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Kevin Brady

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 11, 1955 in Vermillion, SD

Education:

  • Rapid City Central High School (Rapid City, SD), 1973
  • University of South Dakota, B.S., 1990

Career:

  • Executive, The Woodlands Chamber of Commerce, 1978-1996

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1990-1996


Election Results for Kevin Brady


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 41 TX R U.S. House District 08 Open Primary 1 80,325 41.5%
1996 41 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 30,368 59.1%
1998 43 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 34,841 88.7%
1998 43 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 123,372 92.8%
2000 45 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 61,252 100.0%
2000 45 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 233,848 91.6%
2002 47 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,116 100.0%
2002 47 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 140,575 93.1%
2004 49 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 26,445 100.0%
2004 49 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 179,599 68.9%
2006 51 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,727 100.0%
2006 51 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 105,665 67.3%
2008 53 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,011 100.0%
2008 53 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 207,128 72.6%
2010 55 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,595 79.3%
2010 55 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 161,417 80.3%
2012 57 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 48,366 76.1%
2012 57 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 194,043 77.3%
2014 59 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 42,368 68.3%
2014 59 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 125,066 89.3%
2016 61 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 65,059 53.4%
2016 61 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 236,379 100.0%
2018 63 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 67,593 100.0%
2018 63 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 200,619 73.4%
2020 65 TX R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 75,044 80.7%
2020 65 TX R U.S. House District 08 General 1 277,327 72.5%


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



Ideology Data for Kevin Brady


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
1997 42 House 93 7 96 3 D 28 71 99 5 100
1998 43 House 93 0 90 5 D 20 77 95 0 96
1999 44 House 91 5 D 22 72 95 15 88
2000 45 House 95 3 D 24 72 97 0 100
2001 46 House 98 1 R 88 9 97 0 96
2002 47 House 88 3 R 86 14 94 0 100
2003 48 House 93 2 R 89 7 95 10 87
2004 49 House 96 2 R 88 9 97 0 100
2005 50 House 93 2 R 83 11 92 0 96
2006 51 House 93 3 R 100 0 96 5 88
2007 52 House 90 5 R 82 14 93 5 100
2008 53 House 88 5 R 71 22 94 11 86
2009 54 House 95 3 D 12 86 96 0 100
2010 55 House 95 3 D 27 73 96 0 100
2011 56 House 94 3 D 24 75 97 0 92
2012 57 House 96 2 D 17 83 96 0 96
2013 58 House 95 3 D 13 87 97 0 88
2014 59 House 93 2 D 14 80 94 0 87
2015 60 House 93 2 D 13 85 95 0 83
2016 61 House 96 1 D 6 94 96 0 96
2017 62 House 96 1 R 100 0 97 0 89
2018 63 House 92 1 R 100 0 94 0 82
2019 64 House 93 2 R 94 0 95 0 85
2020 65 House 94 1 R 86 3 90 0 85
2021 66 House 80 1 D 6 67 75 0 86
2022 67 House 84 5 D 20 67 84 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.