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Ed Whitfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 25, 1943 in Hopkinsville, KY

Education:

  • University of Kentucky, B.S., 1965, J.D., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1967-1973

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Owner of oil company, 1975-1979
  • VP of CSX Corporation, 1979-1990
  • Counsel/VP, Seaboard System Railroad, 1979-1991
  • Counsel to Interstate Commerce Commission, 1991-1993

Elected Office:

  • KY House, 1973-1975


Election Results for Ed Whitfield


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 51 KY R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 4,212 52.5%
1994 51 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 64,849 51.0%
1996 53 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,473 53.6%
1998 55 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,308 55.2%
2000 57 KY R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 12,013 83.8%
2000 57 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 132,115 58.0%
2002 59 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,600 65.3%
2004 61 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 175,972 67.3%
2006 63 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,618 59.6%
2008 65 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 178,107 64.3%
2010 67 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 153,519 71.2%
2012 69 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 199,956 69.6%
2014 71 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 173,022 73.1%


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



Ideology Data for Ed Whitfield


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
1995 52 House 91 6 90 9 D 22 77 99 10 92
1996 53 House 98 2 88 11 D 38 61 98 5 85
1997 54 House 93 5 92 7 D 31 69 98 0 96
1998 55 House 86 12 88 10 D 23 74 97 5 96
1999 56 House 89 10 D 24 76 98 10 80
2000 57 House 87 10 D 30 66 97 0 88
2001 58 House 95 4 R 93 7 99 0 96
2002 59 House 89 6 R 86 11 96 0 100
2003 60 House 89 6 R 89 5 95 10 88
2004 61 House 88 8 R 82 15 95 5 88
2005 62 House 93 6 R 83 15 96 11 88
2006 63 House 87 9 R 89 11 96 0 76
2007 64 House 81 15 R 65 31 97 25 83
2008 65 House 88 10 R 53 43 96 39 78
2009 66 House 80 18 D 30 67 98 0 88
2010 67 House 86 10 D 37 61 97 15 77
2011 68 House 90 8 D 23 76 98 5 72
2012 69 House 89 8 D 17 81 96 10 79
2013 70 House 91 6 D 15 81 97 5 60
2014 71 House 87 8 D 14 79 95 0 52
2015 72 House 89 9 D 13 82 97 0 55
2016 73 House 67 5 D 4 57 64 8 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.