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Toby Roth

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 10, 1938 in Strasburg, ND

Education:

  • Marquette University, B.A., 1961

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1962-1969

Career:

  • Real estate businessman

Elected Office:

  • WI Assembly, 1972-1978


Election Results for Toby Roth


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 39 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,782 69.2%
1978 39 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,856 57.9%
1980 41 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 41,229 100.0%
1980 41 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 169,664 67.7%
1982 43 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 43,273 100.0%
1982 43 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,379 57.2%
1984 45 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,059 100.0%
1984 45 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 161,005 67.9%
1986 47 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,014 100.0%
1986 47 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 118,162 67.4%
1988 49 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 46,914 100.0%
1988 49 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 167,275 69.7%
1990 51 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,818 78.7%
1990 51 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,902 53.5%
1992 53 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,848 100.0%
1992 53 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 191,704 70.1%
1994 55 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 49,544 68.0%
1994 55 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 114,319 63.7%


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



Ideology Data for Toby Roth


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
1979 40 House 92 6 88 8 D 26 68 94 16 95
1980 41 House 82 13 89 7 D 37 60 94 22 84
1981 42 House 80 12 77 14 R 64 33 90 11 100
1982 43 House 78 18 73 22 R 57 38 94 10 86
1983 44 House 82 18 84 14 R 71 27 97 5 80
1984 45 House 83 14 61 28 R 51 44 89 15 68
1985 46 House 73 24 76 13 R 55 36 89 10 78
1986 47 House 88 8 79 17 R 68 27 94 0 82
1987 48 House 84 14 79 18 R 61 37 97 4 91
1988 49 House 87 0 78 14 R 51 39 94 11 83
1989 50 House 90 10 81 16 R 72 27 95 10 86
1990 51 House 89 7 77 20 R 63 35 98 6 83
1991 52 House 84 16 81 17 R 69 29 98 20 100
1992 53 House 69 19 83 15 R 67 28 96 15 83
1993 54 House 68 30 85 13 D 29 71 98 25 83
1994 55 House 75 22 91 7 D 33 61 96 16 81
1995 56 House 77 20 89 8 D 21 75 97 5 96
1996 57 House 82 14 82 9 D 33 59 91 6 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.