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Jim Santini

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 13, 1937 in Reno, NV
Died: September 22, 2015 in Rockville, MD (esophageal cancer)

Education:

  • University of Nevada-Reno, B.S., 1959
  • University of California, J.D., 1962

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1963-1966

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Clark County deputy district attorney, 1966-1968
  • Clark County public defender, 1968-1970
  • Las Vegas justice of the peace, 1970-1972
  • Clark County district court judge, 1972-1974

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 1986


Election Results for Jim Santini


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 36 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 39,345 53.6%
1974 36 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 93,665 55.8%
1976 38 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 153,996 77.1%
1978 40 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 67,338 80.2%
1978 40 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 132,513 69.5%
1980 42 NV D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 54,495 79.3%
1980 42 NV D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 165,107 67.5%
1982 44 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 49,735 44.7%
1986 48 NV R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 55,947 80.3%
1986 48 NV R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 116,606 44.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Santini


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
1975 37 House 51 39 55 37 R 30 65 93 26* 47
1976 38 House 57 33 58 33 R 35 53 85 30 56
1977 39 House 51 40 57 36 D 46 32 86 26 56
1978 40 House 52 31 42 44 D 46 45 82 5 52
1979 41 House 69 20 36 51 D 38 49 79 17 58
1980 42 House 64 15 32 45 D 38 38 74 20 59
1981 43 House 64 13 30 45 R 47 30 73 24 82
1982 44 House 47 22 32 32 R 30 31 62 14 63
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.