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Kelly Ayotte

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 27, 1968 in Nashua, NH

Education:

  • Penn State University, B.A., 1990
  • Villanova University, J.D., 1993

Career:

  • Law clerk, NH Supreme Court justice Sherman Horton
  • Prosecutor, NH Attorney General's office, 1998-2000
  • Staff, NH Attorney General, 2000-2003
  • Counsel to NH Governor Craig Benson, 2003
  • Deputy NH Attorney General, 2003-2004

Elected Office:

  • NH Attorney General, 2004-2009


Election Results for Kelly Ayotte


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 42 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 53,056 38.2%
2010 42 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 273,218 60.0%
2016 48 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 86,676 78.6%
2016 48 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 353,632 47.8%
2024 56 NH R Governor Primary 1 88,117 63.1%
2024 56 NH R Governor General 1 436,131 53.6%


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



Ideology Data for Kelly Ayotte


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
2011 43 Senate 96 3 D 55 42 99 10 95
2012 44 Senate 86 13 D 55 44 99 10 80
2013 45 Senate 81 18 D 48 51 99 20 68
2014 46 Senate 72 26 D 62 35 98 16 63
2015 47 Senate 74 26 D 72 26 99 10 38
2016 48 Senate 64 36 D 52 42 97 35 44
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.