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Tom DeLay

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 8, 1947 in Laredo, TX

Education:

  • Attended Baylor University, 1967
  • University of Houston, B.S., 1970

Career:

  • Owner of pest control business, 1973-1984

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1979-1984


Election Results for Tom DeLay


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 37 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 11,580 53.3%
1984 37 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 125,225 65.3%
1986 39 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 76,459 71.8%
1988 41 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 125,733 67.4%
1990 43 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 93,425 71.2%
1992 45 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 31,122 100.0%
1992 45 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 150,221 68.9%
1994 47 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 25,731 100.0%
1994 47 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 120,302 73.7%
1996 49 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 126,056 68.1%
1998 51 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 24,849 100.0%
1998 51 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 87,840 65.2%
2000 53 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 41,901 83.3%
2000 53 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 154,662 60.4%
2002 55 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 22,379 79.9%
2002 55 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 100,499 63.2%
2004 57 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 15,490 100.0%
2004 57 TX R U.S. House District 22 General 1 150,386 55.2%
2006 59 TX R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 20,563 62.0%


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



Ideology Data for Tom DeLay


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
1985 38 House 96 4 87 7 R 85 13 95 5 100
1986 39 House 100 0 91 4 R 83 14 95 0 100
1987 40 House 100 0 91 5 R 78 19 96 0 100
1988 41 House 97 0 88 7 R 78 18 94 0 100
1989 42 House 90 5 87 8 R 79 19 95 0 96
1990 43 House 98 2 91 5 R 83 16 98 6 92
1991 44 House 92 0 89 5 R 75 20 93 5 100
1992 45 House 92 6 90 7 R 82 16 97 5 100
1993 46 House 95 5 95 3 D 25 75 98 0 100
1994 47 House 86 6 95 2 D 31 68 95 0 100
1995 48 House 98 1 97 2 D 17 82 99 0 83
1996 49 House 98 2 92 4 D 33 61 95 0 100
1997 50 House 91 7 94 3 D 27 73 98 0 88
1998 51 House 100 0 93 4 D 20 78 96 0 96
1999 52 House 98 2 D 22 76 97 0 92
2000 53 House 93 1 D 24 68 94 0 88
2001 54 House 98 1 R 93 2 96 0 100
2002 55 House 97 1 R 89 11 98 0 92
2003 56 House 94 1 R 98 0 91 5 92
2004 57 House 98 2 R 88 12 99 0 100
2005 58 House 93 2 R 83 9 95 0 88
2006 59 House 39 0 R 21 0 39 0 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.