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Jeanne Shaheen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 28, 1947 in St. Charles, MO

Education:

  • Shippensburg University, B.A., 1969
  • University of Mississippi, M.A., 1973

Career:

  • Teacher, 1969-1971
  • University administrative assistant, 1973-1974
  • Businesswoman, 1973-1976
  • NH campaign manager, Carter/Mondale presidential campaign, 1979-1980
  • NH campaign manager for presidental candidate Gary Hart, 1983-1984
  • Campaign manager, McEachern for Governor, 1986-1988

Elected Office:

  • NH Senate, 1990-1996


Election Results for Jeanne Shaheen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 49 NH D Governor Primary 1 52,338 85.7%
1996 49 NH D Governor General 1 284,175 57.2%
1998 51 NH R Governor Primary 5 1,731 2.4%
1998 51 NH D Governor Primary 1 28,628 93.8%
1998 51 NH D Governor General 1 210,769 66.1%
2000 53 NH D Governor Primary 1 45,249 60.4%
2000 53 NH D Governor General 1 275,038 48.7%
2002 55 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 57,995 100.0%
2002 55 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 207,478 46.4%
2008 61 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 3 517 0.8%
2008 61 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 42,968 100.0%
2008 61 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 358,438 51.6%
2014 67 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 39,282 100.0%
2014 67 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 251,184 51.5%
2020 73 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 142,012 93.8%
2020 73 NH D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 450,778 56.6%


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



Ideology Data for Jeanne Shaheen


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
2009 62 Senate 94 5 D 94 5 99 100 8
2010 63 Senate 92 6 D 97 0 97 90 0
2011 64 Senate 92 7 D 97 2 98 90 10
2012 65 Senate 97 3 D 98 1 99 95 0
2013 66 Senate 96 4 D 98 1 99 90 8
2014 67 Senate 97 2 D 97 1 99 90 4
2015 68 Senate 92 8 D 92 5 99 95 0
2016 69 Senate 91 9 D 87 6 99 95 4
2017 70 Senate 95 5 R 45 54 99 95 0
2018 71 Senate 77 21 R 47 49 94 90 10
2019 72 Senate 84 16 R 50 50 100 100 0
2020 73 Senate 85 12 R 46 53 98 95 4
2021 74 Senate 98 1 D 91 5 98 90 11
2022 75 Senate 89 1 D 92 0 91 0
2023 76 Senate 92 2 D 97 2
2024 77 Senate 80 9 D 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.