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Paul Ryan

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 29, 1970 in Janesville, WI

Education:

  • Miami (Ohio) University, B.A., 1992

Career:

  • Construction businessman
  • Aide to Sen. Bob Kasten, 1992
  • Advisor/speechwriter for Empower America, 1993-1995
  • Legislative director to Sen. Sam Brownback, 1995-1997
  • Marketing consultant, 1997-1998


Election Results for Paul Ryan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 28 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,859 80.7%
1998 28 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,475 57.1%
2000 30 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,915 99.8%
2000 30 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 177,612 66.6%
2002 32 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,791 99.5%
2002 32 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 140,176 67.2%
2004 34 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 39,935 100.0%
2004 34 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 233,372 65.4%
2006 36 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,734 100.0%
2006 36 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 161,320 62.6%
2008 38 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,718 100.0%
2008 38 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 231,009 64.0%
2010 40 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 76,542 100.0%
2010 40 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 179,819 68.2%
2012 42 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 65,700 99.6%
2012 42 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 200,423 54.9%
2014 44 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,813 94.3%
2014 44 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 182,316 63.3%
2016 46 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,364 84.1%
2016 46 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 230,072 64.9%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Ryan


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
1999 29 House 91 9 D 24 74 99 10 92
2000 30 House 95 5 D 22 78 99 5 88
2001 31 House 92 8 R 86 14 100 0 88
2002 32 House 87 7 R 82 14 95 0 96
2003 33 House 91 5 R 85 9 96 22 88
2004 34 House 94 6 R 82 18 99 20 92
2005 35 House 94 5 R 78 22 99 0 96
2006 36 House 93 6 R 92 8 99 0 92
2007 37 House 94 4 R 78 21 99 15 96
2008 38 House 95 3 R 82 14 98 16 84
2009 39 House 97 3 D 17 82 99 0 96
2010 40 House 90 2 D 22 68 92 0 100
2011 41 House 95 5 D 25 75 99 15 80
2012 42 House 91 3 D 12 85 93 5 83
2013 43 House 96 4 D 13 85 99 5 84
2014 44 House 98 2 D 14 86 99 0 80
2015 45 House 82 3 D 13 76 81 0 78
2016 46 House 0 0 D 2 2 1 0 0
2017 47 House 2 0 R 25 0 2 0 83
2018 48 House 4 0 R 22 0 2 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.