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Robert Ehrlich

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 25, 1957 in Arbutus, MD

Education:

  • Princeton University, B.A., 1979
  • Wake Forest University, J.D., 1982

Elected Office:

  • MD House, 1987-1994



Election Results for Robert Ehrlich


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 36 MD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,397 57.2%
1994 36 MD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,162 62.7%
1996 38 MD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,983 83.2%
1996 38 MD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 143,075 61.8%
1998 40 MD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,465 100.0%
1998 40 MD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 145,711 69.3%
2000 42 MD R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,804 100.0%
2000 42 MD R U.S. House District 02 General 1 178,556 68.6%
2002 44 MD R Governor Primary 1 229,927 92.9%
2002 44 MD R Governor General 1 879,592 51.6%
2006 48 MD R Governor Primary 1 213,744 100.0%
2006 48 MD R Governor General 2 825,464 46.2%
2010 52 MD R Governor Primary 1 211,428 75.8%
2010 52 MD R Governor General 2 776,319 41.8%


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




Ideology Data for Robert Ehrlich


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
1995 37 House 95 5 89 10 D 28 72 99 20 64
1996 38 House 96 4 92 6 D 33 66 98 10 100
1997 39 House 91 9 89 11 D 33 67 99 0 72
1998 40 House 79 14 85 12 D 24 73 95 5 92
1999 41 House 85 13 D 20 78 96 20 83
2000 42 House 87 11 D 28 70 95 20 88
2001 43 House 88 9 R 86 7 94 15 79
2002 44 House 78 9 R 71 21 83 10 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.