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Bob Wise

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 6, 1948 in Washington, D.C.

Education:

  • Duke University, B.A., 1970
  • Tulane University, J.D., 1975

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • WV tax director for Fair & Equitable Assessment, 1977-1980

Elected Office:

  • WV Senate, 1980-1982


Election Results for Bob Wise


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 34 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,016 44.9%
1982 34 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 84,619 57.9%
1984 36 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 80,972 91.3%
1984 36 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 125,306 67.9%
1986 38 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 52,225 100.0%
1986 38 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 73,669 64.9%
1988 40 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 67,277 100.0%
1988 40 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 120,192 74.3%
1990 42 WV D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 52,391 100.0%
1990 42 WV D U.S. House District 03 General 1 75,327 100.0%
1992 44 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 66,445 100.0%
1992 44 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,988 70.9%
1994 46 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,275 100.0%
1994 46 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,757 63.7%
1996 48 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 81,340 85.5%
1996 48 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 141,551 68.9%
1998 50 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 52,059 86.2%
1998 50 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,357 73.0%
2000 52 WV D Governor Primary 1 174,202 63.1%
2000 52 WV D Governor General 1 324,822 50.1%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Wise


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 35 House 30 67 84 13 R 13 85 97 90 14
1984 36 House 37 61 76 17 R 33 61 94 70 18
1985 37 House 27 71 84 9 R 26 74 95 74 11
1986 38 House 40 60 88 8 R 23 72 96 79 5
1987 39 House 40 60 86 5 R 17 80 93 88 0
1988 40 House 58 39 87 9 R 21 73 95 75 12
1989 41 House 44 46 85 7 R 31 60 93 75 14
1990 42 House 28 72 92 6 R 19 81 97 72 13
1991 43 House 41 54 90 6 R 26 70 95 70 5
1992 44 House 50 48 84 8 R 18 76 93 84 17
1993 45 House 68 27 86 10 D 87 12 96 70 21
1994 46 House 69 28 91 6 D 81 18 97 74 30
1995 47 House 40 59 87 11 D 83 16 98 90 16
1996 48 House 63 35 78 17 D 80 14 95 74 10
1997 49 House 56 38 80 16 D 80 20 96 80 17
1998 50 House 52 48 81 14 D 74 21 96 89 4
1999 51 House 75 24 D 69 30 93 80 24
2000 52 House 59 17 D 52 30 66 70 27
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.