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Chet Edwards

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 24, 1951 in Corpus Christi, TX

Education:

  • Texas A&M University, B.A., 1974
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1981

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Olin Teague, 1974-1977
  • Marketing representative, 1981-1985
  • President of communications company, 1985-1990

Elected Office:

  • TX Senate, 1983-1990


Election Results for Chet Edwards


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 38 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 73,810 53.5%
1992 40 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,389 100.0%
1992 40 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 119,999 67.4%
1994 42 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 35,850 100.0%
1994 42 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 76,667 59.2%
1996 44 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,837 100.0%
1996 44 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 99,990 56.8%
1998 46 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 19,956 100.0%
1998 46 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 71,142 82.4%
2000 48 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 28,053 100.0%
2000 48 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 105,782 54.8%
2002 50 TX D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 17,191 100.0%
2002 50 TX D U.S. House District 11 General 1 74,678 51.6%
2004 52 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 17,754 100.0%
2004 52 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 125,309 51.2%
2006 54 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 11,913 100.0%
2006 54 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 92,478 58.1%
2008 56 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 60,557 100.0%
2008 56 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 1 134,592 53.0%
2010 58 TX D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 11,244 100.0%
2010 58 TX D U.S. House District 17 General 2 63,138 36.6%


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



Ideology Data for Chet Edwards


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
1991 39 House 95 5 78 20 R 41 56 98 40 35
1992 40 House 85 15 75 23 R 43 56 99 55 38
1993 41 House 84 14 75 23 D 82 17 98 35 33
1994 42 House 94 6 74 23 D 82 18 98 47 38
1995 43 House 83 16 63 32 D 69 29 95 50 25
1996 44 House 92 8 72 28 D 72 27 98 60 20
1997 45 House 73 25 76 22 D 72 27 96 63 28
1998 46 House 69 31 83 16 D 80 18 99 90 8
1999 47 House 80 20 D 74 19 98 85 8
2000 48 House 83 15 D 76 24 96 80 8
2001 49 House 72 27 R 47 53 99 80 40
2002 50 House 75 23 R 50 46 99 75 36
2003 51 House 75 23 R 45 53 95 80 46
2004 52 House 72 27 R 55 45 96 65 48
2005 53 House 74 25 R 50 50 97 84 36
2006 54 House 65 34 R 61 39 99 55 68
2007 55 House 88 8 R 10 88 96 85 12
2008 56 House 36 0 R 23 76 96 84 8
2009 57 House 93 5 D 88 9 97 75 16
2010 58 House 85 13 D 73 27 95 55 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   28%


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.