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Jim Nussle

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 27, 1960 in Des Moines, IA

Education:

  • Luther College, B.A., 1983
  • Drake University, J.D., 1985

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Delaware County attorney, 1986-1990


Election Results for Jim Nussle


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 30 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 8,209 40.0%
1990 30 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 82,650 49.8%
1992 32 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,809 99.9%
1992 32 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 134,536 50.2%
1994 34 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,469 99.5%
1994 34 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 111,076 56.0%
1996 36 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,485 99.5%
1996 36 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 127,827 53.4%
1998 38 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,216 99.7%
1998 38 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 104,613 55.2%
2000 40 IA R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,282 99.4%
2000 40 IA R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,906 55.4%
2002 42 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,648 99.4%
2002 42 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 112,280 57.2%
2004 44 IA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 12,082 100.0%
2004 44 IA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 159,993 55.2%
2006 46 IA R Governor Primary 1 73,975 100.0%
2006 46 IA R Governor General 2 467,425 44.4%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Nussle


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
1991 31 House 81 19 85 14 R 80 20 99 20 85
1992 32 House 65 35 89 10 R 71 29 99 25 75
1993 33 House 59 41 89 10 D 17 83 99 20 83
1994 34 House 81 19 93 6 D 42 56 99 26 70
1995 35 House 89 5 95 3 D 21 78 98 0 84
1996 36 House 90 10 96 4 D 33 67 99 5 95
1997 37 House 89 11 92 6 D 28 71 98 10 92
1998 38 House 98 2 89 11 D 27 72 99 10 84
1999 39 House 88 12 D 22 78 97 20 80
2000 40 House 91 7 D 26 72 98 15 84
2001 41 House 94 5 R 88 12 98 0 88
2002 42 House 91 7 R 86 14 98 0 92
2003 43 House 94 5 R 91 9 98 15 88
2004 44 House 92 7 R 85 15 98 15 80
2005 45 House 95 4 R 83 17 97 6 92
2006 46 House 75 6 R 61 5 74 6 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.