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Dean Heller

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 10, 1960 in Castro Valley, CA

Education:

  • University of Southern California, B.S., 1985

Elected Office:

  • NV Assembly, 1990-1994
  • NV Sexretary of State, 1995-2007
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on May 9, 2011 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Ensign


Election Results for Dean Heller


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 34 NV R Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 53,478 49.3%
1994 34 NV R Secretary of State District SOS General 1 204,041 54.6%
1998 38 NV R Secretary of State District SOS General 1 270,024 65.6%
2002 42 NV R Secretary of State District SOS General 1 298,125 60.5%
2006 46 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,770 35.9%
2006 46 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 117,168 50.3%
2008 48 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,112 86.0%
2008 48 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 170,771 51.8%
2010 50 NV R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 72,728 83.7%
2010 50 NV R U.S. House District 02 General 1 169,458 63.3%
2012 52 NV R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 88,958 86.3%
2012 52 NV R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 457,656 45.9%
2018 58 NV R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 99,509 70.0%
2018 58 NV R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 441,202 45.4%
2022 62 NV R Governor Primary 3 32,087 14.0%


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



Ideology Data for Dean Heller


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
2007 47 House 93 5 R 73 26 99 16 96
2008 48 House 90 8 R 67 31 98 26 80
2009 49 House 89 7 D 22 71 97 5 92
2010 50 House 90 6 D 32 63 96 11 88
2011 51 House 31 2 D 2 37 30 17 91
2011 51 Senate 67 12 D 31 38 69 14 86
2012 52 Senate 60 32 D 46 41 90 21 71
2013 53 Senate 88 10 D 43 57 98 5 83
2014 54 Senate 82 15 D 60 39 98 26 71
2015 55 Senate 77 20 D 61 36 97 25 71
2016 56 Senate 79 18 D 42 55 97 15 76
2017 57 Senate 90 6 R 91 5 97 11 76
2018 58 Senate 92 4 R 88 3 93 0 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.