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Clay Shaw

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 19, 1939 in Miami, FL
Died: September 10, 2013 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Education:

  • Stetson University, B.A., 1961, J.D., 1966
  • University of Alabama, M.B.A., 1963

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Ft. Lauderdale chief prosecutor, 1968-1969
  • Associate Ft. Lauderdale municipal judge, 1969-1971

Elected Office:

  • Ft. Lauderdale city commissioner, 1971-1973
  • Ft. Lauderdale Vice-Mayor, 1973-1975
  • Mayor of Ft. Lauderdale, 1975-1980


Election Results for Clay Shaw


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 41 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 128,561 54.5%
1982 43 FL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 89,158 57.1%
1984 45 FL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 128,097 65.7%
1986 47 FL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 49 FL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 132,090 66.1%
1990 51 FL R U.S. House District 15 General 1 104,295 97.8%
1992 53 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 128,400 52.0%
1994 55 FL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 24,252 77.8%
1994 55 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 119,690 63.4%
1996 57 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 137,080 61.9%
1998 59 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 61 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 105,855 50.1%
2002 63 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 131,930 60.8%
2004 65 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 192,581 62.8%
2006 67 FL R U.S. House District 22 General 2 100,663 47.1%


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



Ideology Data for Clay Shaw


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
1981 42 House 95 5 94 6 R 78 22 99 10 100
1982 43 House 90 10 84 16 R 77 23 99 15 77
1983 44 House 93 4 87 8 R 78 16 94 5 95
1984 45 House 90 5 81 14 R 61 37 96 5 71
1985 46 House 89 9 88 8 R 70 25 97 5 79
1986 47 House 90 6 86 10 R 79 19 96 5 86
1987 48 House 95 5 76 20 R 70 29 95 4 78
1988 49 House 100 0 70 23 R 65 32 94 6 96
1989 50 House 95 5 65 32 R 77 22 97 5 89
1990 51 House 91 7 75 21 R 75 24 96 6 83
1991 52 House 97 0 78 16 R 80 17 95 0 90
1992 53 House 92 6 76 20 R 75 24 96 15 83
1993 54 House 98 2 86 12 D 48 51 96 10 92
1994 55 House 89 6 85 11 D 60 35 96 17 74
1995 56 House 92 6 90 9 D 25 75 99 15 72
1996 57 House 88 8 87 10 D 39 58 97 11 95
1997 58 House 93 7 87 13 D 36 64 99 10 80
1998 59 House 90 10 86 12 D 34 66 98 10 72
1999 60 House 82 13 D 33 61 96 21 61
2000 61 House 84 12 D 34 66 95 11 68
2001 62 House 90 9 R 95 5 97 10 76
2002 63 House 92 7 R 93 7 98 10 88
2003 64 House 92 6 R 93 7 98 10 80
2004 65 House 91 7 R 82 18 98 10 80
2005 66 House 90 7 R 74 20 96 11 71
2006 67 House 91 8 R 95 5 99 20 72
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.