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Ciro Rodriguez

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 9, 1946 in Piedras Negras, Mexico

Education:

  • St. Mary's University, B.A., 1973
  • Our Lady of the Lake University, M.S.W., 1978

Career:

  • Substance abuse counselor, 1971-1974, 1978-1980
  • Educational consultant, 1980-1987
  • College faculty member, 1987-1996

Elected Office:

  • Harlandale school board, 1975-1987
  • TX House, 1987-1997


Election Results for Ciro Rodriguez


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1997 50 TX D U.S. House District 28 Special Open Primary 1 14,018 46.1%
1997 50 TX D U.S. House District 28 Special 1 19,992 66.7%
1998 51 TX D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 28,201 75.9%
1998 51 TX D U.S. House District 28 General 1 71,849 90.5%
2000 53 TX D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 37,110 100.0%
2000 53 TX D U.S. House District 28 General 1 123,104 89.0%
2002 55 TX D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 41,152 100.0%
2002 55 TX D U.S. House District 28 General 1 71,393 71.1%
2004 57 TX D U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 24,448 49.8%
2006 59 TX D U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 18,484 40.5%
2006 59 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 2 24,594 19.9%
2006 59 TX D U.S. House District 23 General Runoff 1 38,256 54.2%
2008 61 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 71,716 100.0%
2008 61 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 1 134,090 55.8%
2010 63 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 34,104 83.4%
2010 63 TX D U.S. House District 23 General 2 67,348 44.4%
2012 65 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 18,237 46.0%
2012 65 TX D U.S. House District 23 Primary Runoff 2 13,038 45.2%


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



Ideology Data for Ciro Rodriguez


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
1997 50 House 58 42 87 13 D 74 26 99 79 26
1998 51 House 50 48 88 8 D 78 18 97 100 4
1999 52 House 90 9 D 76 24 98 100 8
2000 53 House 91 6 D 80 20 92 85 12
2001 54 House 88 11 R 30 67 99 89 12
2002 55 House 93 4 R 21 79 97 100 0
2003 56 House 89 7 R 20 80 95 85 25
2004 57 House 86 7 R 36 55 90 90 13
2007 60 House 94 5 R 10 90 99 95 8
2008 61 House 94 6 R 24 76 98 80 24
2009 62 House 95 4 D 93 7 98 90 12
2010 63 House 92 3 D 83 12 94 95 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.