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John Culberson

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 24, 1956 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • Lamar High School (Houston, TX), 1975
  • Southern Methodist University, B.A., 1981
  • South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1988

Career:

  • Owner of advertising company, 1981-1985

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1986-2001


Election Results for John Culberson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 43 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,894 37.7%
2000 43 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 29,968 60.0%
2000 43 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 183,712 73.9%
2002 45 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 17,843 100.0%
2002 45 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 96,795 89.2%
2004 47 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 26,561 92.2%
2004 47 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 175,440 64.1%
2006 49 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 27,788 100.0%
2006 49 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 99,318 59.2%
2008 51 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 44,477 100.0%
2008 51 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 162,635 55.9%
2010 53 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,567 100.0%
2010 53 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 143,655 81.4%
2012 55 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,590 86.3%
2012 55 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 142,793 60.8%
2014 57 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,065 100.0%
2014 57 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 90,606 63.3%
2016 59 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 44,290 57.3%
2016 59 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 143,542 56.2%
2018 61 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,052 76.1%
2018 61 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 2 115,642 47.5%


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



Ideology Data for John Culberson


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
2001 44 House 98 1 R 95 5 98 0 100
2002 45 House 97 1 R 86 14 98 0 100
2003 46 House 95 3 R 91 9 98 15 100
2004 47 House 87 3 R 73 12 88 0 96
2005 48 House 95 2 R 91 9 96 0 92
2006 49 House 91 3 R 95 5 94 10 88
2007 50 House 90 3 R 86 10 93 0 100
2008 51 House 91 3 R 71 23 93 5 100
2009 52 House 86 10 D 14 86 97 0 100
2010 53 House 86 3 D 27 73 90 0 100
2011 54 House 91 3 D 19 72 93 6 87
2012 55 House 85 4 D 12 81 89 0 92
2013 56 House 88 4 D 16 80 87 6 84
2014 57 House 90 7 D 14 80 95 0 64
2015 58 House 88 4 D 9 89 92 0 76
2016 59 House 96 3 D 6 94 98 5 88
2017 60 House 98 2 R 100 0 99 0 89
2018 61 House 95 3 R 93 4 95 0 84
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.