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Cheri Bustos

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 17, 1961 in Springfield, IL

Education:

  • University of Maryland, B.A., 1983
  • University of Illions, M.A., 1985

Career:

  • Reporter, Quad City Times, 1985-2002
  • VP, Iowa Health Systems, 2008-2012
  • Director, Trinity Regional Health System, 2002-2008

Elected Office:

  • East Moline city council, 2007-2011



Election Results for Cheri Bustos


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 50 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 18,652 54.4%
2012 50 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 153,519 53.3%
2014 52 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 21,923 100.0%
2014 52 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 110,560 55.5%
2016 54 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 70,319 100.0%
2016 54 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 173,125 60.3%
2018 56 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 42,964 100.0%
2018 56 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 142,659 62.1%
2020 58 IL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 56,388 99.7%
2020 58 IL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 156,011 52.0%


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




Ideology Data for Cheri Bustos


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
2013 51 House 79 17 D 61 35 97 58 8
2014 52 House 85 15 D 67 32 99 50 8
2015 53 House 89 11 D 72 28 99 65 4
2016 54 House 93 6 D 91 9 99 90 0
2017 55 House 95 5 R 25 75 99 80 0
2018 56 House 90 10 R 63 37 99 67 8
2019 57 House 98 2 R 4 96 100 80 7
2020 58 House 97 3 R 6 94 99 85 4
2021 59 House 95 4 D 100 0 99 65 10
2022 60 House 91 3 D 97 0 94 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.