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Paul Kanjorski

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 2, 1937 in Nanticoke, PA

Education:

  • Attended Temple University, 1957-1961
  • Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1965

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1960-1961

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Nanticoke city solicitor, 1969-1981
  • Administrative law judge for workman's compensation, 1971-1980


Election Results for Paul Kanjorski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 43 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 3 12,022 14.7%
1980 43 PA I U.S. House District 11 Special 4 18,241 15.5%
1984 47 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,519 46.9%
1984 47 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 108,430 58.6%
1986 49 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 49,726 94.3%
1986 49 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 112,405 70.6%
1988 51 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 120,706 100.0%
1990 53 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 88,219 100.0%
1992 55 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 138,875 67.1%
1994 57 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 43,584 100.0%
1994 57 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 101,966 66.5%
1996 59 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,110 100.0%
1996 59 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 128,258 68.0%
1998 61 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,452 99.9%
1998 61 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 88,933 66.8%
2000 63 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,985 99.9%
2000 63 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 131,948 66.4%
2002 65 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 51,027 100.0%
2002 65 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 93,758 55.6%
2004 67 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 55,055 100.0%
2004 67 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 171,147 94.4%
2006 69 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,117 100.0%
2006 69 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 134,340 72.5%
2008 71 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 93,120 100.0%
2008 71 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 146,379 51.6%
2010 73 PA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,900 49.4%
2010 73 PA D U.S. House District 11 General 2 84,618 45.3%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Kanjorski


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
1985 48 House 47 53 80 17 R 33 63 98 55 21
1986 49 House 54 46 83 14 R 22 78 98 65 32
1987 50 House 56 44 88 11 R 26 74 99 80 4
1988 51 House 50 50 88 12 R 32 68 99 70 20
1989 52 House 44 56 85 14 R 36 63 99 80 14
1990 53 House 44 54 87 13 R 25 74 99 67 21
1991 54 House 59 41 85 14 R 37 63 99 50 25
1992 55 House 46 54 85 15 R 31 69 100 80 17
1993 56 House 48 52 89 11 D 73 27 100 70 21
1994 57 House 47 53 87 12 D 82 18 99 58 29
1995 58 House 37 61 83 16 D 76 24 99 80 16
1996 59 House 55 45 78 22 D 68 32 99 65 30
1997 60 House 44 56 78 22 D 68 32 99 90 12
1998 61 House 36 64 86 14 D 82 18 99 85 12
1999 62 House 82 16 D 74 26 97 75 16
2000 63 House 80 17 D 80 20 97 65 16
2001 64 House 75 25 R 47 53 99 65 36
2002 65 House 79 21 R 46 54 98 75 24
2003 66 House 84 16 R 31 69 99 85 32
2004 67 House 85 12 R 30 67 97 79 21
2005 68 House 80 20 R 37 63 99 79 24
2006 69 House 78 16 R 32 66 95 74 29
2007 70 House 88 5 R 9 87 94 95 17
2008 71 House 96 4 R 24 76 99 80 12
2009 72 House 95 4 D 91 7 98 85 8
2010 73 House 94 5 D 85 15 99 90 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.