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Bill Shuster

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 10, 1961 in McKeesport, PA

Education:

  • Dickenson College, B.A., 1983
  • American University, M.B.A., 1987

Career:

  • Corporate manager, 1983-1990
  • General manager of automobile dealership, 1990-2001

Other notes:

  • Son of Bud Shuster


Election Results for Bill Shuster


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2001 40 PA R U.S. House District 09 Special 1 55,670 51.9%
2002 41 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 33,538 74.0%
2002 41 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 124,184 71.0%
2004 43 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 43,097 51.3%
2004 43 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 184,320 69.5%
2006 45 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 54,954 100.0%
2006 45 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 121,069 60.3%
2008 47 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 57,890 100.0%
2008 47 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 174,951 63.9%
2010 49 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 56,828 100.0%
2010 49 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 141,904 73.1%
2012 51 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 41,735 100.0%
2012 51 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 169,177 61.7%
2014 53 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,465 52.8%
2014 53 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,094 63.5%
2016 55 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,393 50.6%
2016 55 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 186,580 63.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Shuster


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
2001 40 House 70 3 R 72 9 76 7 94
2002 41 House 98 2 R 89 11 99 0 96
2003 42 House 95 3 R 89 9 99 10 92
2004 43 House 92 4 R 76 21 96 5 96
2005 44 House 97 2 R 85 15 99 5 100
2006 45 House 95 3 R 95 5 98 0 84
2007 46 House 92 6 R 79 17 97 11 96
2008 47 House 94 5 R 65 33 98 21 92
2009 48 House 84 14 D 28 71 97 5 88
2010 49 House 95 2 D 27 71 96 0 100
2011 50 House 92 6 D 24 76 98 11 75
2012 51 House 90 9 D 14 83 98 0 76
2013 52 House 94 4 D 16 81 98 5 64
2014 53 House 88 6 D 14 85 93 0 57
2015 54 House 92 8 D 12 87 99 0 58
2016 55 House 96 3 D 6 94 99 0 68
2017 56 House 93 5 R 100 0 98 0 65
2018 57 House 74 3 R 96 0 75 9 60
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.