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Jeb Hensarling

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 29, 1957 in Stephensville, TX

Education:

  • Texas A&M University, B.A., 1979
  • University of Texas, J.D., 1982

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Staff, TX Sen. Phil Gramm, 1985-1989
  • Business executive


Election Results for Jeb Hensarling


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 45 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 10,475 53.6%
2002 45 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 81,439 58.2%
2004 47 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 18,756 100.0%
2004 47 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 148,816 64.5%
2006 49 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 24,793 100.0%
2006 49 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,478 61.8%
2008 51 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,803 100.0%
2008 51 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 162,894 83.6%
2010 53 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,295 100.0%
2010 53 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 106,742 70.5%
2012 55 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,348 100.0%
2012 55 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 134,091 64.4%
2014 57 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,634 100.0%
2014 57 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,998 85.4%
2016 59 TX R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 73,143 100.0%
2016 59 TX R U.S. House District 05 General 1 155,469 80.6%


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



Ideology Data for Jeb Hensarling


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
2003 46 House 94 3 R 98 2 97 5 92
2004 47 House 96 2 R 88 0 98 0 100
2005 48 House 98 2 R 91 9 99 0 100
2006 49 House 96 4 R 87 13 99 10 100
2007 50 House 96 2 R 90 7 98 0 100
2008 51 House 99 0 R 84 13 99 5 100
2009 52 House 98 0 D 12 87 97 0 100
2010 53 House 99 1 D 29 71 99 0 100
2011 54 House 97 3 D 21 79 99 0 92
2012 55 House 99 1 D 14 86 99 0 96
2013 56 House 98 2 D 13 87 99 0 96
2014 57 House 97 2 D 11 85 98 5 96
2015 58 House 99 1 D 9 91 100 0 96
2016 59 House 96 1 D 9 85 98 0 96
2017 60 House 97 1 R 97 3 99 0 96
2018 61 House 99 1 R 96 4 99 0 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.