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Henry Bonilla

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 2, 1954 in San Antonio, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.A., 1976

Career:

  • TV reporter, 1976-1980
  • Assistant press secretary for PA Gov. Richard Thornburgh, 1981
  • TV news writer/producer/director, 1982-1992


Election Results for Henry Bonilla


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 38 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 9,013 63.3%
1992 38 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 98,259 59.1%
1994 40 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 9,931 100.0%
1994 40 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 73,815 62.6%
1996 42 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 21,619 100.0%
1996 42 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 101,332 61.8%
1998 44 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 10,909 100.0%
1998 44 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 73,177 63.8%
2000 46 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 25,231 100.0%
2000 46 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 119,679 59.3%
2002 48 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 12,881 100.0%
2002 48 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 77,573 51.5%
2004 50 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 21,299 100.0%
2004 50 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 170,716 69.3%
2006 52 TX R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 17,929 100.0%
2006 52 TX R U.S. House District 23 General 1 60,175 48.6%
2006 52 TX R U.S. House District 23 General Runoff 2 32,217 45.7%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Bonilla


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
1993 39 House 98 2 93 6 D 33 67 99 5 96
1994 40 House 100 0 93 7 D 44 56 99 0 95
1995 41 House 99 0 96 3 D 20 78 99 0 88
1996 42 House 96 4 88 9 D 35 62 97 0 85
1997 43 House 85 7 84 6 D 33 64 89 6 95
1998 44 House 86 12 83 15 D 29 67 98 11 92
1999 45 House 90 8 D 20 78 98 0 92
2000 46 House 90 8 D 30 70 97 0 83
2001 47 House 99 1 R 95 5 99 0 92
2002 48 House 95 3 R 86 14 98 0 92
2003 49 House 90 3 R 87 2 94 5 92
2004 50 House 93 6 R 88 12 99 0 92
2005 51 House 97 2 R 91 9 99 0 92
2006 52 House 97 2 R 100 0 99 5 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.