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Sue Kelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 26, 1936 in Lima, OH

Education:

  • Denison University, B.A., 1958
  • Sarah Lawrence College, M.A., 1985

Career:

  • Owner of building rehabilitation company
  • Professor at Sarah Lawrence College, 1988-1991


Election Results for Sue Kelly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 57 NY R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 5,842 22.5%
1994 57 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 100,173 52.1%
1996 59 NY R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 11,693 52.8%
1996 59 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 102,142 46.3%
1998 61 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 104,467 62.2%
2000 63 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 145,532 60.9%
2002 65 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 121,129 70.0%
2004 67 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 175,401 66.7%
2006 69 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 2 95,359 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Sue 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
1995 58 House 89 10 84 15 D 37 62 99 30 64
1996 59 House 84 16 83 17 D 47 53 100 10 70
1997 60 House 71 24 79 20 D 41 57 98 40 64
1998 61 House 74 26 66 34 D 41 59 99 45 48
1999 62 House 69 31 D 33 67 99 50 56
2000 63 House 75 25 D 38 62 99 35 56
2001 64 House 79 21 R 77 23 99 25 40
2002 65 House 90 10 R 75 25 99 20 88
2003 66 House 84 14 R 76 24 99 15 64
2004 67 House 84 16 R 70 30 100 40 56
2005 68 House 80 14 R 67 28 96 37 70
2006 69 House 77 23 R 76 24 99 25 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.