RightDataUSA


Mike Kelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 10, 1948 in Pittsburgh, PA

Education:

  • Butler Senior High School (Butler, PA), 1966
  • Notre Dame University, B.A., 1970

Career:

  • Owner of automobile dealership

Elected Office:

  • Butler school board, 1992-1995
  • Butler County council, 2006-2009


Election Results for Mike Kelly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 62 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 15,428 28.1%
2010 62 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 111,909 55.7%
2012 64 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 46,382 100.0%
2012 64 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 165,826 54.8%
2014 66 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,475 100.0%
2014 66 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 113,859 60.6%
2016 68 PA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 88,964 100.0%
2016 68 PA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 244,893 100.0%
2018 70 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 39,412 100.0%
2018 70 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 135,348 51.6%
2020 72 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 68,199 100.0%
2020 72 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 210,088 59.3%
2022 74 PA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 87,028 100.0%
2022 74 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 190,546 59.4%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Kelly


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
2011 63 House 93 7 D 25 75 99 10 80
2012 64 House 91 9 D 17 83 99 0 76
2013 65 House 96 4 D 15 85 99 5 64
2014 66 House 94 6 D 14 86 99 0 64
2015 67 House 92 8 D 11 89 99 0 63
2016 68 House 96 3 D 6 94 99 0 72
2017 69 House 94 4 R 100 0 98 0 67
2018 70 House 94 4 R 93 7 99 0 68
2019 71 House 91 6 R 98 0 97 5 86
2020 72 House 94 2 R 92 3 96 10 82
2021 73 House 96 2 D 6 94 99 0 82
2022 74 House 95 5 D 20 80 99 73
2023 75 House 68 17 D 84 67
2024 76 House 92 7 D 99 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.