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Jerry Lewis

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 21, 1934 in Spokane, WA
Died: July 15, 2021 in Redlands, CA

Education:

  • University of California, B.A., 1956

Career:

  • Insurance businessman, 1959-1978
  • Field representative for CA Rep. Jerry Pettis, 1966

Elected Office:

  • San Bernardino school board, 1964-1968
  • CA Assembly, 1969-1978


Election Results for Jerry Lewis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 43 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 40,101 54.8%
1978 43 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 106,581 61.4%
1980 45 CA R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 67,694 83.0%
1980 45 CA R U.S. House District 37 General 1 166,640 71.6%
1982 47 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 46,202 100.0%
1982 47 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 112,786 68.3%
1984 49 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 45,262 100.0%
1984 49 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 176,477 85.5%
1986 51 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 48,421 100.0%
1986 51 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 127,235 76.9%
1988 53 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 71,203 100.0%
1988 53 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 181,203 70.4%
1990 55 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 53,806 78.9%
1990 55 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 121,602 60.6%
1992 57 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 49,121 100.0%
1992 57 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 129,563 63.1%
1994 59 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 34,311 69.4%
1994 59 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 115,728 70.7%
1996 61 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 46,108 76.9%
1996 61 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 98,821 64.9%
1998 63 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 60,371 84.8%
1998 63 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 97,406 64.9%
2000 65 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 86,315 100.0%
2000 65 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 151,069 79.9%
2002 67 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 45,833 100.0%
2002 67 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 91,326 67.4%
2004 69 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 63,453 100.0%
2004 69 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 181,605 82.9%
2006 71 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 45,119 100.0%
2006 71 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 109,761 66.9%
2008 73 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 36,663 82.5%
2008 73 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 159,486 61.6%
2010 75 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 42,462 66.3%
2010 75 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 127,857 63.2%


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



Ideology Data for Jerry Lewis


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
1979 44 House 90 6 81 17 D 30 66 94 5 90
1980 45 House 72 20 67 22 D 31 62 88 11 94
1981 46 House 81 15 75 15 R 72 20 90 11 82
1982 47 House 89 10 84 13 R 81 16 93 5 90
1983 48 House 74 8 74 17 R 70 20 87 5 89
1984 49 House 83 10 72 18 R 71 22 89 11 86
1985 50 House 84 11 75 18 R 65 28 91 11 74
1986 51 House 56 16 63 14 R 63 21 80 0 90
1987 52 House 91 2 81 12 R 68 30 94 12 83
1988 53 House 55 11 67 12 R 44 24 69 7 90
1989 54 House 83 17 80 17 R 78 21 97 10 79
1990 55 House 89 7 70 19 R 65 26 88 6 77
1991 56 House 84 5 78 16 R 81 16 93 0 83
1992 57 House 85 6 77 17 R 77 14 95 12 83
1993 58 House 89 11 83 15 D 42 56 96 0 88
1994 59 House 81 8 77 18 D 50 41 95 0 88
1995 60 House 98 1 92 6 D 21 75 98 5 68
1996 61 House 94 0 82 11 D 43 51 94 5 83
1997 62 House 96 4 83 12 D 33 61 96 20 63
1998 63 House 95 2 86 12 D 32 65 97 10 75
1999 64 House 83 14 D 26 70 96 20 74
2000 65 House 83 12 D 38 60 95 0 64
2001 66 House 89 3 R 88 2 92 5 79
2002 67 House 89 8 R 79 14 93 10 88
2003 68 House 94 4 R 96 4 96 5 84
2004 69 House 90 6 R 85 12 97 0 88
2005 70 House 95 5 R 87 13 99 0 76
2006 71 House 93 6 R 89 8 96 15 67
2007 72 House 81 16 R 77 21 96 11 88
2008 73 House 93 6 R 80 18 98 21 84
2009 74 House 84 15 D 26 74 99 5 84
2010 75 House 93 3 D 27 71 96 0 96
2011 76 House 91 7 D 26 73 98 0 80
2012 77 House 65 4 D 15 61 69 0 76
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.