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Kay Bailey Hutchison

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1943 in Galveston, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.A., 1992, J.D., 1967

Career:

  • Television reporter, 1967-1970
  • National Transportation Safety Board, 1976-1978
  • Bank VP & counsel, 1978-1982
  • Owner of candy company, 1984-1988

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1972-1976
  • TX Treasurer, 1990-1993


Election Results for Kay Bailey Hutchison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 38 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 15,820 56.5%
1982 38 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 2 13,715 43.0%
1990 46 TX R Treasurer Primary 1 509,701 77.9%
1990 46 TX R Treasurer General 1 1,895,651 49.9%
1993 49 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Open Primary 1 593,338 29.0%
1993 49 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 1,188,716 67.3%
1994 50 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 467,975 84.3%
1994 50 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,604,218 60.8%
2000 56 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 955,033 100.0%
2000 56 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 4,082,091 65.0%
2006 62 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 627,163 100.0%
2006 62 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,661,789 61.7%
2010 66 TX R Governor Primary 2 450,087 30.3%


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



Ideology Data for Kay Bailey Hutchison


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
1993 49 Senate 94 0 87 11 D 45 53 99 14 94
1994 50 Senate 94 6 88 6 D 34 56 93 11 96
1995 51 Senate 98 2 95 4 D 28 71 99 0 87
1996 52 Senate 95 5 98 2 D 34 66 100 5 100
1997 53 Senate 88 12 95 5 D 62 37 99 5 92
1998 54 Senate 88 13 89 8 D 35 60 95 0 88
1999 55 Senate 90 10 89 10 D 29 71 99 0 88
2000 56 Senate 96 4 93 4 D 45 55 98 0 96
2001 57 Senate 89 10 R 95 5 98 10 96
2002 58 Senate 89 8 R 91 4 97 5 100
2003 59 Senate 93 6 R 92 3 98 11 75
2004 60 Senate 89 11 R 95 2 99 25 84
2005 61 Senate 90 10 R 98 2 99 15 92
2006 62 Senate 90 9 R 81 16 99 5 84
2007 63 Senate 87 12 R 78 19 98 20 88
2008 64 Senate 92 5 R 61 35 97 20 76
2009 65 Senate 84 11 D 49 47 94 26 96
2010 66 Senate 87 1 D 24 54 86 0 96
2011 67 Senate 82 13 D 49 43 91 22 79
2012 68 Senate 81 16 D 55 41 96 5 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.