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Sylvester Turner



Born: September 27, 1954 in Houston, TX


Election Results for Sylvester Turner


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 33 TX D State House District 139 Primary 1 4,666 61.4%
1988 33 TX D State House District 139 General 1 16,323 58.6%
1990 35 TX D State House District 139 General 1 12,001 65.9%
1992 37 TX D State House District 139 General 1 19,542 100.0%
1994 39 TX D State House District 139 General 1 11,944 100.0%
1996 41 TX D State House District 139 General 1 17,194 100.0%
1998 43 TX D State House District 139 General 1 12,068 100.0%
2000 45 TX D State House District 139 General 1 22,642 100.0%
2002 47 TX D State House District 139 General 1 18,559 100.0%
2004 49 TX D State House District 139 Primary 1 3,006 100.0%
2004 49 TX D State House District 139 General 1 30,151 100.0%
2006 51 TX D State House District 139 Primary 1 1,221 100.0%
2006 51 TX D State House District 139 General 1 13,969 100.0%
2008 53 TX D State House District 139 Primary 1 17,785 100.0%
2008 53 TX D State House District 139 General 1 35,220 100.0%
2010 55 TX D State House District 139 General 1 20,842 100.0%
2012 57 TX D State House District 139 Primary 1 5,231 100.0%
2012 57 TX D State House District 139 General 1 39,022 77.1%
2014 59 TX D State House District 139 Primary 1 3,847 100.0%
2014 59 TX D State House District 139 General 1 21,802 100.0%
2024 69 TX D U.S. House District 18 General 1 151,834 69.4%


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




Ideology Data for Sylvester Turner


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
2025 70 House 30 1 R 33 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   22%


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 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 2025) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.