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Marcy Kaptur

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 17, 1946 in Toledo, OH

Education:

  • St. Ursula Academy (Toledo, OH), 1964
  • University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1968
  • University of Michigan, M.A., 1974
  • Attended University of Manchester (England), 1974
  • Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981

Career:

  • Urban planner, Toledo-Lucas County planning commission, 1969-1977
  • National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, 1975-1977
  • White House Assistant director for urban affairs, 1977-1979


Election Results for Marcy Kaptur


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 36 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 35,824 78.2%
1982 36 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 95,162 57.9%
1984 38 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 57,872 92.9%
1984 38 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 117,985 54.9%
1986 40 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 105,646 77.5%
1988 42 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 58,789 100.0%
1988 42 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 157,557 81.3%
1990 44 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,143 100.0%
1990 44 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 117,681 77.7%
1992 46 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 34,777 100.0%
1992 46 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 178,879 73.6%
1994 48 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 28,451 100.0%
1994 48 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,120 75.3%
1996 50 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 25,906 100.0%
1996 50 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 170,617 77.1%
1998 52 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 39,630 100.0%
1998 52 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 130,793 81.2%
2000 54 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 42,403 100.0%
2000 54 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 168,547 74.8%
2002 56 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,969 100.0%
2002 56 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 132,236 74.0%
2004 58 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 58,053 100.0%
2004 58 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 205,149 68.1%
2006 60 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 44,234 100.0%
2006 60 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 153,880 73.6%
2008 62 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 118,814 100.0%
2008 62 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 222,054 74.4%
2010 64 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 33,637 86.5%
2010 64 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 121,819 59.4%
2012 66 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 42,902 56.2%
2012 66 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 217,771 73.0%
2014 68 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 32,464 100.0%
2014 68 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 108,870 67.7%
2016 70 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 80,065 100.0%
2016 70 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 193,966 68.7%
2018 72 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 41,502 85.5%
2018 72 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 157,219 67.8%
2020 74 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 52,433 90.7%
2020 74 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 190,328 63.1%
2022 76 OH D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 32,968 100.0%
2022 76 OH D U.S. House District 09 General 1 150,655 56.6%


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



Ideology Data for Marcy Kaptur


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 37 House 12 82 85 10 R 12 85 96 90 5
1984 38 House 20 73 79 12 R 26 63 88 75 23
1985 39 House 27 69 84 9 R 26 70 94 60 16
1986 40 House 24 68 84 4 R 17 77 88 79 5
1987 41 House 30 60 82 6 R 19 75 90 88 0
1988 42 House 45 50 86 8 R 21 70 89 79 13
1989 43 House 29 71 86 9 R 33 64 95 88 11
1990 44 House 41 56 86 8 R 23 76 95 76 8
1991 45 House 41 54 85 8 R 29 67 93 85 5
1992 46 House 50 48 86 10 R 23 75 96 79 9
1993 47 House 66 32 83 13 D 69 27 94 70 26
1994 48 House 58 42 83 10 D 76 19 94 61 20
1995 49 House 35 60 83 13 D 71 25 95 75 20
1996 50 House 31 69 80 15 D 71 24 94 75 15
1997 51 House 42 51 73 19 D 45 47 91 83 32
1998 52 House 48 50 80 15 D 67 28 94 80 28
1999 53 House 84 13 D 65 30 96 89 4
2000 54 House 85 9 D 58 34 92 79 18
2001 55 House 82 10 R 21 70 93 89 30
2002 56 House 92 4 R 25 68 94 95 18
2003 57 House 92 5 R 25 75 96 95 24
2004 58 House 89 3 R 30 70 93 95 8
2005 59 House 91 7 R 22 74 97 95 24
2006 60 House 85 12 R 29 71 96 85 21
2007 61 House 93 4 R 7 93 97 95 8
2008 62 House 92 5 R 11 84 95 100 13
2009 63 House 90 5 D 84 9 96 89 17
2010 64 House 92 5 D 85 15 96 89 8
2011 65 House 90 6 D 74 22 97 90 4
2012 66 House 88 6 D 81 14 93 89 0
2013 67 House 90 7 D 85 10 96 80 8
2014 68 House 95 1 D 86 9 97 89 0
2015 69 House 91 2 D 85 8 94 84 0
2016 70 House 95 3 D 100 0 96 95 0
2017 71 House 97 2 R 14 83 98 100 4
2018 72 House 94 4 R 37 63 98 75 4
2019 73 House 98 1 R 2 98 98 89 7
2020 74 House 96 1 R 6 94 96 89 0
2021 75 House 98 1 D 100 0 98 80 10
2022 76 House 98 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 77 House 89 9 D 97 4
2024 78 House 73 26 D 99 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.