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Ron Coleman

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 29, 1941 in El Paso, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas at El Paso, B.A., 1963
  • University of Texas, J.D., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1967-1969

Career:

  • School teacher, 1967
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant El Paso County attorney, 1969-1973

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1973-1982


Election Results for Ron Coleman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 40 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 14,668 33.0%
1982 40 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary Runoff 1 20,537 54.7%
1982 40 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 44,024 53.9%
1984 42 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 76,375 57.4%
1986 44 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 50,590 65.7%
1988 46 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 104,514 100.0%
1990 48 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 62,455 95.6%
1992 50 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 27,562 63.8%
1992 50 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 66,731 51.9%
1994 52 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 20,990 62.0%
1994 52 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 49,815 57.1%


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



Ideology Data for Ron Coleman


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 41 House 48 49 81 16 R 37 61 96 75 5
1984 42 House 61 37 76 21 R 42 55 95 65 36
1985 43 House 51 47 89 9 R 31 68 98 60 21
1986 44 House 64 36 81 16 R 29 69 98 70 35
1987 45 House 51 49 92 6 R 30 68 98 84 4
1988 46 House 37 58 89 6 R 27 69 96 80 20
1989 47 House 34 63 90 6 R 35 62 96 75 18
1990 48 House 44 52 90 7 R 20 76 97 71 17
1991 49 House 54 43 88 11 R 34 65 98 60 10
1992 50 House 58 40 82 10 R 28 66 91 85 13
1993 51 House 57 39 90 9 D 90 9 98 65 21
1994 52 House 58 36 91 4 D 83 12 95 79 19
1995 53 House 45 53 88 10 D 83 13 97 90 4
1996 54 House 51 35 79 10 D 76 13 90 78 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.