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Dave Hobson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 17, 1936 in Cincinnati, OH

Education:

  • Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1958
  • Ohio State College of Law, J.D., 1963

Military Service:

  • OH Air National Guard, 1958-1963

Career:

  • Real estate agent
  • Restaurant owner, 1977-1993

Elected Office:

  • OH Senate, 1982-1990


Election Results for Dave Hobson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 53 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 28,530 79.1%
1990 53 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 97,123 62.1%
1992 55 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,553 100.0%
1992 55 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 164,195 71.3%
1994 57 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,048 100.0%
1994 57 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 140,124 100.0%
1996 59 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 61,210 85.7%
1996 59 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 158,087 67.8%
1998 61 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 47,750 85.6%
1998 61 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 120,765 67.2%
2000 63 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 85,654 100.0%
2000 63 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 163,646 67.6%
2002 65 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,367 72.7%
2002 65 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 113,252 67.6%
2004 67 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 57,445 100.0%
2004 67 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 186,534 65.0%
2006 69 OH R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 49,808 100.0%
2006 69 OH R U.S. House District 07 General 1 137,899 60.6%


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



Ideology Data for Dave Hobson


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
1991 54 House 95 5 85 15 R 77 23 100 10 80
1992 55 House 88 13 85 15 R 67 33 99 15 79
1993 56 House 82 18 83 17 D 49 51 100 15 79
1994 57 House 83 17 82 18 D 58 42 99 21 67
1995 58 House 95 5 91 9 D 23 77 99 11 72
1996 59 House 94 6 89 9 D 38 62 98 0 90
1997 60 House 91 9 90 10 D 33 67 99 5 80
1998 61 House 90 7 90 9 D 28 71 99 5 88
1999 62 House 85 14 D 26 70 99 20 80
2000 63 House 88 10 D 34 66 98 0 72
2001 64 House 94 5 R 88 12 99 15 80
2002 65 House 94 6 R 89 11 99 0 88
2003 66 House 95 5 R 96 4 99 5 92
2004 67 House 90 7 R 79 21 96 5 88
2005 68 House 92 5 R 85 15 97 0 83
2006 69 House 94 6 R 89 11 99 10 76
2007 70 House 78 19 R 60 38 97 21 78
2008 71 House 86 8 R 58 25 95 25 65
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.