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Ruben Hinojosa

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 20, 1940 in Mercedes, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.B.A., 1962
  • Univeristy of Texas-Pan America, M.B.A., 1980

Career:

  • President of food company
  • TX state Board of Education, 1974-1984


Election Results for Ruben Hinojosa


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 55 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 21,726 34.2%
1996 55 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary Runoff 1 24,940 52.0%
1996 55 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 86,347 62.3%
1998 57 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 39,522 100.0%
1998 57 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 47,957 58.4%
2000 59 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 46,247 73.5%
2000 59 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 106,570 88.5%
2002 61 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 46,688 86.7%
2002 61 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 66,311 100.0%
2004 63 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 44,427 100.0%
2004 63 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 96,089 57.8%
2006 65 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 39,094 100.0%
2006 65 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 42,326 60.5%
2008 67 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 77,227 100.0%
2008 67 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 107,578 65.7%
2010 69 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 37,430 83.7%
2010 69 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 53,546 55.7%
2012 71 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 29,397 71.2%
2012 71 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 89,296 60.9%
2014 73 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 29,916 100.0%
2014 73 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 48,708 54.0%


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



Ideology Data for Ruben Hinojosa


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
1997 56 House 78 20 83 15 D 71 27 98 75 29
1998 57 House 55 38 85 9 D 76 20 95 95 16
1999 58 House 85 9 D 70 26 93 100 4
2000 59 House 79 7 D 74 14 88 84 9
2001 60 House 81 14 R 33 65 96 85 13
2002 61 House 80 10 R 43 54 90 80 21
2003 62 House 83 15 R 36 60 97 80 42
2004 63 House 79 9 R 36 61 87 89 13
2005 64 House 71 14 R 30 59 85 94 44
2006 65 House 72 20 R 47 50 92 67 38
2007 66 House 86 3 R 6 79 89 95 4
2008 67 House 82 3 R 19 65 87 89 9
2009 68 House 90 1 D 91 3 91 100 0
2010 69 House 81 3 D 85 12 83 83 0
2011 70 House 77 11 D 69 13 89 81 0
2012 71 House 86 8 D 81 12 93 79 12
2013 72 House 82 10 D 79 11 91 74 9
2014 73 House 76 5 D 77 8 83 88 4
2015 74 House 71 5 D 68 7 76 75 7
2016 75 House 77 2 D 85 0 79 94 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.