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Shelley Berkley

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 20, 1951 in South Fallsburg, NY

Education:

  • U.N.L.V., B.A., 1972
  • University of San Diego, J.D., 1976

Career:

  • Corporate counsel, 1977-1982
  • Hotel VP, 1989-1998
  • NV community college regent, 1990-1998

Elected Office:

  • NV Assembly, 1983-1985


Election Results for Shelley Berkley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 47 NV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,120 81.5%
1998 47 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 79,315 49.2%
2000 49 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,469 51.7%
2002 51 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 64,312 53.7%
2004 53 NV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,765 83.2%
2004 53 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,569 66.0%
2006 55 NV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,655 90.1%
2006 55 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 85,025 64.8%
2008 57 NV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,444 89.7%
2008 57 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 154,860 67.6%
2010 59 NV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,246 61.7%
2012 61 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 62,081 79.5%
2012 61 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 446,080 44.7%


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



Ideology Data for Shelley Berkley


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
1999 48 House 89 10 D 76 20 99 100 4
2000 49 House 81 19 D 58 40 99 68 28
2001 50 House 88 12 R 37 63 98 90 12
2002 51 House 87 13 R 46 54 99 85 16
2003 52 House 78 6 R 24 64 86 89 26
2004 53 House 86 7 R 42 52 95 95 8
2005 54 House 87 8 R 28 72 94 89 13
2006 55 House 88 9 R 29 63 96 89 13
2007 56 House 91 5 R 10 86 97 94 8
2008 57 House 92 3 R 17 77 95 89 4
2009 58 House 94 3 D 94 4 96 100 0
2010 59 House 95 2 D 95 5 97 89 0
2011 60 House 89 10 D 86 12 98 89 4
2012 61 House 87 11 D 73 25 98 60 16
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.