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Barbara Kennelly

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 10, 1936 in Hartford, CT

Education:

  • Mount St. Joseph Academy (West Hartford, CT), 1954
  • Trinity (DC) College, B.A., 1958
  • Harvard Business School, 1959
  • Trinity (CT) College, M.A., 1971

Career:

  • Hartford Committee on Aging, 1971-1975

Elected Office:

  • Hartford city council, 1975-1979
  • CT Secretary of State, 1979-1982


Election Results for Barbara Kennelly


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 41 CT D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 571,654 57.5%
1982 45 CT D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 51,431 58.8%
1982 45 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 126,798 68.1%
1984 47 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 147,748 61.7%
1986 49 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 128,930 74.2%
1988 51 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 176,463 77.2%
1990 53 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 126,566 71.4%
1992 55 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 164,735 67.1%
1994 57 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,637 73.4%
1996 59 CT D U.S. House District 01 General 1 158,222 73.5%
1998 61 CT D Governor General 2 354,187 35.4%


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



Ideology Data for Barbara Kennelly


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
1982 45 House 26 74 92 8 R 34 66 98 95 0
1983 46 House 12 83 95 3 R 16 80 98 95 5
1984 47 House 15 78 88 7 R 31 65 95 85 0
1985 48 House 22 78 91 5 R 23 78 97 90 11
1986 49 House 20 74 91 4 R 20 78 96 89 0
1987 50 House 37 60 89 5 R 22 75 95 84 0
1988 51 House 32 68 92 6 R 28 71 98 90 8
1989 52 House 27 71 93 5 R 28 67 97 95 7
1990 53 House 17 83 92 6 R 22 78 99 83 8
1991 54 House 24 76 94 6 R 30 70 99 80 0
1992 55 House 29 71 92 6 R 22 77 98 100 4
1993 56 House 32 68 95 5 D 88 12 99 90 8
1994 57 House 42 58 94 4 D 90 10 98 84 10
1995 58 House 41 59 86 11 D 77 18 98 89 12
1996 59 House 49 49 86 13 D 84 16 98 80 10
1997 60 House 31 65 91 8 D 85 15 99 90 12
1998 61 House 26 55 68 8 D 70 17 77 100 12
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.