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Lynn Jenkins

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 10, 1963 in Topeka, KS

Education:

  • Kansas State University, A.A., 1985
  • Weber State University, B.S., 1985

Career:

  • Accountant

Elected Office:

  • KS House, 1999-2001
  • KS Senate, 2001-2003
  • KS Treasurer, 2003-2008


Election Results for Lynn Jenkins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2002 39 KS R Treasurer Primary 1 149,992 56.1%
2002 39 KS R Treasurer General 1 457,407 56.4%
2006 43 KS R Treasurer Primary 1 163,596 100.0%
2006 43 KS R Treasurer General 1 512,961 64.4%
2008 45 KS R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,278 51.0%
2008 45 KS R U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,532 50.6%
2010 47 KS R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,458 57.1%
2010 47 KS R U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,034 63.1%
2012 49 KS R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,008 100.0%
2012 49 KS R U.S. House District 02 General 1 167,463 57.0%
2014 51 KS R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,850 69.1%
2014 51 KS R U.S. House District 02 General 1 128,742 57.0%
2016 53 KS R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 54,958 100.0%
2016 53 KS R U.S. House District 02 General 1 181,228 60.9%


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



Ideology Data for Lynn Jenkins


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
2009 46 House 95 5 D 23 77 100 5 92
2010 47 House 97 3 D 27 73 100 0 100
2011 48 House 97 3 D 22 78 99 0 84
2012 49 House 93 1 D 14 80 96 0 100
2013 50 House 96 3 D 13 87 99 10 80
2014 51 House 98 2 D 12 88 99 5 84
2015 52 House 97 2 D 9 91 99 0 96
2016 53 House 93 2 D 6 89 96 0 86
2017 54 House 94 2 R 94 3 96 0 85
2018 55 House 93 0 R 100 0 82 0 87
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.