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Jack Fields

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 3, 1952 in Humble, TX

Education:

  • Baylor University, B.A., 1974, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Funeral home VP, 1977-1980


Election Results for Jack Fields


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 28 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 72,856 51.8%
1982 30 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 50,630 56.7%
1984 32 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 113,031 64.6%
1986 34 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 66,280 68.4%
1988 36 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 90,503 100.0%
1990 38 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 60,603 100.0%
1992 40 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,968 100.0%
1992 40 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 179,349 77.0%
1993 41 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Open Primary 4 277,560 13.6%
1994 42 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,244 100.0%
1994 42 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 148,473 92.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Fields


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
1981 29 House 96 1 88 8 R 76 18 94 0 100
1982 30 House 92 8 89 9 R 84 14 97 5 100
1983 31 House 92 4 91 6 R 83 17 95 5 86
1984 32 House 80 15 84 12 R 58 37 96 5 87
1985 33 House 91 9 89 4 R 74 21 95 10 89
1986 34 House 98 2 95 4 R 79 20 98 0 95
1987 35 House 95 5 94 2 R 73 25 96 4 86
1988 36 House 84 3 92 1 R 70 21 95 0 100
1989 37 House 95 5 88 6 R 78 20 96 0 96
1990 38 House 100 0 92 3 R 79 19 95 6 88
1991 39 House 97 0 92 5 R 79 18 96 0 100
1992 40 House 88 4 89 4 R 77 15 95 5 95
1993 41 House 98 2 82 1 D 27 63 85 0 100
1994 42 House 83 0 88 3 D 36 56 90 0 100
1995 43 House 95 0 91 1 D 15 80 92 0 92
1996 44 House 78 0 73 3 D 33 47 79 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.