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Nate Deal

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 25, 1942 in Millen, GA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1966-1968

Elected Office:

  • GA Senate, 1981-1993

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, April 10, 1995


Election Results for Nate Deal


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 49 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 40,634 45.4%
1992 49 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary Runoff 1 43,275 55.1%
1992 49 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 113,024 59.2%
1994 51 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 34,052 100.0%
1994 51 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 79,145 57.9%
1996 53 GA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 38,382 100.0%
1996 53 GA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 132,532 65.5%
1998 55 GA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 39,484 100.0%
1998 55 GA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 122,713 100.0%
2000 57 GA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 46,514 100.0%
2000 57 GA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 183,171 75.2%
2002 59 GA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 43,874 100.0%
2002 59 GA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 129,242 100.0%
2004 61 GA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 65,148 100.0%
2004 61 GA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 219,136 100.0%
2006 63 GA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 47,682 100.0%
2006 63 GA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 128,685 76.6%
2008 65 GA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 54,653 100.0%
2008 65 GA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 217,493 75.5%
2010 67 GA R Governor Primary 2 155,946 22.9%
2010 67 GA R Governor Primary Runoff 1 291,035 50.2%
2010 67 GA R Governor General 1 1,365,832 53.0%
2014 71 GA R Governor Primary 1 430,170 72.1%
2014 71 GA R Governor General 1 1,345,237 52.7%


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



Ideology Data for Nate Deal


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 50 House 80 20 68 31 D 58 40 99 16 61
1994 51 House 86 8 61 36 D 63 36 98 16 67
1995 52 House 95 5 85 15 D 23 77 99 0 80
1996 53 House 94 6 92 8 D 37 63 100 5 90
1997 54 House 93 7 96 4 D 23 77 99 0 96
1998 55 House 90 7 93 5 D 16 84 98 11 88
1999 56 House 92 7 D 19 74 98 10 80
2000 57 House 92 5 D 12 86 96 5 96
2001 58 House 96 2 R 91 7 96 5 100
2002 59 House 90 4 R 82 11 94 0 100
2003 60 House 96 1 R 93 7 94 5 88
2004 61 House 89 0 R 76 15 91 0 100
2005 62 House 96 2 R 85 15 97 6 96
2006 63 House 90 2 R 71 16 90 5 92
2007 64 House 96 1 R 91 7 96 0 100
2008 65 House 94 1 R 70 24 95 6 100
2009 66 House 83 3 D 12 80 82 0 100
2010 67 House 10 0 D 2 12 8 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.