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Sheila Jackson-Lee

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 12, 1950 in Queens, NY

Education:

  • Jamaica High School (Jamaica, NY), 1968
  • Yale University, B.A., 1972
  • University of Virginia Law School, J.D., 1975

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to U.S. House Select Assassinations Committee, 1977-1978
  • Houston associate municipal judge, 1987-1990

Elected Office:

  • Houston city council, 1990-1994


Election Results for Sheila Jackson-Lee


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 44 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 26,672 63.4%
1994 44 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 84,790 73.5%
1996 46 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 106,111 77.1%
1998 48 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 10,147 100.0%
1998 48 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 82,091 89.9%
2000 50 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 16,067 100.0%
2000 50 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 131,857 76.5%
2002 52 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 31,563 94.4%
2002 52 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 99,161 76.9%
2004 54 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 19,565 100.0%
2004 54 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 136,018 88.9%
2006 56 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 9,512 100.0%
2006 56 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 65,936 76.6%
2008 58 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 78,161 100.0%
2008 58 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 148,617 77.3%
2010 60 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 21,570 67.0%
2010 60 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 85,108 70.2%
2012 62 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 21,171 100.0%
2012 62 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 146,223 75.0%
2014 64 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 14,373 100.0%
2014 64 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 76,097 71.8%
2016 66 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 46,113 100.0%
2016 66 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 150,157 73.5%
2018 68 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 32,625 85.3%
2018 68 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 138,704 75.2%
2020 70 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 49,729 77.1%
2020 70 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 180,952 73.3%
2022 72 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 35,194 100.0%
2022 72 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 110,511 70.7%
2024 74 TX D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 23,629 60.0%


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



Ideology Data for Sheila Jackson-Lee


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
1995 45 House 25 75 94 6 D 89 10 99 100 0
1996 46 House 39 53 86 6 D 84 11 92 90 5
1997 47 House 35 60 90 8 D 75 24 98 94 13
1998 48 House 29 62 90 6 D 78 16 97 100 4
1999 49 House 91 3 D 74 22 94 100 0
2000 50 House 85 7 D 82 14 93 89 5
2001 51 House 92 7 R 16 84 97 100 8
2002 52 House 95 3 R 21 79 96 100 0
2003 53 House 95 3 R 16 82 94 100 8
2004 54 House 91 4 R 27 73 94 95 4
2005 55 House 85 6 R 28 72 92 100 14
2006 56 House 89 7 R 32 63 96 100 16
2007 57 House 96 2 R 2 95 98 100 0
2008 58 House 90 2 R 16 81 90 100 4
2009 59 House 95 1 D 94 4 96 100 0
2010 60 House 93 1 D 73 17 91 95 0
2011 61 House 91 7 D 75 22 97 95 4
2012 62 House 74 5 D 64 10 81 94 0
2013 63 House 89 5 D 80 12 93 80 14
2014 64 House 90 3 D 88 11 92 89 10
2015 65 House 85 2 D 84 11 88 100 5
2016 66 House 86 3 D 94 4 87 90 0
2017 67 House 95 2 R 14 83 97 95 0
2018 68 House 96 3 R 22 78 98 92 4
2019 69 House 99 0 R 4 94 98 95 0
2020 70 House 98 1 R 6 94 96 95 0
2021 71 House 99 0 D 100 0 98 100 3
2022 72 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 73 House 65 4 D 71 0
2024 74 House 26 5 D 33 20
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.