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Mary Rose Oakar

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 5, 1940 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • Ursuline College, B.A., 1962
  • Attended Columbia University in 1963 and Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1964
  • John Carroll University, M.A., 1966

Career:

  • Telephone operator, 1957-1962
  • Assistant professor at Cuyahoga Community College, 1968-1975

Elected Office:

  • Cleveland city council, 1973-1976
  • OH House, 2000-2002


Election Results for Mary Rose Oakar


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 36 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 14,408 24.0%
1976 36 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 98,785 81.0%
1978 38 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 31,773 80.9%
1978 38 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 76,973 100.0%
1980 40 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 44,357 100.0%
1980 40 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 96,217 100.0%
1982 42 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 64,052 100.0%
1982 42 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 133,603 85.6%
1984 44 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 167,115 100.0%
1986 46 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 40,465 94.0%
1986 46 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 110,976 84.9%
1988 48 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 64,417 76.7%
1988 48 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 146,715 82.6%
1990 50 OH D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 65,890 79.6%
1990 50 OH D U.S. House District 20 General 1 109,390 73.3%
1992 52 OH D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 40,230 39.4%
1992 52 OH D U.S. House District 10 General 2 103,788 43.2%


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



Ideology Data for Mary Rose Oakar


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
1977 37 House 24 71 77 19 D 66 34 94 72 13
1978 38 House 21 62 65 20 D 60 28 81 68 19
1979 39 House 32 64 75 18 D 64 32 90 74 13
1980 40 House 23 63 82 9 D 65 25 89 81 13
1981 41 House 23 65 80 11 R 34 59 88 67 9
1982 42 House 22 70 83 11 R 31 61 93 82 20
1983 43 House 22 75 86 13 R 26 73 89 84 5
1984 44 House 8 90 94 5 R 25 73 96 95 4
1985 45 House 11 89 94 3 R 18 79 97 80 5
1986 46 House 8 88 92 2 R 16 80 93 95 5
1987 47 House 19 74 87 4 R 17 77 90 96 5
1988 48 House 8 63 88 5 R 19 65 91 90 8
1989 49 House 12 85 91 5 R 33 60 94 90 0
1990 50 House 15 85 87 6 R 17 80 92 83 4
1991 51 House 22 78 90 6 R 30 68 97 85 0
1992 52 House 27 52 79 5 R 15 62 93 87 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.