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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 15, 1952 in Havana, Cuba

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1982-1986
  • FL Senate, 1986-1989


Election Results for Ileana Ros-Lehtinen


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1989 36 FL R U.S. House District 18 Special Primary 1 16,873 82.8%
1989 36 FL R U.S. House District 18 Special 1 49,298 53.3%
1990 37 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 56,364 60.4%
1992 39 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 104,755 66.8%
1994 41 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 0 0.0%
1996 43 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 123,659 100.0%
1998 45 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 0 0.0%
2000 47 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 112,968 100.0%
2002 49 FL R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 38,885 88.0%
2002 49 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 103,512 69.1%
2004 51 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 143,647 64.7%
2006 53 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 79,631 62.1%
2008 55 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 140,617 57.9%
2010 57 FL R U.S. House District 18 General 1 102,360 68.9%
2012 59 FL R U.S. House District 27 General 1 138,488 60.2%
2014 61 FL R U.S. House District 27 General 1 0 0.0%
2016 63 FL R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 30,485 80.5%
2016 63 FL R U.S. House District 27 General 1 157,917 54.9%


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



Ideology Data for Ileana Ros-Lehtinen


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
1989 36 House 28 13 R 33 17 43 40 100
1990 37 House 70 24 70 26 R 50 45 97 35 65
1991 38 House 73 24 75 22 R 67 32 97 40 70
1992 39 House 79 19 73 24 R 61 36 97 26 77
1993 40 House 77 23 75 24 D 57 42 98 30 79
1994 41 House 64 25 74 21 D 58 37 94 28 65
1995 42 House 90 7 86 10 D 23 74 96 15 76
1996 43 House 75 24 73 22 D 47 51 95 33 60
1997 44 House 89 9 84 11 D 32 67 95 21 76
1998 45 House 76 24 76 18 D 27 65 92 18 80
1999 46 House 79 15 D 28 69 93 28 74
2000 47 House 83 14 D 26 72 92 15 64
2001 48 House 82 6 R 77 12 90 11 71
2002 49 House 91 7 R 86 14 94 10 88
2003 50 House 88 7 R 91 4 93 5 83
2004 51 House 85 11 R 76 15 91 17 80
2005 52 House 87 9 R 72 22 93 11 88
2006 53 House 82 10 R 84 13 93 17 63
2007 54 House 77 21 R 60 38 98 25 60
2008 55 House 64 32 R 31 64 95 68 32
2009 56 House 68 30 D 55 45 97 40 72
2010 57 House 76 14 D 46 51 91 30 70
2011 58 House 87 11 D 29 69 98 25 48
2012 59 House 85 13 D 25 75 98 5 57
2013 60 House 84 9 D 19 78 94 0 61
2014 61 House 83 10 D 17 77 94 6 50
2015 62 House 82 17 D 18 82 99 5 42
2016 63 House 77 20 D 17 81 98 11 33
2017 64 House 70 11 R 58 28 84 29 40
2018 65 House 73 18 R 74 22 91 18 24
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.