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Lee Terry

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 29, 1962 in Omaha, NE

Education:

  • University of Nebraska, B.A., 1984
  • Creighton University, J.D., 1987

Career:

  • Omaha city council, 1990-1998


Election Results for Lee Terry


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 36 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,769 40.2%
1998 36 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,782 65.5%
2000 38 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,696 98.7%
2000 38 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,911 65.8%
2002 40 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,193 100.0%
2002 40 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 89,917 63.3%
2004 42 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,463 100.0%
2004 42 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 152,608 61.1%
2006 44 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 52,890 83.6%
2006 44 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,475 54.7%
2008 46 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,146 84.4%
2008 46 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 142,473 51.9%
2010 48 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,478 63.1%
2010 48 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,840 60.8%
2012 50 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,998 59.5%
2012 50 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 1 133,964 50.8%
2014 52 NE R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,812 52.9%
2014 52 NE R U.S. House District 02 General 2 78,157 45.6%


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



Ideology Data for Lee Terry


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
1999 37 House 93 7 D 26 74 99 5 83
2000 38 House 95 4 D 28 72 99 5 96
2001 39 House 96 4 R 91 9 98 0 96
2002 40 House 92 8 R 82 11 98 5 88
2003 41 House 95 4 R 89 11 97 5 80
2004 42 House 91 7 R 85 12 97 0 92
2005 43 House 93 6 R 83 17 97 0 92
2006 44 House 96 3 R 100 0 99 0 92
2007 45 House 92 7 R 75 24 97 10 88
2008 46 House 89 10 R 67 31 97 15 92
2009 47 House 88 10 D 42 57 99 15 88
2010 48 House 91 8 D 29 68 97 5 92
2011 49 House 92 7 D 19 81 99 5 88
2012 50 House 92 7 D 15 85 99 5 72
2013 51 House 94 6 D 16 84 99 5 68
2014 52 House 94 5 D 9 89 99 0 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.