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Kika de la Garza

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1927 in Mercedes, TX
Died: March 13, 2017 in McAllen, TX

Education:

  • St. Mary's University, LL.B., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946
  • U.S. Army, 1950-1952

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1952-1964


Election Results for Kika de la Garza


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 36 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 30,494 44.1%
1964 36 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary Runoff 1 34,127 64.2%
1964 36 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 66,897 69.4%
1966 38 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 33,129 100.0%
1968 40 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 57,618 100.0%
1970 42 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 54,498 76.2%
1972 44 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 73,101 83.8%
1972 44 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 73,994 100.0%
1974 46 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 42,567 100.0%
1976 48 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 69,987 77.1%
1976 48 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 102,837 74.4%
1978 50 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 54,560 66.2%
1980 52 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 105,325 70.0%
1982 54 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 76,544 95.7%
1984 56 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 104,863 100.0%
1986 58 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 70,777 100.0%
1988 60 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 93,672 93.9%
1990 62 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 72,461 100.0%
1992 64 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 48,908 100.0%
1992 64 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 86,351 60.4%
1994 66 TX D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 40,513 60.5%
1994 66 TX D U.S. House District 15 General 1 61,527 59.0%


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



Ideology Data for Kika de la Garza


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
1965 37 House 59 39 67 30 D 71 26 97 21 53
1966 38 House 51 35 65 23 D 69 17 87 38 33
1967 39 House 46 41 63 17 D 72 16 83 43 38
1968 40 House 59 29 59 34 D 66 22 87 33 29
1969 41 House 51 38 58 29 R 51 36 84 40 50
1970 42 House 52 25 46 32 R 51 26 74 31 53
1971 43 House 56 34 57 36 R 46 42 86 41 60
1972 44 House 66 23 48 47 R 57 41 88 15 70
1973 45 House 62 30 58 32 R 35 54 90 29 58
1974 46 House 63 19 37 39 R 60 17 79 13* 72
1975 47 House 74 20 43 46 R 54 42 91 11* 59
1976 48 House 64 13 46 34 R 37 39 77 31 65
1977 49 House 83 15 46 53 D 44 56 96 5 61
1978 50 House 75 16 36 52 D 36 56 89 11 68
1979 51 House 77 9 31 53 D 39 46 81 7 75
1980 52 House 65 24 59 36 D 57 34 91 24 35
1981 53 House 68 27 62 31 R 57 39 90 45 42
1982 54 House 67 19 67 25 R 49 32 86 25 62
1983 55 House 61 27 70 17 R 41 50 86 53 25
1984 56 House 59 25 66 21 R 44 46 86 42 45
1985 57 House 60 36 75 14 R 34 59 89 60 21
1986 58 House 64 32 72 16 R 27 64 85 61 27
1987 59 House 65 21 76 14 R 33 59 90 75 5
1988 60 House 32 37 73 6 R 21 57 83 67 20
1989 61 House 49 44 74 15 R 43 50 91 56 21
1990 62 House 56 43 84 10 R 24 73 92 61 23
1991 63 House 51 38 78 14 R 38 54 89 53 32
1992 64 House 60 31 80 13 R 33 54 93 78 20
1993 65 House 80 14 76 19 D 78 16 94 37 39
1994 66 House 86 14 73 17 D 78 16 91 50 45
1995 67 House 80 16 64 29 D 59 34 93 61 35
1996 68 House 75 6 54 24 D 59 24 78 53 36
Lifetime conservative rating:   44%


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.