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Ted Poe

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 10, 1948 in Temple, TX

Education:

  • Abilene Christian University, B.A., 1970
  • University of Houston, J.D., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1970-1976

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Harris County district attorney, 1973-1981
  • Harris County judge, 1981-2003


Election Results for Ted Poe


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 55 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,932 61.1%
2004 55 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,951 55.5%
2006 57 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,723 100.0%
2006 57 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,490 65.5%
2008 59 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,562 100.0%
2008 59 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 175,101 88.9%
2010 61 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,685 100.0%
2010 61 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,020 88.6%
2012 63 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,336 100.0%
2012 63 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 159,664 64.8%
2014 65 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,863 100.0%
2014 65 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,936 67.9%
2016 67 TX R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 75,404 100.0%
2016 67 TX R U.S. House District 02 General 1 168,692 60.6%


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



Ideology Data for Ted Poe


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
2005 56 House 91 5 R 74 20 96 0 92
2006 57 House 88 10 R 84 13 97 10 84
2007 58 House 92 4 R 74 22 96 6 96
2008 59 House 86 6 R 64 31 92 11 96
2009 60 House 91 5 D 20 80 98 6 92
2010 61 House 96 1 D 24 73 96 5 100
2011 62 House 94 4 D 19 81 97 0 96
2012 63 House 95 4 D 15 85 98 10 88
2013 64 House 91 6 D 16 79 96 6 79
2014 65 House 91 4 D 9 88 96 5 79
2015 66 House 94 4 D 7 91 99 0 92
2016 67 House 68 2 D 4 64 67 0 94
2017 68 House 93 3 R 86 6 95 5 88
2018 69 House 86 3 R 78 15 84 0 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.