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Bill Barrett

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 9, 1929 in Lexington, NE
Died: September 20, 2016 in Lexington, NE

Education:

  • Hastings College, B.A., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1951-1952

Career:

  • Real estate/insurance businessman, 1956-1990
  • Member of RNC, 1973-1975
  • Worked on Gerald Ford's presidential campaign, 1975-1976

Elected Office:

  • NE Legislature, 1979-1991 (Speaker, 1987-1991)


Election Results for Bill Barrett


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 61 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,199 29.7%
1990 61 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 98,607 51.1%
1992 63 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 75,526 99.7%
1992 63 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 170,857 71.7%
1994 65 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 80,942 99.8%
1994 65 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 154,919 78.7%
1996 67 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 65,874 99.6%
1996 67 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 167,758 77.4%
1998 69 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 81,850 99.6%
1998 69 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 149,896 84.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Barrett


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
1991 62 House 97 0 92 6 R 84 14 99 0 89
1992 63 House 85 13 91 8 R 85 15 99 10 83
1993 64 House 91 9 91 9 D 40 60 99 5 92
1994 65 House 97 3 94 5 D 46 51 99 5 95
1995 66 House 94 4 95 4 D 20 80 99 0 84
1996 67 House 96 4 92 8 D 41 59 100 0 95
1997 68 House 95 2 88 8 D 33 67 97 5 79
1998 69 House 95 2 87 13 D 27 73 99 15 76
1999 70 House 89 11 D 30 69 99 10 84
2000 71 House 91 8 D 30 68 98 0 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.