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Norman Shumway

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 28, 1934 in Phoenix, AZ
Died: November 1, 2022 in Bountiful, UT

Education:

  • Stockton College, A.A., 1954
  • University of Utah, B.S., 1960
  • University of California, J.D., 1963

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • San Joaquin County supervisor, 1974-1978


Election Results for Norman Shumway


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 43 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 21,508 37.4%
1978 43 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 95,962 53.4%
1980 45 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 51,599 100.0%
1980 45 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 133,979 60.7%
1982 47 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 63,257 100.0%
1982 47 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 134,225 63.4%
1984 49 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 58,268 100.0%
1984 49 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 179,238 73.3%
1986 51 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 61,241 100.0%
1986 51 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 146,906 71.6%
1988 53 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 74,388 100.0%
1988 53 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 173,876 62.6%


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



Ideology Data for Norman Shumway


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
1979 44 House 96 1 95 3 D 22 75 97 6 97
1980 45 House 84 4 79 6 D 32 57 87 0 86
1981 46 House 95 4 92 7 R 83 16 98 5 100
1982 47 House 89 4 93 2 R 78 16 95 0 100
1983 48 House 90 2 90 2 R 82 11 92 0 100
1984 49 House 90 10 94 6 R 74 25 99 0 100
1985 50 House 91 5 88 9 R 79 18 97 15 95
1986 51 House 90 8 82 16 R 86 14 97 0 95
1987 52 House 88 9 84 15 R 79 21 99 4 96
1988 53 House 92 5 79 20 R 83 14 98 0 100
1989 54 House 90 10 73 23 R 78 20 96 5 96
1990 55 House 100 0 84 13 R 81 19 97 0 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.