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Wally Herger

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 20, 1945 in Yuba City, CA

Education:

  • Attended Cal State University-Sacramento

Career:

  • Cattle rancher
  • Gas company owner, 1969-1980

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1980-1986


Election Results for Wally Herger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 41 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,123 72.1%
1986 41 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,758 58.3%
1988 43 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 65,458 100.0%
1988 43 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,010 58.8%
1990 45 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 69,187 100.0%
1990 45 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 133,315 63.7%
1992 47 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 67,389 88.8%
1992 47 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 167,247 65.2%
1994 49 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,055 100.0%
1994 49 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 137,864 64.2%
1996 51 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 71,452 84.5%
1996 51 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 144,913 60.8%
1998 53 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 102,806 89.9%
1998 53 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 128,372 62.5%
2000 55 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 120,375 100.0%
2000 55 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 168,172 65.7%
2002 57 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 71,028 88.8%
2002 57 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 117,747 65.8%
2004 59 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,923 100.0%
2004 59 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 182,119 66.9%
2006 61 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 69,669 100.0%
2006 61 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 134,911 64.2%
2008 63 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,394 100.0%
2008 63 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 163,459 57.9%
2010 65 CA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 57,272 65.3%
2010 65 CA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,837 57.1%


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



Ideology Data for Wally Herger


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
1987 42 House 93 7 89 9 R 74 24 99 12 100
1988 43 House 92 5 91 8 R 68 32 99 0 92
1989 44 House 88 12 91 8 R 76 24 99 10 100
1990 45 House 94 6 94 4 R 69 30 98 6 96
1991 46 House 95 3 86 8 R 68 30 95 5 100
1992 47 House 81 8 90 4 R 73 16 94 6 95
1993 48 House 91 7 94 4 D 20 77 98 5 100
1994 49 House 86 6 90 3 D 36 56 94 6 100
1995 50 House 93 5 97 2 D 15 85 99 0 92
1996 51 House 92 6 95 4 D 32 65 98 0 100
1997 52 House 87 9 93 3 D 27 68 95 5 96
1998 53 House 98 2 93 4 D 22 76 96 0 100
1999 54 House 97 2 D 28 72 98 5 92
2000 55 House 92 4 D 22 76 96 0 96
2001 56 House 96 2 R 88 9 98 0 96
2002 57 House 96 2 R 86 14 96 0 100
2003 58 House 93 1 R 95 2 94 6 88
2004 59 House 98 1 R 88 12 98 5 100
2005 60 House 97 3 R 83 17 99 0 96
2006 61 House 98 0 R 97 3 98 0 92
2007 62 House 91 4 R 79 14 94 5 96
2008 63 House 94 3 R 73 22 97 11 88
2009 64 House 97 2 D 16 80 98 0 100
2010 65 House 99 1 D 29 71 98 0 100
2011 66 House 96 2 D 22 77 98 0 95
2012 67 House 91 1 D 10 80 92 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.