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Jim Renacci

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 3, 1958 in Monongahela, PA

Education:

  • Indiana (PA) University, B.S., 1980

Career:

  • Business owner
  • Wadsworth Board of Zoning Appeals, 1994-1995

Elected Office:

  • Wasdworth city council, 1999-2003
  • Mayor of Wadsworth, 2004-2008


Election Results for Jim Renacci


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 51 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,358 49.2%
2010 51 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 114,652 52.1%
2012 53 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 66,487 100.0%
2012 53 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 185,165 52.0%
2014 55 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 37,040 100.0%
2014 55 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 132,176 63.7%
2016 57 OH R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 107,039 100.0%
2016 57 OH R U.S. House District 16 General 1 225,794 65.3%
2018 59 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 363,622 47.3%
2018 59 OH R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 2,053,963 46.6%
2022 63 OH R Governor Primary 2 302,494 28.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Renacci


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
2011 52 House 93 6 D 21 79 99 0 80
2012 53 House 91 8 D 19 81 99 0 72
2013 54 House 96 3 D 13 85 99 5 72
2014 55 House 92 8 D 14 86 99 0 64
2015 56 House 94 6 D 11 89 99 5 67
2016 57 House 94 4 D 4 94 98 0 72
2017 58 House 89 3 R 83 6 88 0 77
2018 59 House 92 3 R 89 7 88 0 78
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.