOP leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield were not included.
Here are the full rankings for the Bay Area lawmakers:
House
• Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena: Rank 30, Score 1.08
• Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose: Rank 138, Score 0.16
• Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo: Rank 159, Score 0.11
• Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont: Rank 228, Score -0.12
• Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael: Rank 261, Score -0.22
• Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto: Rank 283, Score -0.31
• Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord: Rank 322, Score -0.46
• Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin: Rank 343, Score -0.55
• Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland: Rank 375, Score -0.7
Senate
Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Rank 78, Score -0.41
Sen. Kamala Harris: Rank 93, Score -0.93
Tal Kopan is The San Francisco Chronicle’s Washington correspondent. Email: tal.kopan@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @talkopan
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