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Solomon Ortiz

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 3, 1937 in Robstown, TX

Education:

  • Attended Del Mar College, 1965-1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1960-1962

Career:

  • Insurance agent
  • Nueces County constable, 1965-1968
  • Nueces County sheriff, 1976-1982

Elected Office:

  • Nueces County commissioner, 1969-1976


Election Results for Solomon Ortiz


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 45 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 19,497 25.7%
1982 45 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary Runoff 1 24,539 51.5%
1982 45 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 66,604 64.0%
1984 47 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 105,516 63.6%
1986 49 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 44,709 84.8%
1986 49 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 64,165 100.0%
1988 51 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 105,085 100.0%
1990 53 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 62,822 100.0%
1992 55 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 45,602 100.0%
1992 55 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 87,022 55.5%
1994 57 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 37,405 100.0%
1994 57 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 65,325 59.4%
1996 59 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 37,434 69.9%
1996 59 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 97,350 64.6%
1998 61 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 32,908 100.0%
1998 61 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 61,638 63.3%
2000 63 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 36,569 100.0%
2000 63 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 102,088 63.4%
2002 65 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 41,574 100.0%
2002 65 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 68,559 61.1%
2004 67 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 44,849 100.0%
2004 67 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 112,081 63.1%
2006 69 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 31,563 100.0%
2006 69 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 62,058 56.8%
2008 71 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 77,513 100.0%
2008 71 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 1 104,864 58.0%
2010 73 TX D U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 21,948 100.0%
2010 73 TX D U.S. House District 27 General 2 50,179 47.1%


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



Ideology Data for Solomon Ortiz


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 46 House 66 29 75 21 R 44 52 95 65 33
1984 47 House 53 41 77 17 R 41 51 93 60 30
1985 48 House 64 33 76 14 R 36 61 90 60 32
1986 49 House 70 22 78 14 R 36 59 92 50 40
1987 50 House 81 16 79 12 R 37 55 91 56 17
1988 51 House 53 34 78 10 R 29 61 91 61 32
1989 52 House 61 34 77 18 R 50 47 97 60 29
1990 53 House 52 46 86 13 R 30 69 98 56 21
1991 54 House 73 24 76 19 R 41 53 94 30 26
1992 55 House 71 29 81 16 R 37 55 96 60 38
1993 56 House 82 18 77 20 D 83 16 96 40 39
1994 57 House 78 17 77 20 D 73 19 96 44 48
1995 58 House 79 10 60 35 D 62 32 95 50 32
1996 59 House 92 6 67 28 D 65 32 94 60 37
1997 60 House 89 7 61 35 D 55 43 97 60 35
1998 61 House 64 33 72 23 D 66 30 94 74 17
1999 62 House 68 28 D 65 31 95 60 32
2000 63 House 76 24 D 72 28 99 65 24
2001 64 House 67 33 R 58 42 97 70 60
2002 65 House 77 17 R 39 54 93 84 23
2003 66 House 74 20 R 42 53 93 80 58
2004 67 House 75 16 R 48 45 89 61 28
2005 68 House 73 21 R 37 50 92 67 40
2006 69 House 74 23 R 55 45 95 65 40
2007 70 House 79 4 R 7 81 84 89 11
2008 71 House 84 4 R 25 63 88 79 17
2009 72 House 96 3 D 94 6 99 85 12
2010 73 House 87 3 D 78 20 91 67 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   31%


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.