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Mickey Edwards

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 12, 1937 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1958
  • Oklahoma City University, J.D., 1969

Career:

  • Magazine/newspaper editor and public relations businessman, 1958-1973
  • Lawyer
  • Law and journalism instructor at Oklahoma City University, 1976


Election Results for Mickey Edwards


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 36 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 2 48,705 48.3%
1976 38 OK R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 10,960 50.2%
1976 38 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 78,651 49.9%
1978 40 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 71,451 79.9%
1980 42 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 90,053 68.4%
1982 44 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 98,979 67.2%
1984 46 OK R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,790 88.9%
1984 46 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 135,167 75.6%
1986 48 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 108,774 70.6%
1988 50 OK R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,311 83.1%
1988 50 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 139,182 72.2%
1990 52 OK R U.S. House District 05 General 1 114,608 69.6%
1992 54 OK R U.S. House District 05 Primary 3 14,519 26.0%


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



Ideology Data for Mickey Edwards


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
1977 39 House 94 4 90 7 D 28 72 96 5 100
1978 40 House 86 6 80 11 D 22 71 90 10 95
1979 41 House 87 5 86 9 D 21 68 90 13 97
1980 42 House 85 7 79 9 D 30 59 82 17 100
1981 43 House 88 11 84 15 R 75 24 95 5 100
1982 44 House 81 12 78 13 R 68 23 87 5 100
1983 45 House 90 7 79 14 R 68 27 92 11 95
1984 46 House 80 12 78 15 R 58 36 93 10 95
1985 47 House 91 5 79 10 R 71 25 91 5 89
1986 48 House 82 10 72 20 R 71 23 90 5 85
1987 49 House 84 9 82 8 R 64 30 91 12 91
1988 50 House 95 5 84 9 R 59 39 95 10 92
1989 51 House 90 7 72 18 R 81 9 91 0 85
1990 52 House 87 4 79 10 R 69 25 89 6 92
1991 53 House 84 3 82 11 R 74 22 92 11 95
1992 54 House 79 4 68 6 R 67 15 73 13 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.