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Mike Ross

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 2, 1961 in Texarkana, AR

Education:

  • University of Arkansas, B.A., 1987

Career:

  • Chief of Staff to AR Lt. Governor, 1984-1989
  • Health club owner

Elected Office:

  • AR Senate, 1991-2000


Election Results for Mike Ross


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 38 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 41,668 44.7%
2000 38 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 28,286 58.1%
2000 38 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,143 51.0%
2002 40 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 119,633 60.5%
2004 42 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
2006 44 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 128,236 74.7%
2008 46 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 203,178 86.2%
2010 48 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 102,479 57.5%
2014 52 AR D Governor Primary 1 129,437 84.4%
2014 52 AR D Governor General 2 352,115 41.5%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Ross


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
2001 39 House 70 30 R 37 63 100 65 36
2002 40 House 73 26 R 54 46 99 65 32
2003 41 House 81 19 R 44 56 99 80 40
2004 42 House 82 18 R 52 48 99 65 44
2005 43 House 73 21 R 39 46 94 71 50
2006 44 House 74 26 R 53 47 99 50 60
2007 45 House 88 11 R 11 89 98 85 28
2008 46 House 94 5 R 25 75 99 85 12
2009 47 House 89 10 D 88 10 99 60 20
2010 48 House 83 16 D 73 27 99 45 25
2011 49 House 45 54 D 51 49 99 37 28
2012 50 House 42 51 D 34 59 93 30 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   35%


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.