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Mike DeWine

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 5, 1947 in Springfield, OH

Education:

  • Miami (Ohio) University, B.S., 1969
  • Ohio Northern University, J.D., 1972

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Greene County assistant prosecutor, 1973-1975
  • Greene County prosecutor, 1977-1981

Elected Office:

  • OH Senate, 1981-1982
  • OH Lt. Governor, 1991-1994
  • OH Attorney General, 2011-2019


Election Results for Mike DeWine


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 35 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,615 69.0%
1982 35 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 87,842 56.3%
1984 37 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 147,885 76.7%
1986 39 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 119,238 100.0%
1988 41 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 50,711 100.0%
1988 41 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 142,597 73.9%
1990 43 OH R Lt. Governor Primary 1 0 0.0%
1990 43 OH R Lt. Governor General 1 0 0.0%
1992 45 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 583,805 70.3%
1992 45 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 2,028,434 42.2%
1994 47 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 422,366 52.0%
1994 47 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,836,556 53.4%
2000 53 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 1,029,860 79.5%
2000 53 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,666,736 59.9%
2006 59 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 565,580 71.7%
2006 59 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,761,037 43.8%
2010 63 OH R Attorney General Primary 1 687,507 100.0%
2010 63 OH R Attorney General General 1 1,821,414 47.5%
2014 67 OH R Attorney General Primary 1 544,763 100.0%
2014 67 OH R Attorney General General 1 1,882,048 61.5%
2018 71 OH R Governor Primary 1 499,639 59.8%
2018 71 OH R Governor General 1 2,231,917 50.4%
2022 75 OH R Governor Primary 1 519,594 48.1%
2022 75 OH R Governor General 1 2,580,424 62.4%


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



Ideology Data for Mike DeWine


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 36 House 89 10 88 9 R 84 15 97 5 91
1984 37 House 88 12 86 13 R 69 28 99 5 74
1985 38 House 87 11 87 9 R 78 23 97 10 84
1986 39 House 82 18 85 13 R 78 20 97 0 91
1987 40 House 93 7 82 16 R 70 28 98 20 87
1988 41 House 89 11 92 7 R 69 31 99 5 100
1989 42 House 88 12 88 11 R 71 29 99 10 96
1990 43 House 83 13 83 15 R 65 33 98 18 83
1995 48 Senate 82 18 87 13 D 30 70 99 0 70
1996 49 Senate 92 8 88 12 D 41 59 100 15 85
1997 50 Senate 76 24 81 19 D 62 38 100 15 71
1998 51 Senate 88 13 82 18 D 51 49 100 5 64
1999 52 Senate 84 16 84 16 D 38 62 99 10 84
2000 53 Senate 86 14 86 14 D 52 48 100 15 80
2001 54 Senate 83 17 R 94 6 100 25 72
2002 55 Senate 89 11 R 91 4 99 15 95
2003 56 Senate 92 8 R 96 3 99 15 85
2004 57 Senate 79 21 R 95 5 100 35 68
2005 58 Senate 70 30 R 78 22 99 50 56
2006 59 Senate 65 35 R 84 14 99 35 72
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.