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Ted Strickland

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 4, 1941 in Portsmouth, OH

Education:

  • Asbury College, B.A., 1963
  • University of Kentucky, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1980
  • Asbury Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1967

Career:

  • Professor at Shawnee State College, 1986-1992
  • Consulting prison psychologist, 1986-1992


Election Results for Ted Strickland


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 34 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,891 43.2%
1976 34 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 2 67,067 38.5%
1978 36 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 17,179 76.9%
1978 36 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 2 46,318 35.1%
1980 38 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,997 79.4%
1980 38 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 2 84,235 45.4%
1992 50 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,339 54.6%
1992 50 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 1 122,720 50.7%
1994 52 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,906 100.0%
1994 52 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 2 87,861 49.1%
1996 54 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 39,683 100.0%
1996 54 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 1 118,003 51.3%
1998 56 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 36,881 100.0%
1998 56 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 1 102,852 57.0%
2000 58 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 42,289 100.0%
2000 58 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,849 57.7%
2002 60 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 41,351 67.5%
2002 60 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 1 113,972 59.5%
2004 62 OH D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 73,405 83.0%
2004 62 OH D U.S. House District 06 General 1 223,842 99.9%
2006 64 OH D Governor Primary 1 634,114 79.2%
2006 64 OH D Governor General 1 2,435,384 60.5%
2010 68 OH D Governor Primary 1 630,785 100.0%
2010 68 OH D Governor General 2 1,812,059 47.0%
2016 74 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 742,676 65.0%
2016 74 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 1,996,908 37.2%


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



Ideology Data for Ted Strickland


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
1993 51 House 30 70 93 6 D 75 24 99 89 17
1994 52 House 44 56 91 8 D 72 27 98 84 19
1997 55 House 44 49 82 17 D 69 29 98 79 24
1998 56 House 50 50 84 15 D 66 34 99 85 32
1999 57 House 83 15 D 61 37 98 85 13
2000 58 House 80 15 D 62 36 96 90 12
2001 59 House 89 10 R 26 74 98 90 16
2002 60 House 90 10 R 32 68 99 90 12
2003 61 House 91 8 R 22 78 99 95 24
2004 62 House 91 6 R 27 70 97 95 8
2005 63 House 87 9 R 22 78 90 95 29
2006 64 House 57 7 R 26 45 61 79 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   19%


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.