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John Carter

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 6, 1941 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • Belleaire High School (Houston, TX), 1960
  • Texas Tech University, B.A., 1964
  • University of Texas, J.D., 1969

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Williamson County judge, 1981-2001


Election Results for John Carter


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 60 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 2 9,144 26.0%
2002 60 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary Runoff 1 13,150 56.8%
2002 60 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 111,556 69.1%
2004 62 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 25,293 69.5%
2004 62 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 160,247 64.8%
2006 64 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 23,438 100.0%
2006 64 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 90,869 58.5%
2008 66 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 46,388 100.0%
2008 66 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 175,563 60.3%
2010 68 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 52,321 89.9%
2010 68 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 126,384 82.5%
2012 70 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 32,917 76.0%
2012 70 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 145,348 61.3%
2014 72 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 30,011 100.0%
2014 72 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 91,607 64.0%
2016 74 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 62,817 71.3%
2016 74 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 166,060 58.4%
2018 76 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 34,623 65.5%
2018 76 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 144,680 50.6%
2020 78 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 53,070 82.3%
2020 78 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 212,695 53.4%
2022 80 TX R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 50,887 71.1%
2022 80 TX R U.S. House District 31 General 1 183,185 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Carter


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
2003 61 House 93 1 R 93 5 95 5 92
2004 62 House 96 2 R 91 6 95 0 96
2005 63 House 93 2 R 89 9 96 0 92
2006 64 House 95 3 R 92 3 98 0 87
2007 65 House 91 5 R 86 13 96 0 100
2008 66 House 91 1 R 69 18 93 6 96
2009 67 House 84 10 D 16 78 94 0 96
2010 68 House 95 2 D 27 73 96 0 100
2011 69 House 95 4 D 27 72 98 0 84
2012 70 House 89 10 D 14 86 98 5 84
2013 71 House 93 4 D 12 85 94 5 71
2014 72 House 93 4 D 12 85 96 0 80
2015 73 House 86 4 D 14 74 90 0 70
2016 74 House 95 3 D 4 94 97 0 80
2017 75 House 98 2 R 100 0 99 0 85
2018 76 House 90 4 R 89 4 94 0 68
2019 77 House 89 5 R 98 0 93 10 79
2020 78 House 74 2 R 72 0 74 0 65
2021 79 House 95 1 D 11 89 98 0 79
2022 80 House 96 4 D 20 80 99 88
2023 81 House 73 10 D 82 78
2024 82 House 81 6 D 90 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.