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Devin Nunes

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 1, 1973 in Tulare County, CA

Education:

  • College of the Sequoias, A.A., 1993
  • Cal Tech, B.S., 1995, M.S., 1996

Career:

  • College of the Sequoias governing board, 1996-2002
  • USDA rural development director, 2001


Election Results for Devin Nunes


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 24 CA R U.S. House District 20 Primary 2 15,124 48.3%
2002 28 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 21,438 37.0%
2002 28 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 87,544 70.5%
2004 30 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 39,510 100.0%
2004 30 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 140,721 73.2%
2006 32 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 43,364 100.0%
2006 32 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 95,214 66.7%
2008 34 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 41,638 100.0%
2008 34 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 143,498 68.4%
2010 36 CA R U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 55,299 100.0%
2010 36 CA R U.S. House District 21 General 1 135,979 100.0%
2012 38 CA R U.S. House District 22 Open Primary 1 67,386 70.6%
2012 38 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 132,386 61.9%
2014 40 CA R U.S. House District 22 Open Primary 1 60,499 67.9%
2014 40 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 96,053 72.0%
2016 42 CA R U.S. House District 22 Open Primary 1 86,479 63.8%
2016 42 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 158,755 67.6%
2018 44 CA R U.S. House District 22 Open Primary 1 70,112 57.6%
2018 44 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 117,243 52.7%
2020 46 CA R U.S. House District 22 Open Primary 1 94,686 56.1%
2020 46 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 170,888 54.2%


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



Ideology Data for Devin Nunes


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
2003 29 House 96 2 R 100 0 99 5 92
2004 30 House 94 5 R 85 9 97 0 96
2005 31 House 94 4 R 83 15 98 6 84
2006 32 House 95 2 R 97 3 97 0 84
2007 33 House 93 3 R 78 18 96 5 100
2008 34 House 93 3 R 77 17 97 0 100
2009 35 House 92 3 D 17 77 93 0 96
2010 36 House 90 1 D 27 66 94 0 100
2011 37 House 96 3 D 24 74 99 0 84
2012 38 House 93 6 D 14 83 98 0 88
2013 39 House 90 5 D 16 81 96 5 64
2014 40 House 94 5 D 14 86 99 0 79
2015 41 House 94 5 D 16 84 99 0 54
2016 42 House 96 4 D 9 91 99 0 76
2017 43 House 95 3 R 89 0 99 0 80
2018 44 House 98 2 R 100 0 96 0 72
2019 45 House 95 5 R 98 0 99 0 82
2020 46 House 94 2 R 94 3 98 5 75
2021 47 House 95 2 D 6 89 98 0 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.