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Ralph Regula

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 3, 1924 in Beach City, OH
Died: July 19, 2017 in Bethlehem Township, OH

Education:

  • Mount Union College, B.A., 1948
  • William McKinley School of Law, LL.B., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Teacher/principal, 1948-1952
  • Lawyer
  • OH Board of Education, 1960-1964

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1965-1966
  • OH Senate, 1967-1972


Election Results for Ralph Regula


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 47 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 40,506 85.8%
1972 47 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 102,013 57.3%
1974 49 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,457 100.0%
1974 49 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 92,986 65.6%
1976 51 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 48,413 100.0%
1976 51 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 116,374 66.8%
1978 53 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 36,464 100.0%
1978 53 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 105,152 78.0%
1980 55 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 47,869 100.0%
1980 55 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 149,960 79.3%
1982 57 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 38,466 100.0%
1982 57 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 110,485 65.8%
1984 59 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 152,399 72.4%
1986 61 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 118,206 76.3%
1988 63 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 48,669 100.0%
1988 63 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 158,824 78.6%
1990 65 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 37,242 100.0%
1990 65 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 101,097 58.9%
1992 67 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 51,520 100.0%
1992 67 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 158,489 63.7%
1994 69 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 49,942 86.3%
1994 69 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 137,322 75.0%
1996 71 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 55,380 84.2%
1996 71 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 159,314 68.7%
1998 73 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 43,207 84.4%
1998 73 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 117,426 64.0%
2000 75 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 77,101 100.0%
2000 75 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 162,294 69.2%
2002 77 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 44,177 100.0%
2002 77 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 129,734 68.9%
2004 79 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 53,481 100.0%
2004 79 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 202,544 66.5%
2006 81 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 32,526 58.4%
2006 81 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 137,167 58.3%


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



Ideology Data for Ralph Regula


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
1973 48 House 68 22 70 24 R 64 30 96 29 68
1974 49 House 60 38 58 40 R 68 30 98 35 48
1975 50 House 79 21 76 24 R 71 29 99 21 67
1976 51 House 77 21 71 27 R 71 25 98 10 83
1977 52 House 88 12 79 21 D 52 48 100 15 82
1978 53 House 82 18 77 23 D 46 54 100 20 75
1979 54 House 89 11 85 15 D 35 64 99 21 82
1980 55 House 84 14 77 23 D 49 49 98 28 63
1981 56 House 79 21 75 25 R 72 28 98 15 83
1982 57 House 75 23 65 34 R 64 35 99 25 59
1983 58 House 80 20 68 31 R 66 32 99 25 64
1984 59 House 78 19 63 35 R 58 41 97 35 35
1985 60 House 82 18 57 42 R 60 40 98 25 47
1986 61 House 80 20 56 43 R 56 44 98 15 45
1987 62 House 81 19 56 43 R 52 48 99 28 52
1988 63 House 87 13 67 30 R 56 43 99 30 76
1989 64 House 93 7 60 40 R 70 30 99 20 54
1990 65 House 81 19 75 24 R 56 44 98 17 63
1991 66 House 86 14 70 29 R 69 30 99 20 55
1992 67 House 81 19 73 27 R 55 44 99 35 71
1993 68 House 91 9 79 21 D 58 42 100 30 71
1994 69 House 89 11 76 24 D 59 41 100 16 86
1995 70 House 91 8 90 10 D 24 76 99 10 72
1996 71 House 94 6 86 14 D 48 52 99 15 75
1997 72 House 95 5 86 14 D 39 61 99 30 56
1998 73 House 95 5 86 13 D 28 72 99 20 64
1999 74 House 84 16 D 31 69 99 25 64
2000 75 House 87 12 D 38 62 99 10 76
2001 76 House 94 6 R 88 12 99 20 76
2002 77 House 94 6 R 89 11 99 5 88
2003 78 House 91 5 R 96 4 97 5 92
2004 79 House 93 7 R 82 18 99 0 88
2005 80 House 92 8 R 83 17 100 5 76
2006 81 House 89 11 R 84 13 99 15 71
2007 82 House 78 22 R 46 53 99 35 76
2008 83 House 87 12 R 55 40 97 44 58
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.