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Terri Sewell

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1965 in Huntsville, AL

Education:

  • Selma (AL) High School, 1982
  • Princeton University, A.B., 1986
  • Oxford University, M.A., 1988
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1992

Career:

  • Clerk, U.S. District Court judge, 1993-1994
  • Practicing attorney, 1994-2010


Election Results for Terri Sewell


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 45 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,531 36.8%
2010 45 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 32,366 55.0%
2010 45 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 136,696 72.4%
2012 47 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 232,520 75.8%
2014 49 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 74,953 83.9%
2014 49 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,687 98.4%
2016 51 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 229,330 98.4%
2018 53 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 185,010 97.8%
2020 55 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 225,742 97.2%
2022 57 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 123,233 63.5%


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



Ideology Data for Terri Sewell


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
2011 46 House 87 12 D 83 15 98 79 0
2012 47 House 88 7 D 76 19 96 78 8
2013 48 House 88 11 D 80 19 97 74 13
2014 49 House 90 8 D 86 12 98 70 8
2015 50 House 84 9 D 78 15 93 72 0
2016 51 House 88 7 D 81 13 94 90 4
2017 52 House 96 3 R 19 81 98 85 4
2018 53 House 81 7 R 52 44 90 55 11
2019 54 House 98 1 R 4 96 99 85 7
2020 55 House 90 1 R 6 86 92 82 4
2021 56 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 85 5
2022 57 House 96 2 D 100 0 98 3
2023 58 House 86 6 D 92 3
2024 59 House 86 10 D 96 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.