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Mike Conaway

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 11, 1948 in Borger, TX

Education:

  • Texas A&M University-Commerce, B.B.A., 1970

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1970-1972

Career:

  • Certified public accountant - Bank executive

Elected Office:

  • Midland school board, 1985-1988


Election Results for Mike Conaway


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2003 55 TX R U.S. House District 19 Special Open Primary 2 12,270 21.0%
2003 55 TX R U.S. House District 19 Special 2 27,959 49.5%
2004 56 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 38,792 74.5%
2004 56 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 177,291 76.8%
2006 58 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 37,391 100.0%
2006 58 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 107,268 100.0%
2008 60 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 61,409 100.0%
2008 60 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 189,625 88.3%
2010 62 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 55,610 77.4%
2010 62 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 125,581 80.8%
2012 64 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 48,581 70.4%
2012 64 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 177,742 78.6%
2014 66 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 53,272 73.7%
2014 66 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 107,939 90.3%
2016 68 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 101,056 100.0%
2016 68 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 201,871 89.5%
2018 70 TX R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 63,526 83.0%
2018 70 TX R U.S. House District 11 General 1 176,603 80.1%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Conaway


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
2005 57 House 92 4 R 85 15 94 0 96
2006 58 House 96 2 R 95 5 98 0 88
2007 59 House 95 2 R 88 11 97 5 96
2008 60 House 88 3 R 75 24 93 5 92
2009 61 House 94 1 D 12 88 97 0 100
2010 62 House 97 0 D 27 73 98 0 100
2011 63 House 98 2 D 21 79 100 0 88
2012 64 House 99 1 D 14 86 100 0 100
2013 65 House 96 3 D 12 88 99 0 76
2014 66 House 96 2 D 14 83 99 0 92
2015 67 House 99 1 D 12 88 100 0 92
2016 68 House 98 2 D 11 89 100 0 96
2017 69 House 99 1 R 100 0 100 0 93
2018 70 House 97 3 R 100 0 99 0 84
2019 71 House 98 2 R 100 0 99 0 83
2020 72 House 96 1 R 86 3 97 0 93
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.