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Bob McEwen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 12, 1950 in Hillsboro, OH

Education:

  • University of Miami (FL), B.B.A., 1972

Career:

  • Real estate developer

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1974-1980


Election Results for Bob McEwen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 30 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,360 45.0%
1980 30 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 101,288 54.6%
1982 32 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 36,810 100.0%
1982 32 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 92,135 59.2%
1984 34 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 150,101 74.0%
1986 36 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,354 70.3%
1988 38 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 51,648 100.0%
1988 38 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 152,235 74.3%
1990 40 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 44,121 100.0%
1990 40 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 117,220 71.2%
1992 42 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,219 50.2%
1992 42 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 2 119,252 49.3%
1993 43 OH R U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 2 14,542 29.5%
2005 55 OH R U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 2 11,663 19.6%
2006 56 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 30,297 42.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bob McEwen


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
1981 31 House 91 7 90 8 R 76 24 99 0 100
1982 32 House 77 18 77 18 R 58 34 94 30 85
1983 33 House 87 9 82 13 R 72 28 97 15 86
1984 34 House 88 5 81 9 R 60 29 89 5 81
1985 35 House 87 11 79 13 R 69 26 93 15 83
1986 36 House 84 4 63 26 R 67 22 88 6 86
1987 37 House 81 7 68 16 R 60 28 82 10 86
1988 38 House 92 3 73 21 R 65 29 89 5 96
1989 39 House 90 7 67 24 R 72 21 94 5 93
1990 40 House 94 2 77 16 R 69 29 94 6 100
1991 41 House 95 3 86 11 R 78 18 96 5 100
1992 42 House 83 10 85 7 R 75 16 92 11 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.