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Ted Poe
Image of Ted Poe

Republican Party

Prior offices
Harris County District Attorney
Harris County Court
U.S. House Texas District 2
Successor: Daniel Crenshaw

Compensation

Net worth

(2012) $446,006

Education

Bachelor's

Abilene Christian University

Law

University of Houston

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force Reserve

Years of service

1970 - 1976

Personal
Profession
Lawyer and judge

Ted Poe (b. September 10, 1948, in Temple, TX) is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Texas' 2nd Congressional District from 2005 to 2019.

On November 7, 2017, Poe announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018.[1]

Biography

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After receiving his bachelor's degree from Abilene Christian University, Poe served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves for six years. During that time, he also earned his J.D. from the University of Houston and started his career as a district attorney.[2] He went on to serve as county judge for over 20 years and earned a reputation for his unique sentences.[3]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Poe's academic, professional, and political career:[4]

  • 2005-2019: U.S. Representative from Texas' 2nd Congressional District
  • 1981-2003: Harris County judge
  • 1973-1981: Harris County district attorney
  • 1970-1976: U.S. Air Force Reserves
  • 1973: Graduated from the University of Houston with a J.D.
  • 1970: Graduated from Abilene Christian University with a B.A.

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Poe was assigned to the following committees:[5]

2015-2016

Poe served on the following committees:[6]

2013-2014

Poe served on the following committees:[7]

2011-2012

Poe was a member of the following House committees:[8]

  • Committee on the Judiciary
    • Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
    • Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
    • Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
  • Committee on Foreign Affairs
    • Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia
    • Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
    • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Key votes

See also: Key votes

Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Elections

2018

See also: Texas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

Ted Poe did not file to run for re-election.[115]

2016

See also: Texas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ted Poe (R) defeated Pat Bryan (D), James Veasaw (L) and Joshua Darr (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidates in the race faced a primary opponent on March 1, 2016.[116][117]

U.S. House, Texas District 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTed Poe Incumbent 60.6% 168,692
     Democratic Pat Bryan 36% 100,231
     Libertarian James Veasaw 2.3% 6,429
     Green Joshua Darr 1% 2,884
Total Votes 278,236
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

Poe won re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. He won the Republican nomination in the primary election on March 4, 2014, with no opposition. He defeated Niko Letsos (D), James Veasaw (L) and Mark Roberts (G) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[118]

U.S. House, Texas District 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTed Poe Incumbent 67.9% 101,936
     Democratic Niko Letsos 29.6% 44,462
     Libertarian James Veasaw 1.5% 2,316
     Green Mark Roberts 0.9% 1,312
Total Votes 150,026
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

Poe won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 2nd District. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on May 29, 2012. He defeated Jim Dougherty (D), Kenneth Duncan (L) and Mark Roberts (G) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[119][120]

U.S. House, Texas District 2 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTed Poe Incumbent 64.8% 159,664
     Democratic Jim Dougherty 32.7% 80,512
     Libertarian Kenneth Duncan 1.7% 4,140
     Green Mark A. Roberts 0.8% 2,012
Total Votes 246,328
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Full history


Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Poe's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“
  • Smart Economic Policies Create Jobs, Not Government: America is great because of the people that built it. Since our founding, innovation and ambition have driven the American Dream. The means no matter who you are, if you work hard, you can be successful in this country. I believe that success should be encouraged, not punished. The private sector will expand and hire individuals if it is given incentives to invest and if it is not hampered by costly, unnecessary regulations. Businesses must be given certainty and stability regarding government policies so they can plan and budget accordingly. With the right economic policies, America is capable of rapid, sustained economic growth. I will continue to fight for these policies.
  • Simpler, Fairer, Lower Taxes: I’ve pledged not to vote for any tax increase while in Congress. Our tax system is overly complex and costly to administer. Every year, taxpayers spend hundreds of millions of dollars and many hours just to comply with our complicated tax code. I believe tax reform should include replacing the IRS and the current income tax system with a tax code that is simpler, fairer and easier to understand.
  • An All-of-the-Above Energy Policy: I support an all-of-the above energy policy that includes tapping into all of our domestic natural resources and using feasible alternative energies. America has the resources to become energy independent and make Middle Eastern turmoil irrelevant.
  • Healthcare: Patient-Centered, not Government-Driven: I opposed the government takeover of healthcare bill because it was unconstitutional, unworkable and too expensive. Our healthcare system should prioritize the doctor/patient relationship, not insert the government between doctor and patient. An individual must retain a choice in determining his/her doctor.
  • Border Protection and Immigration: In order to reform our broken immigration system, we must first strengthen our border security. As a nation, we must have the moral will to enforce our immigration laws and to protect our country’s borders as we do for other nations around the world. I support using the National Guard – boots on the ground – and other means necessary to protect the border, uphold our laws and end the violence on the U.S./Mexico border. I also support sending some of the surplus equipment returning to the U.S. from Iraq and Afghanistan to our southern border. Our law enforcement officers are outmanned, outgunned and out-financed by the drug cartels. The least we can do is send our law enforcement officers some of this already paid-for equipment, rather than letting it sit in a surplus stockyard somewhere.

[125]

”
—Ted Poe's campaign website, http://www.tedpoe.com/issues/

2014

Poe's campaign website listed the following issues:[126]

  • Economy and Jobs
Excerpt: "America is not short of entrepreneurs with ideas. This country became great thanks to the innovation and ambition of many. Success should be encouraged, not punished. The private sector will expand and hire individuals if it is given incentives to invest and if it is not hampered by costly, unnecessary regulations."
  • Taxes
Excerpt: "I’ve pledged not to vote for any tax increase while in Congress. Americans for Tax Reform has awarded me with the “Champion of the Taxpayer Award” for my steadfastness on this issue. The National Taxpayers Union recognized me as a “Taxpayer’s Friend” and gave me an “A” grade."
  • Energy
Excerpt: "I support an all-of-the above (not a none-from-below) energy policy that includes feasible alternative energies. The U.S. must take advantage of its own natural resources instead of relying on unstable Middle Eastern dictators."
  • Immigration/Border
Excerpt: "Immigration and border security — or border protection — are two separate issues but must be handled in tandem. The current crisis along the U/S Mexico border has a devastating impact on our criminal justice and social systems throughout the country, but particularly here in Texas. The drug cartels wreck havoc on and instill fear within our communities. We must protect our border first and then reform our broken immigration system."
  • Healthcare
Excerpt: "I opposed the government takeover of healthcare bill because it was unconstitutional, and I voted for its repeal last year. I believe our current healthcare system needs reform, but I do not support the “reform” that was passed. I believe in the doctor/patient relationship and that a patient must retain a choice in determining his/her doctor."

Campaign finance summary

Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.

Ted Poe campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016U.S. House, Texas District 2Won $838,713 N/A**
2014U.S. House (Texas, District 2)Won $924,138 N/A**
Grand total$1,762,851 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal Gain Index

Congressional Personal Gain Index graphic.png
See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
Net Worth Metric graphic.png

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Poe's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $237,012 and $655,000. That averages to $446,006, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2012 of $7,614,097.96. Poe ranked as the 283rd most wealthy representative in 2012.[127] Between 2004 and 2012, Poe's calculated net worth[128] increased by an average of 161 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[129]

Ted Poe Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2004$32,211
2012$446,006
Growth from 2004 to 2012:1,285%
Average annual growth:161%[130]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[131]

The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Poe received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Lawyers/Law Firms industry.

