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John Kasich

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 13, 1952 in McKees Rocks, PA

Education:

  • Ohio State University, B.A., 1974

Career:

  • Assistant to OH state Sen. Buz Lukens, 1975-1977

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1979-1982


Election Results for John Kasich


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 30 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 33,550 82.6%
1982 30 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 88,335 50.5%
1984 32 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 148,899 69.5%
1986 34 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 117,905 73.4%
1988 36 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 42,312 100.0%
1988 36 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 154,727 79.0%
1990 38 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 37,426 100.0%
1990 38 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 130,495 72.0%
1992 40 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 41,779 100.0%
1992 40 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 170,297 71.2%
1994 42 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 40,288 92.2%
1994 42 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 114,608 66.5%
1996 44 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 47,585 88.0%
1996 44 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 151,667 63.9%
1998 46 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 44,492 90.6%
1998 46 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 124,197 67.2%
2010 58 OH R Governor Primary 1 746,719 100.0%
2010 58 OH R Governor General 1 1,889,186 49.0%
2014 62 OH R Governor Primary 1 559,671 100.0%
2014 62 OH R Governor General 1 1,944,848 63.6%


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



Ideology Data for John Kasich


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
1983 31 House 87 13 90 10 R 77 23 99 10 91
1984 32 House 92 8 82 17 R 61 38 99 5 65
1985 33 House 98 2 90 7 R 74 26 97 5 89
1986 34 House 88 12 75 22 R 70 29 98 10 82
1987 35 House 93 5 74 21 R 68 31 95 8 78
1988 36 House 100 0 76 20 R 61 38 95 15 92
1989 37 House 90 10 68 30 R 70 29 99 21 100
1990 38 House 94 6 78 19 R 69 30 97 11 92
1991 39 House 97 3 81 17 R 77 23 98 15 85
1992 40 House 79 19 71 25 R 71 26 97 15 83
1993 41 House 86 14 80 17 D 32 65 97 0 92
1994 42 House 86 14 81 19 D 46 53 99 11 76
1995 43 House 91 8 94 5 D 20 79 98 0 92
1996 44 House 82 14 88 9 D 41 59 96 15 95
1997 45 House 76 22 88 8 D 31 68 97 22 88
1998 46 House 88 10 92 6 D 24 73 98 0 96
1999 47 House 83 6 D 20 76 85 11 91
2000 48 House 85 7 D 26 68 86 10 92
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.