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Kay Granger

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 18, 1943 in Greenville, TX

Education:

  • Eastern Hills High School (Fort Worth, TX), 1961
  • Texas Wesleyan University, B.S., 1965

Career:

  • School teacher, 1965-1978
  • Insurance agent, 1978-1985
  • Insurance company president
  • Fort Worth zoning commission, 1981-1989

Elected Office:

  • Fort Worth city council, 1989-1991
  • Mayor of Fort Worth, 1991-1995


Election Results for Kay Granger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 53 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 21,774 69.2%
1996 53 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 98,349 57.8%
1998 55 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 12,952 100.0%
1998 55 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 66,740 61.9%
2000 57 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 32,382 100.0%
2000 57 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 117,739 62.7%
2002 59 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 20,769 87.1%
2002 59 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 121,208 91.9%
2004 61 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 17,964 100.0%
2004 61 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 173,222 72.3%
2006 63 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 20,426 100.0%
2006 63 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 98,371 66.9%
2008 65 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 49,374 100.0%
2008 65 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 181,662 67.6%
2010 67 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 40,325 70.0%
2010 67 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 109,882 71.9%
2012 69 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 34,828 80.2%
2012 69 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 175,649 70.9%
2014 71 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 39,907 100.0%
2014 71 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 113,186 71.3%
2016 73 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 87,329 100.0%
2016 73 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 196,482 69.4%
2018 75 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 49,385 100.0%
2018 75 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 172,557 64.3%
2020 77 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 43,420 58.0%
2020 77 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 233,853 63.7%
2022 79 TX R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 46,779 75.2%
2022 79 TX R U.S. House District 12 General 1 152,953 64.3%


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



Ideology Data for Kay Granger


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 54 House 95 2 91 5 D 29 71 96 0 92
1998 55 House 98 0 90 9 D 28 72 98 5 84
1999 56 House 91 7 D 19 74 94 5 78
2000 57 House 86 6 D 20 62 91 5 84
2001 58 House 95 3 R 88 12 96 0 80
2002 59 House 93 4 R 86 14 97 0 96
2003 60 House 93 4 R 95 4 97 5 84
2004 61 House 87 4 R 85 9 93 0 91
2005 62 House 93 3 R 89 11 96 0 80
2006 63 House 95 3 R 97 3 97 5 76
2007 64 House 92 5 R 78 19 96 10 92
2008 65 House 89 3 R 75 19 90 6 92
2009 66 House 77 11 D 19 68 89 0 91
2010 67 House 83 4 D 27 61 87 0 100
2011 68 House 92 5 D 25 69 97 0 84
2012 69 House 85 11 D 14 83 95 5 83
2013 70 House 93 3 D 13 80 95 5 74
2014 71 House 93 4 D 14 79 96 0 72
2015 72 House 91 5 D 13 84 96 0 63
2016 73 House 89 2 D 6 89 90 0 85
2017 74 House 92 2 R 89 0 93 0 85
2018 75 House 95 3 R 96 4 97 0 72
2019 76 House 88 6 R 92 0 95 11 71
2020 77 House 68 4 R 53 3 74 0 58
2021 78 House 90 4 D 0 94 96 0 78
2022 79 House 93 6 D 20 80 99 82
2023 80 House 82 14 D 96 68
2024 81 House 65 6 D 67 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.