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Robert Kastenmeier

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 24, 1924 in Beaver Dam, WI
Died: March 20, 2015 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • University of Wisconsin, LL.B., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Justice of the peace for Jefferson & Dodge counties, 1955-1959


Election Results for Robert Kastenmeier


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 32 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,552 100.0%
1956 32 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 2 81,922 44.7%
1958 34 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,922 66.8%
1958 34 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 78,009 52.1%
1960 36 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,087 100.0%
1960 36 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 119,885 53.4%
1962 38 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,227 100.0%
1962 38 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 89,740 52.5%
1964 40 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,462 100.0%
1964 40 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 108,148 63.6%
1966 42 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,126 100.0%
1966 42 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 70,311 58.0%
1968 44 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,492 100.0%
1968 44 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,804 59.9%
1970 46 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,256 100.0%
1970 46 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,879 68.5%
1972 48 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,806 100.0%
1972 48 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,136 68.2%
1974 50 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,118 100.0%
1974 50 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,561 64.8%
1976 52 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,113 100.0%
1976 52 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,158 65.6%
1978 54 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 38,081 100.0%
1978 54 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,631 57.7%
1980 56 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,232 100.0%
1980 56 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 142,037 54.0%
1982 58 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 64,920 100.0%
1982 58 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,677 60.6%
1984 60 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,967 82.3%
1984 60 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 159,987 63.6%
1986 62 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,237 100.0%
1986 62 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 106,919 55.5%
1988 64 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,876 100.0%
1988 64 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 1 151,501 58.5%
1990 66 WI D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,491 100.0%
1990 66 WI D U.S. House District 02 General 2 85,156 46.8%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Kastenmeier


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
1959 35 House 0 100 90 10 R 48 52 100 100
1960 36 House 5 89 76 22 R 49 49 98 100
1961 37 House 9 87 93 5 D 94 6 99 100 0
1962 38 House 12 88 84 11 D 85 15 93 88 7
1963 39 House 7 93 81 15 D 84 13 97 100 6
1964 40 House 8 92 84 16 D 92 8 99 100 0
1965 41 House 2 98 90 8 D 86 7 94 100 6
1966 42 House 5 86 75 15 D 75 12 91 100 20
1967 43 House 2 96 87 9 D 80 16 95 93 0
1968 44 House 4 92 91 5 D 83 14 96 100 0
1969 45 House 7 89 82 15 R 45 51 99 93 13
1970 46 House 7 94 85 11 R 55 43 97 100 12
1971 47 House 2 94 88 9 R 26 72 95 100 0
1972 48 House 10 87 83 12 R 49 51 98 100 0
1973 49 House 11 87 87 12 R 26 73 97 100 8
1974 50 House 7 89 84 13 R 42 58 98 95 11
1975 51 House 15 82 86 11 R 31 65 99 100 6
1976 52 House 18 81 89 10 R 33 67 98 90 6
1977 53 House 14 85 87 12 D 76 23 98 100 3
1978 54 House 7 93 91 9 D 86 14 99 95 0
1979 55 House 6 92 88 9 D 79 20 96 95 11
1980 56 House 9 87 89 10 D 71 26 97 100 11
1981 57 House 5 95 89 11 R 22 75 99 95 8
1982 58 House 12 88 89 10 R 26 74 98 95 0
1983 59 House 8 91 90 6 R 11 82 95 95 9
1984 60 House 8 92 90 6 R 25 73 97 95 0
1985 61 House 5 93 91 4 R 16 84 97 100 5
1986 62 House 4 92 92 5 R 16 81 98 100 0
1987 63 House 5 95 94 5 R 13 87 99 100 0
1988 64 House 11 89 93 6 R 20 79 99 100 4
1989 65 House 12 88 91 7 R 28 71 99 100 0
1990 66 House 9 91 92 7 R 15 85 99 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.