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Steven LaTourette

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, OH
Died: August 3, 2016 in McLean, VA

Education:

  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1976
  • Cleveland State University, J.D., 1979

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Lake County assistant public defender, 1980-1983
  • Lake County prosecutor, 1988-1995


Election Results for Steven LaTourette


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 39 OH R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 23,581 53.9%
1994 39 OH R U.S. House District 19 General 1 99,997 48.5%
1996 41 OH R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 40,517 100.0%
1996 41 OH R U.S. House District 19 General 1 135,012 54.7%
1998 43 OH R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 32,388 100.0%
1998 43 OH R U.S. House District 19 General 1 126,786 66.4%
2000 45 OH R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 61,133 100.0%
2000 45 OH R U.S. House District 19 General 1 206,639 64.8%
2002 47 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 35,994 100.0%
2002 47 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 134,413 72.1%
2004 49 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 48,192 100.0%
2004 49 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 201,652 62.7%
2006 51 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 38,137 100.0%
2006 51 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 144,069 57.6%
2008 53 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 53,036 100.0%
2008 53 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 188,488 58.3%
2010 55 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 39,190 100.0%
2010 55 OH R U.S. House District 14 General 1 149,878 64.9%
2012 57 OH R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 69,551 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Steven LaTourette


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 40 House 93 7 90 9 D 28 71 99 15 80
1996 41 House 90 10 84 15 D 44 53 98 15 80
1997 42 House 91 7 82 15 D 33 63 96 30 71
1998 43 House 81 19 78 22 D 38 61 99 42 52
1999 44 House 77 21 D 31 67 99 35 64
2000 45 House 81 16 D 30 66 93 26 68
2001 46 House 86 12 R 84 14 93 20 72
2002 47 House 87 11 R 79 18 95 16 76
2003 48 House 85 12 R 85 15 96 25 76
2004 49 House 82 14 R 76 21 97 17 71
2005 50 House 81 13 R 67 30 94 11 71
2006 51 House 82 18 R 74 26 99 20 72
2007 52 House 71 28 R 39 60 99 55 52
2008 53 House 78 18 R 45 53 96 63 52
2009 54 House 68 30 D 64 36 97 25 68
2010 55 House 77 19 D 41 56 96 11 75
2011 56 House 82 17 D 32 68 97 30 52
2012 57 House 77 18 D 25 68 94 10 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.