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John Bryant

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 22, 1947 in Lake Jackson, TX

Education:

  • Southern Methodist University, B.A., 1969, J.D., 1972

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to TX Senate committee, 1973

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1974-1982


Election Results for John Bryant


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 35 TX D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 14,571 66.5%
1982 35 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,214 64.8%
1984 37 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 94,391 100.0%
1986 39 TX D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 12,715 93.3%
1986 39 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 57,410 58.5%
1988 41 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 95,376 60.7%
1990 43 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 65,228 59.6%
1992 45 TX D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,783 100.0%
1992 45 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 98,567 58.9%
1994 47 TX D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,559 100.0%
1994 47 TX D U.S. House District 05 General 1 61,877 50.1%
1996 49 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 267,545 30.0%
1996 49 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 2 235,281 48.8%
2022 75 TX D State House District 114 Primary 2 2,491 21.3%
2022 75 TX D State House District 114 Primary Runoff 1 3,865 57.3%
2022 75 TX D State House District 114 General 1 36,948 66.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Bryant


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
1983 36 House 36 60 84 10 R 24 76 93 85 14
1984 37 House 17 64 74 6 R 22 62 80 84 0
1985 38 House 31 67 89 8 R 23 78 97 55 11
1986 39 House 54 46 84 12 R 18 80 96 65 23
1987 40 House 49 44 88 5 R 25 71 93 83 4
1988 41 House 42 55 87 7 R 19 74 94 94 9
1989 42 House 24 44 70 5 R 24 43 72 88 12
1990 43 House 33 67 89 9 R 13 84 98 83 17
1991 44 House 38 57 88 6 R 21 73 93 80 11
1992 45 House 60 35 82 10 R 18 70 92 84 15
1993 46 House 30 70 92 5 D 82 11 95 90 4
1994 47 House 47 47 91 5 D 76 17 96 83 5
1995 48 House 28 66 89 6 D 82 11 94 83 8
1996 49 House 27 63 73 6 D 72 4 78 76 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.