From 2003-2014, 27.82 percent of Poe's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[132]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Ted Poe Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $6,182,095
Total Spent $4,349,283
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lawyers/Law Firms$415,977
Oil & Gas$402,537
Health Professionals$388,624
Retired$271,901
Real Estate$240,516
% total in top industry6.73%
% total in top two industries13.24%
% total in top five industries27.82%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Poe was a moderate Republican leader as of July 2014. In June 2013, Poe was rated as a "far-right Republican leader."[133]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[134]

Poe most often votes with:

Poe least often votes with:


Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Poe missed 300 of 8,087 roll call votes from January 2005 to September 2015. This amounted to 3.7 percent, which was higher than the median of 2.2 percent among representatives as of September 2015.[135]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Poe paid his congressional staff a total of $867,427 in 2011. Overall, Texas ranked 27th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[136]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress.

2013

Poe ranked 178th in the conservative rankings in 2013.[137]

2012

Poe ranked 144th in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[138]

2011

Poe was tied with one other member of the U.S. House of Representatives, ranking 60th in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[139]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Poe voted with the Republican Party 92.1 percent of the time, which ranked 183rd among the 234 House Republican members as of July 2014.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

2013

Poe voted with the Republican Party 93.3 percent of the time, which ranked 203rd among the 233 House Republican members as of June 2013.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

Recent news

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Ted Poe News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ CNN, "Texas Republican Rep. Ted Poe announces retirement", November 7, 2017
  2. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Ted Poe," accessed October 21, 2011
  3. ↑ Official House website, "Biography," accessed October 21, 2011
  4. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "POE, Ted, (1948 - )," accessed February 5, 2015
  5. ↑ U.S. House Clerk, "Official Alphabetical List of the House of Representatives of the United States One Hundred Fifteenth Congress," accessed February 2, 2017
  6. ↑ U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, "Committee Information," accessed February 20, 2015
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  10. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 284," June 21, 2018
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  12. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 434," accessed March 12, 2019
  13. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 549," October 3, 2017
  14. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 344," June 29, 2017
  15. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 342," June 29, 2017
  16. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 256," May 4, 2017
  17. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 405," September 26, 2018
  18. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 399," September 13, 2018
  19. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 313," June 28, 2018
  20. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 257," June 8, 2018
  21. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 216," May 22, 2018
  22. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 127," March 22, 2018
  23. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 69," February 9, 2018
  24. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 60," February 6, 2018
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  26. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 33," January 18, 2018
  27. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 708," December 21, 2017
  28. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 692," December 19, 2017
  29. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 670," December 7, 2017
  30. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 637," November 16, 2017
  31. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 589," October 26, 2017
  32. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 557," October 5, 2017
  33. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 528," September 14, 2017
  34. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 480," September 8, 2017
  35. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 441," September 6, 2017
  36. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 299," June 8, 2017
  37. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 249," May 3, 2017
  38. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 230," May 24, 2018
  39. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 49," January 30, 2018
  40. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 631," November 14, 2017
  41. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 435," July 27, 2017
  42. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 413," July 25, 2017
  43. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 437," July 28, 2017
  44. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 407," July 24, 2017
  45. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results For Roll Call 378," July 14, 2017
  46. ↑ Clerk.House.gov, "Final Vote Results for Roll Call 136," March 8, 2017
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  125. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  126. ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed January 14, 2014
  127. ↑ OpenSecrets, "Ted Poe (R-Texas), 2012," accessed February 18, 2014
  128. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
  129. ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
  130. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
  131. ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
  132. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Rep. Ted Poe," accessed September 23, 2014
  133. ↑ GovTrack, "Ted Poe," accessed July 21, 2014
  134. ↑ OpenCongress, "Ted Poe," archived March 5, 2016
  135. ↑ GovTrack, "Rep. Ted Poe (R)," accessed October 2, 2015
  136. ↑ LegiStorm, "Ted Poe," accessed September 17, 2012
  137. ↑ National Journal, "2013 Congressional Vote Ratings," accessed July 18, 2014
  138. ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," March 7, 2013
  139. ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," accessed February 23, 2012
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