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Rob Portman

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 19, 1955 in Cincinnati, OH

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1979
  • University of Michigan, J.D., 1984

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to President Bush, 1989
  • White House Office of Legislative Affairs, 1989-1991
  • U.S. trade rep., 2005-2006
  • Director, Office of Management and Budget, 2006-2007


Election Results for Rob Portman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1993 37 OH R U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 1 17,531 35.6%
1993 37 OH R U.S. House District 02 Special 1 53,020 70.1%
1994 38 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 50,022 100.0%
1994 38 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 150,128 77.4%
1996 40 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,028 100.0%
1996 40 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 186,853 72.0%
1998 42 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,210 100.0%
1998 42 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 154,344 75.8%
2000 44 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 92,084 100.0%
2000 44 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 204,184 73.6%
2002 46 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,895 100.0%
2002 46 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,218 74.0%
2004 48 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 63,796 100.0%
2004 48 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 227,102 71.7%
2010 54 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 667,369 100.0%
2010 54 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,168,742 56.8%
2016 60 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 1,366,686 82.5%
2016 60 OH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 3,118,567 58.0%


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



Ideology Data for Rob Portman


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
1993 37 House 86 14 89 10 D 35 65 98 6 94
1994 38 House 81 11 90 6 D 44 54 96 11 86
1995 39 House 88 9 91 8 D 24 76 99 0 80
1996 40 House 90 10 89 8 D 35 61 96 10 100
1997 41 House 78 20 88 9 D 31 68 97 20 92
1998 42 House 95 2 91 9 D 29 71 98 5 88
1999 43 House 90 10 D 33 65 99 5 76
2000 44 House 90 8 D 30 68 98 0 88
2001 45 House 96 3 R 93 7 97 0 88
2002 46 House 95 5 R 93 7 98 0 92
2003 47 House 93 5 R 96 2 98 5 88
2004 48 House 93 5 R 85 9 95 11 88
2005 49 House 23 0 R 20 2 20 0 100
2011 55 Senate 92 8 D 60 40 100 15 75
2012 56 Senate 85 13 D 45 49 98 10 76
2013 57 Senate 86 14 D 53 47 99 15 64
2014 58 Senate 84 11 D 61 38 96 25 68
2015 59 Senate 83 16 D 57 39 98 15 71
2016 60 Senate 71 28 D 55 42 99 15 46
2017 61 Senate 97 2 R 96 3 99 0 68
2018 62 Senate 96 4 R 99 1 99 5 76
2019 63 Senate 96 4 R 98 2 99 10 57
2020 64 Senate 94 2 R 95 4 98 0 70
2021 65 Senate 70 24 D 73 27 95 5 58
2022 66 Senate 59 38 D 44 52 97 61
Lifetime conservative rating:   76%


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.