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Jim McCrery

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 18, 1949 in Shreveport, LA

Education:

  • Louisiana Tech University, B.A., 1971
  • Louisiana State University, J.D., 1975

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • District manager for Rep. Buddy Leach, 1979
  • Assistant Shreveport city attorney, 1979-1980
  • Legislative director for Rep. Buddy Roemer, 1981-1984
  • Corporate manager, 1984-1988


Election Results for Jim McCrery


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 38 LA R U.S. House District 04 Special Open Primary 1 39,624 31.5%
1988 38 LA R U.S. House District 04 Special 1 63,590 50.5%
1988 38 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 72,228 68.6%
1990 40 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,859 54.7%
1992 42 LA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 69,511 44.1%
1992 42 LA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 153,501 63.0%
1994 44 LA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 106,204 79.8%
1996 46 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,822 71.4%
1998 48 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 50 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 122,678 70.5%
2002 52 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 114,649 71.6%
2004 54 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
2006 56 LA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,078 57.4%


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



Ideology Data for Jim McCrery


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
1988 38 House 94 0 80 18 R 61 35 98 13 94
1989 39 House 95 2 71 21 R 85 15 93 0 86
1990 40 House 87 7 62 23 R 68 25 87 18 88
1991 41 House 95 3 78 15 R 84 12 94 0 85
1992 42 House 83 2 74 6 R 77 6 80 7 90
1993 43 House 95 5 86 12 D 44 56 98 0 92
1994 44 House 92 8 80 13 D 53 41 95 6 90
1995 45 House 100 0 94 3 D 18 80 97 0 92
1996 46 House 94 2 91 6 D 35 59 95 0 95
1997 47 House 93 0 90 6 D 29 69 95 20 83
1998 48 House 95 0 90 5 D 24 71 92 5 96
1999 49 House 92 7 D 22 76 96 0 80
2000 50 House 88 10 D 30 68 96 5 83
2001 51 House 97 1 R 93 2 97 5 92
2002 52 House 96 3 R 89 7 96 0 92
2003 53 House 93 3 R 91 0 95 6 92
2004 54 House 94 2 R 88 6 94 5 96
2005 55 House 94 3 R 87 13 96 0 92
2006 56 House 94 3 R 95 0 96 0 88
2007 57 House 87 8 R 80 15 95 5 96
2008 58 House 85 4 R 78 13 86 6 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.