Visualization: 1989-91 Texas House Partisanship — When Perry Turned Red

Mark P. Jones, chair of the political science department at Rice University, analyzed the votes taken by the Legislature when Gov. Rick Perry was a House member (1985-91) to determine how the governor ranked among his colleagues, from most liberal to most conservative. The names and rankings appear below, with Democrats in blue and Republicans in red, and Perry in yellow. He appears as a Democrat (his first five years in the House, and as a Republican (his last year). Hover over a bar in the chart to see what ranking Jones gives the lawmaker based on his or her voting profile.

Jones' explanation of his methodology and of the rankings can be found here.

Partisanship in the 1989-91 Texas House of RepresentativesPaul MorenoKaryne ConleyHarold DuttonLarry EvansIrma RangelFred BlairGregory LunaLena GuerreroSylvester TurnerSamuel HudsonAlex MorenoAlbert PriceJerald LarryAl LunaSenfronia ThompsonNancy McDonaldCiro RodriguezOrlando GarciaWilhelmina DelcoDebra DanburgRoman MartinezErnestine GlossbrenneEddie CavazosGarfield ThompsonLloyd CrissPaul ColbertAl GranoffRon WilsonNicolas PerezLarry WarnerAl EdwardsDavid CainFrank MadlaCurtis SoileauFrank CollazoJuan HinojosaRalph WallaceHugo BerlangaRenato CuellarErwin BartonEddie Lucio Jr.James HuryLibby LinebargerBetty DentonHenry CuellarCurtis SeidlitsBob MeltonDaniel MoralesJerry BeauchampRichard SwiftEldon EdgeDoyle WillisSamuel RussellAnthony PolumboParker McColloughAllen HightowerSteven WolensKeith OakleyRobert EarleyJim ParkerMike McKinneyDavid HudsonGary WatkinsClyde AlexanderRon LewisMark StilesJohn GavinRobert JunellJerry JohnsonBarry TelfordDavid CountsBill ArnoldBruce GibsonBilly ClemonsTodd HunterJames LaneyJack VowellLayton BlackJim RuddD. R. UherGibson LewisBob RichardsonRobert SaundersRichard WilliamsonTerral SmithPhyllis RobinsonL. P. PattersonCharles FinnellRick Perry (D)Dudley HarrisonL. B. KubiakDelwin JonesJim McWilliamsStan SchlueterBob HunterRichard SmithWarren ChisumGeorge PierceKeith ValiguraRichard CrawfordBilll HammondAnita HillHugh ShinePatricia HillBill CarterJim TallasSteve HolzheauserEdmund KuempelKent GrusendorfBrad WrightPat HaggertyChris HarrisJerry YostJack HarrisWilliam ThomasNolan RobnettTony GoolsbyBen CampbellPaul HilbertRick Perry (R)Bill HollowellDan ShelleyBarry ConnellyBill BlackwoodKen MarchantAlan SchoolcraftRobert EckelsSam JohnsonKen VandervoortCarolyn ParkMike JacksonTom CraddickJohn SmitheeJeff WentworthJohn WillyTroy FraserM. A. TaylorAshley SmithKenneth BrimerHarvey HilderbranDick WaterfieldA. R. OvardAnna MoweryGlenn ReppJohn CulbersonJames HornRandy PenningtonFred HillGwyn SheaCharles HartlandTalmadge HeflinDalton SmithPaul MorenoKaryne ConleyHarold DuttonLarry EvansIrma RangelFred BlairGregory LunaLena GuerreroSylvester TurnerSamuel HudsonAlex MorenoAlbert PriceJerald LarryAl LunaSenfronia ThompsonNancy McDonaldCiro RodriguezOrlando GarciaWilhelmina DelcoDebra DanburgRoman MartinezErnestine GlossbrenneEddie CavazosGarfield ThompsonLloyd CrissPaul ColbertAl GranoffRon WilsonNicolas PerezLarry WarnerAl EdwardsDavid CainFrank MadlaCurtis SoileauFrank CollazoJuan HinojosaRalph WallaceHugo BerlangaRenato CuellarErwin BartonEddie Lucio Jr.James HuryLibby LinebargerBetty DentonHenry CuellarCurtis SeidlitsBob MeltonDaniel MoralesJerry BeauchampRichard SwiftEldon EdgeDoyle WillisSamuel RussellAnthony PolumboParker McColloughAllen HightowerSteven WolensKeith OakleyRobert EarleyJim ParkerMike McKinneyDavid HudsonGary WatkinsClyde AlexanderRon LewisMark StilesJohn GavinRobert JunellJerry JohnsonBarry TelfordDavid CountsBill ArnoldBruce GibsonBilly ClemonsTodd HunterJames LaneyJack VowellLayton BlackJim RuddD. R. UherGibson LewisBob RichardsonRobert SaundersRichard WilliamsonTerral SmithPhyllis RobinsonL. P. PattersonCharles FinnellRick Perry (D)Dudley HarrisonL. B. KubiakDelwin JonesJim McWilliamsStan SchlueterBob HunterRichard SmithWarren ChisumGeorge PierceKeith ValiguraRichard CrawfordBilll HammondAnita HillHugh ShinePatricia HillBill CarterJim TallasSteve HolzheauserEdmund KuempelKent GrusendorfBrad WrightPat HaggertyChris HarrisJerry YostJack HarrisWilliam ThomasNolan RobnettTony GoolsbyBen CampbellPaul HilbertRick Perry (R)Bill HollowellDan ShelleyBarry ConnellyBill BlackwoodKen MarchantAlan SchoolcraftRobert EckelsSam JohnsonKen VandervoortCarolyn ParkMike JacksonTom CraddickJohn SmitheeJeff WentworthJohn WillyTroy FraserM. A. TaylorAshley SmithKenneth BrimerHarvey HilderbranDick WaterfieldA. R. OvardAnna MoweryGlenn ReppJohn CulbersonJames HornRandy PenningtonFred HillGwyn SheaCharles HartlandTalmadge HeflinDalton Smith-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.200.20.40.60.8-11-0.8-0.6-0.4-0.200.20.40.60.8-11