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Jerry McNerney

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 18, 1951 in Albuquerque, NM

Education:

  • Attended U.S. Military Academy, 1971
  • University of New Mexico, B.S., 1973, M.S., 1975, Ph.D., 1981

Career:

  • Sandia National Labs, 1979-1985
  • Engineer, U.S. Windpower Kenetech, 1985-1994
  • Energy consultant, 1994-1999
  • CEO, start-up wind turbine manufacturer, 2000-2006


Election Results for Jerry McNerney


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 53 CA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 1,667 100.0%
2004 53 CA D U.S. House District 11 General 2 103,587 38.8%
2006 55 CA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 23,598 52.8%
2006 55 CA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 109,868 53.3%
2008 57 CA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 40,403 100.0%
2008 57 CA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 164,500 55.3%
2010 59 CA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 48,772 100.0%
2010 59 CA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 115,361 48.0%
2012 61 CA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 45,696 47.8%
2012 61 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,373 55.6%
2014 63 CA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 38,295 49.4%
2014 63 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 63,475 52.4%
2016 65 CA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 71,634 55.3%
2016 65 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 133,163 57.4%
2018 67 CA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 55,923 53.2%
2018 67 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 113,414 56.5%
2020 69 CA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 1 86,556 57.0%
2020 69 CA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 174,252 57.6%


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



Ideology Data for Jerry McNerney


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
2007 56 House 90 9 R 3 97 99 95 4
2008 57 House 92 7 R 19 81 98 85 13
2009 58 House 88 10 D 93 7 99 100 12
2010 59 House 90 9 D 85 15 98 85 9
2011 60 House 94 6 D 87 12 99 90 4
2012 61 House 89 9 D 81 19 99 75 8
2013 62 House 89 10 D 83 17 99 70 8
2014 63 House 94 5 D 80 18 98 75 12
2015 64 House 95 3 D 93 6 97 95 0
2016 65 House 96 3 D 98 2 99 95 4
2017 66 House 97 2 R 19 81 99 90 0
2018 67 House 91 3 R 22 67 92 83 12
2019 68 House 95 0 R 4 92 96 95 0
2020 69 House 100 0 R 6 94 100 100 0
2021 70 House 99 0 D 100 0 100 100 5
2022 71 House 99 0 D 100 0 99 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.