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Norman Sisisky

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 9, 1927 in Baltimore, MD
Died: March 29, 2001 in Richmond, VA

Education:

  • Virginia Commonwealth University, B.A., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946

Career:

  • President of local bottling company, 1949-1982

Elected Office:

  • VA House, 1974-1982


Election Results for Norman Sisisky


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 55 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 80,695 54.4%
1984 57 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,093 99.9%
1986 59 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 64,699 99.8%
1988 61 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,786 99.9%
1990 63 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 71,051 78.3%
1992 65 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 147,649 68.4%
1994 67 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,055 61.6%
1996 69 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 160,100 78.6%
1998 71 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 64,563 97.0%
2000 73 VA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 189,787 98.9%


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



Ideology Data for Norman Sisisky


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
1983 56 House 75 21 61 32 R 43 56 95 65 45
1984 57 House 73 24 66 32 R 54 42 98 42 39
1985 58 House 78 20 76 22 R 39 58 97 40 42
1986 59 House 70 30 75 21 R 39 60 97 45 45
1987 60 House 86 9 74 24 R 45 54 99 52 39
1988 61 House 76 21 77 20 R 38 61 94 55 40
1989 62 House 78 20 73 25 R 51 47 98 61 21
1990 63 House 91 9 77 22 R 43 57 99 39 42
1991 64 House 76 14 68 25 R 45 49 95 38 39
1992 65 House 92 6 71 28 R 49 50 98 58 46
1993 66 House 84 11 71 23 D 77 22 94 45 42
1994 67 House 89 8 70 27 D 79 19 97 37 48
1995 68 House 78 7 45 45 D 55 31 90 50 22
1996 69 House 96 0 51 47 D 59 38 97 35 55
1997 70 House 96 4 62 38 D 60 40 98 55 28
1998 71 House 88 12 64 35 D 63 37 99 65 28
1999 72 House 65 35 D 63 37 99 75 24
2000 73 House 59 38 D 42 58 97 55 44
2001 74 House 7 3 R 0 2 10 33 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   38%


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.