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Thursday, March 02, 2006

TX-28: Clearly to the Right

Posted by DavidNYC

Because a picture is worth a thousand votes:

(Source: CQ Weekly, subscription only.)

Posted at 08:10 PM in 2006 Elections - House, Texas | Technorati

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David, who are the other five and the other seven? I know one of them is Matheson, who I can forgive in a heartbeat, but I'd like to know who the others are.

Posted by: Nonpartisan [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 12:35 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

NP: Cuellar had a unity score of 70% last year. Here were the Dems who were less loyal to the caucus in 2005:

Dan Boren - 59 (59-41)
Robert Cramer - 60 (60-39)
Collin Peterson - 64 (55-43)
Gene Taylor - 65 (68-31)
Jim Marshall - 67 (55-44)
Lincoln Davis - 67 (58-41)
Jim Matheson - 69 (66-31)

The numbers in parens are the 2004 Bush-Kerry vote. TX-28 was 53-47 Bush (and 51-49 Gore). Cuellar has no excuse.

Posted by: DavidNYC [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 01:34 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Damn, I didn't realize Dan Boren was the most conservative Democrat in the House. I figured Minnesota's Collin Peterson would be on the list, but am still satisfied with his representation of a fairly conservative district. I'd take him over the DINO that used to represent my Minnesota district, Tim Penny.

Posted by: Mark [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 09:03 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

I don't know how Chet Edwards avoided that list.

Posted by: RBH [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 12:44 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Or John Tanner for that matter either.

Posted by: Mark [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 03:12 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Chet Edwards is acctully kind of Progressive considering his District which is 70-30 Bush. He voted no to the Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion and still got reelected perhaps his example is that you don't have to run around as a pro-life right wing loon to win.

Posted by: D in FL. [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 06:15 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Remember, though, that this just covers what CQ defines as "party unity" votes for a single year, 2005. I bet if you looked at things over a period of several years, you might find some other names in that sub-70 bracket.

Posted by: DavidNYC [TypeKey Profile Page] at March 3, 2006 11:35 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment