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Jerry Weller

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 7, 1957 in Streator, IL

Education:

  • University of Illinois, B.S., 1979

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Aide to Rep. Tom Corcoran, 1980-1981
  • Aide to U.S. Agriculture Secretary, 1981-1985

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1988-1994


Election Results for Jerry Weller


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 36 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 11,387 31.7%
1994 36 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 97,241 60.6%
1996 38 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,375 100.0%
1996 38 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 109,896 51.8%
1998 40 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,294 100.0%
1998 40 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 100,597 58.8%
2000 42 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 30,194 100.0%
2000 42 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 132,384 56.4%
2002 44 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 52,459 100.0%
2002 44 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 124,192 64.3%
2004 46 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 44,378 100.0%
2004 46 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 173,057 58.7%
2006 48 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 45,954 100.0%
2006 48 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 109,009 55.1%


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



Ideology Data for Jerry Weller


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
1995 37 House 95 5 96 4 D 17 83 99 0 92
1996 38 House 84 16 83 16 D 41 58 99 5 84
1997 39 House 95 5 92 8 D 28 72 99 5 84
1998 40 House 86 14 86 12 D 26 72 98 15 92
1999 41 House 87 11 D 26 74 99 16 80
2000 42 House 82 14 D 40 60 97 15 67
2001 43 House 96 3 R 93 7 99 0 92
2002 44 House 95 4 R 86 14 98 5 92
2003 45 House 95 5 R 100 0 99 5 88
2004 46 House 89 8 R 85 15 94 15 84
2005 47 House 91 6 R 80 15 96 6 92
2006 48 House 88 11 R 95 5 99 5 80
2007 49 House 71 19 R 56 36 88 17 87
2008 50 House 71 13 R 49 27 80 35 84
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.