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Silvestre Reyes

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 10, 1944 in Canutillo, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Texas, 1964-1965
  • Attended UTEP, 1965-1966
  • El Paso Community College, 1976

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1966-1968

Career:

  • Border patrol agent for INS, 1969-1995

Elected Office:

  • Canutillo school board, 1968-1970


Election Results for Silvestre Reyes


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 51 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 22,199 42.5%
1996 51 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary Runoff 1 21,161 51.2%
1996 51 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 90,260 70.6%
1998 53 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,264 100.0%
1998 53 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 67,486 87.9%
2000 55 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 20,169 100.0%
2000 55 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 92,649 68.3%
2002 57 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 33,904 100.0%
2002 57 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 72,383 100.0%
2004 59 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 27,469 100.0%
2004 59 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 108,577 67.5%
2006 61 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 28,931 100.0%
2006 61 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 61,116 78.7%
2008 63 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 75,058 80.4%
2008 63 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 130,375 82.1%
2010 65 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 26,066 100.0%
2010 65 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 49,301 58.1%
2012 67 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 20,440 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for Silvestre Reyes


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
1997 52 House 76 22 77 19 D 69 28 95 72 38
1998 53 House 64 33 81 12 D 73 21 92 80 13
1999 54 House 76 15 D 65 24 90 89 26
2000 55 House 86 12 D 84 14 95 80 16
2001 56 House 78 18 R 37 63 92 95 30
2002 57 House 78 13 R 39 57 89 83 19
2003 58 House 77 17 R 38 62 90 80 40
2004 59 House 69 11 R 30 55 79 82 26
2005 60 House 72 17 R 30 52 86 88 41
2006 61 House 78 14 R 39 50 93 84 36
2007 62 House 93 4 R 7 92 96 95 4
2008 63 House 90 3 R 25 71 92 82 8
2009 64 House 95 1 D 97 1 96 95 4
2010 65 House 89 2 D 90 7 91 83 0
2011 66 House 85 11 D 84 11 97 70 12
2012 67 House 84 7 D 73 8 87 82 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.