Name
Party
D Democrat
R Republican
YOB
Year of birth
9999 Missing
FY
First year of consecutive service
9999 Missing
LY
Last year of consecutive service
9999 Missing
YEAR
Current year
SENDIST
Senate district in which state representative resides
OPENSEN
0 Incumbent Senator running in next election
1 Open Senate seat, next election
9 Missing
SENDIST_GUESS
(this will obviously not be released—it's more of a note about the reliability of the senate coding—if I couldn't find good information on the legislator's location, the senate district was estimated based on just overlap of House & Senate districts.)
0 Reasonably sure of Senate District coding
1 Guessed on Senate district coding
DISTRICT
House district number
99 Missing
PREVEXP
0 No prior government experience
1 Prior government experience
9 Missing
LEGEXP
0 No prior legislative experience
1 Prior legislative experience
9 Missing
EDUCATION
1 No college degree
2 College degree, equivalent of BA/BS
3 Post graduate degree
LAWYER
0 Not a lawyer
1 Lawyer; holds JD
9 Missing
FEMALE
0 Male
1 Female
9 Missing
BLACK
0 Non-Black
1 Black
9 Missing
LATINO
0 Non-Latino
1 Latino
9 Missing
OTHER
0 White, Black, Latino
1 None
9 Missing
COMPETE86
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 86 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 86 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 86 election, or did not run in 1986
99 Missing
CNAME186
Name of first competitor in 1986
CNAME286
Name of second competitor in 1986
VOTE186
Legislator vote total, 1986
999999 Missing
VOTE286
Vote total, closest competitor, 1986
999999 Missing
VOTE386
Vote total, next closest competitor, 1986
999999 Missing
COMPETE90
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 90 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 90 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 90 election, or did not run in 1990
99 Missing
CNAME190
Name of first competitor in 1990
CNAME290
Name of second competitor in 1990
VOTE190
Legislator vote total, 1990
999999 Missing
VOTE290
Vote total, closest competitor, 1990
999999 Missing
VOTE390
Vote total, next closest competitor, 1990
999999 Missing
COMPETE92
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 92 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 92 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 92 election, or did not run in 1992
99 Missing
CNAME192
Name of first competitor in 1992
CNAME292
Name of second competitor in 1992
VOTE192
Legislator vote total, 1992
999999 Missing
VOTE292
Vote total, closest competitor, 1992
999999 Missing
VOTE392
Vote total, next closest competitor, 1992
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE94
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 94 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 94 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 94 election, or did not run in 1994
99 Missing
CNAME194
Name of first competitor in 1994
CNAME294
Name of second competitor in 1994
VOTE194
Legislator vote total, 1994
999999 Missing
VOTE294
Vote total, closest competitor, 1994
999999 Missing
VOTE394
Vote total, next closest competitor, 1994
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE96
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 96 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 96 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 96 election, or did not run in 1996
99 Missing
CNAME196
Name of first competitor in 1996
CNAME296
Name of second competitor in 1996
VOTE196
Legislator vote total, 1996
999999 Missing
VOTE296
Vote total, closest competitor, 1996
999999 Missing
VOTE396
Vote total, next closest competitor, 1996
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE98
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 98 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 98 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 98 election, or did not run in 1998
99 Missing
CNAME198
Name of first competitor in 1998
CNAME298
Name of second competitor in 1998
VOTE198
Legislator vote total, 1998
999999 Missing
VOTE298
Vote total, closest competitor, 1998
999999 Missing
VOTE398
Vote total, next closest competitor, 1998
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE00
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 00 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 00 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 00 election, or did not run in 2000
99 Missing
CNAME100
Name of first competitor in 2000
CNAME200
Name of second competitor in 2000
VOTE100
Legislator vote total, 2000
999999 Missing
VOTE200
Vote total, closest competitor, 2000
999999 Missing
VOTE300
Vote total, next closest competitor, 2000
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE02
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 02 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 02 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 02 election, or did not run in 2002
99 Missing
CNAME102
Name of first competitor in 2002
CNAME202
Name of second competitor in 2002
VOTE102
Legislator vote total, 2002
999999 Missing
VOTE202
Vote total, closest competitor, 2002
999999 Missing
VOTE302
Vote total, next closest competitor, 2002
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE04
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 04 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 04 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 04 election, or did not run in 2004
99 Missing
CNAME104
Name of first competitor in 2004
CNAME204
Name of second competitor in 2004
VOTE104
Legislator vote total, 2004
999999 Missing
VOTE204
Vote total, closest competitor, 2004
999999 Missing
VOTE304
Vote total, next closest competitor, 2004
999999 Missing
*
COMPETE06
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 06 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 06 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 06 election, or did not run in 2006
99 Missing
CNAME106
Name of first competitor in 2006
CNAME206
Name of second competitor in 2006
VOTE106
Legislator vote total, 2006
999999 Missing
VOTE206
Vote total, closest competitor, 2006
999999 Missing
VOTE306
Vote total, next closest competitor, 2006
999999 Missing
COMPETE08
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in 08 general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in 08 general election
55 Legislator ran in election, but lost primary
66 Legislator was not in office yet
77 Legislator had left office before 08 election, or did not run in 2008
99 Missing
CNAME108
Name of first competitor in 2008
CNAME208
Name of second competitor in 2008
VOTE108
Legislator vote total, 2008
999999 Missing
VOTE208
Vote total, closest competitor, 2008
999999 Missing
VOTE308
Vote total, next closest competitor, 2008
999999 Missing
COMPPREV
0 Legislator did not have major party competition in previous general election
1 Legislator did have major party competition in previous general election
88 Legislator was replacement, did not run in previous general election
99 Missing
CNAMEPRE1
Name of first competitor in previous general
"Replacement" Legislator was replacement, did not run in previous general
CNAMEPRE2
Name of second competitor in previous general
"Replacement" Legislator was replacement, did not run in previous general
VOTEPRE1
Legislator vote total, previous general
888888 Replacement
999999 Missing
VOTEPRE2
Vote total, closest competitor, previous general
888888 Replacement
999999 Missing
VOTEPRE3
Vote total, next closest competitor, previous general
888888 Replacement
999999 Missing
TOTSPON
Number of bills sponsored that year
COLLEGE
Percentage college graduates in district
999999 Missing
PERBLACK
Percentage black in district
999 Missing
PERLATIN
Percentage Hispanic in district
999 Missing
CITIDEOL
From Berry et al, citizen ideology
INSIDEOL
From Berry et al, institutional ideology
CITIFY
From Berry et al, citizen ideology during election or appointment year
INSTFY
From Berry et al, institutional ideology during election or appointment year
AFTER
Description of legislator activity after leaving chamber
EXITCODE
11 retired
21 lost primary election
22 lost general election
31 won other office
32 lost other office
41 left office early to be appointed to another office
42 left office early, resigned
43 left office early, died
51 still serving
99 missing data
EXITVAR
Legislator left chamber after that session
LEADERSHIP
Description of leadership position
SPEAKER
0 Did not serve as speaker that year
1 Speaker
9 Missing
OTHER
0 Did not serve as other leader that year
1 Leadership position (other than speaker)
9 Missing
COMMCHR
0 Did not serve as committee chair that year
1 Committee chair
9 Missing
COMMGUESS
(This obviously would not be released—but I estimated some of the committee chair information for 1997, based on 1995 and 1999, plus a newspaper article that gave just partial information)
0 Not estimated
1 Estimated