Former representative · Ohio's 15th district

Steve Stivers

Steve Stivers served in Congress from 2011 to 2021, last as a Republican representative for Ohio's 15th district. In the 117th Congress, 142 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 15, and cast 87 of 96 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Former
In Congress since
Jan 5, 2011
Last term ended
May 16, 2021
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
117th CongressHouse of Representatives14210.6%15 of 142 · rank 9 of 44391%87 of 96 · rank 406 of 44341 became law44%39 of 88

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 117th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.30+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 1629: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity ActYea
    May 11, 2021· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 250–168· Against party
  2. H.R. 1620: Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021Yea
    Mar 17, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 244–172· Against party
  3. H.R. 842: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021Nay
    Mar 9, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 185–243· Against party
  4. H.R. 447: National Apprenticeship Act of 2021Yea
    Feb 5, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 247–173· Against party
  5. H.R. 447: National Apprenticeship Act of 2021Nay
    Feb 5, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–245· Against party
  6. H.R. 447: National Apprenticeship Act of 2021Yea
    Feb 5, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 243–178· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 1065: Pregnant Workers Fairness ActNot voting
    May 14, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 315–101
  2. H.R. 2877: Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2021Yea
    May 13, 2021· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 323–93
  3. H.R. 2547: Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement ActNay
    May 13, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 215–207
  4. H.R. 2547: Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement ActYea
    May 13, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 199–224
  5. H.R. 2547: Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement ActYea
    May 13, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 208–214
  6. H.R. 2547: Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement ActNot voting
    May 13, 2021· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 210–202
  7. MOTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Certain BillsYea
    May 12, 2021· House· Passage· Passed 349–74
  8. H.R. 1629: Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity ActYea
    May 11, 2021· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 250–168· Against party
  9. H.R. 51: Washington, D.C. Admission ActNot voting
    Apr 22, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–208
  10. H.R. 1392: Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021Yea
    Apr 21, 2021· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 350–71
  11. H.R. 1573: Access to Counsel Act of 2021Nay
    Apr 21, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  12. H.R. 1333: NO BAN ActNay
    Apr 21, 2021· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–208

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

4 sponsored · 1 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced375%
  2. Became law125%

Policy areas

  1. Taxation2
  2. Armed Forces and National Security1
  3. Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 2260 To codify the Bill of Rights.
    Introduced· Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues· Oct 19, 2021
  2. H.R. 1448 PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
    Became law· Armed Forces and National Security· Aug 25, 2021
  3. H.R. 1860 Responsible Additions and Increases To Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2021
    Introduced· Taxation· Mar 11, 2021
  4. H.R. 902 DEBT Act of 2021
    Introduced· Taxation· Feb 5, 2021

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Ohio's 15th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Contract money is attributed to districts from the 118th Congress boundaries onward; this member's last district predates them.

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$0
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$34.2K
From committees
-$5,000
0 committees
From contractor PACs
-$5,000
0 PACs · — of committee money

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$0-$5,000-$5,0000 PACs · — of committee money
2024$2,000-$5,500$00 PACs · — of committee money
2022$1.4M$385.4K$43K12 PACs · 11% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Ohio's 15th districtJan 3, 2021 – May 16, 2021
  2. House · Ohio's 15th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  3. House · Ohio's 15th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  4. House · Ohio's 15th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
  5. House · Ohio's 15th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
  6. House · Ohio's 15th districtJan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2013

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.