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Patrick Kennedy

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 14, 1967 in Brighton, MA

Education:

  • Providence College, B.A., 1991

Elected Office:

  • RI House, 1988-1994

Other notes:

  • Son of Edward Kennedy, nephew of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, cousin of Joe Kennedy


Election Results for Patrick Kennedy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1994 26 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,215 78.0%
1994 26 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,832 54.1%
1996 28 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,308 100.0%
1996 28 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,781 69.4%
1998 30 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,295 100.0%
1998 30 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,788 66.8%
2000 32 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,865 100.0%
2000 32 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,442 66.7%
2002 34 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,470 100.0%
2002 34 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,286 59.9%
2004 36 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,684 75.5%
2004 36 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,923 64.1%
2006 38 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 38,078 100.0%
2006 38 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,634 69.2%
2008 40 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,427 100.0%
2008 40 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 145,254 68.5%


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



Ideology Data for Patrick Kennedy


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 27 House 34 64 86 10 D 76 22 96 90 20
1996 28 House 35 65 85 14 D 73 24 98 85 10
1997 29 House 22 76 91 6 D 76 23 97 89 17
1998 30 House 26 71 90 9 D 79 21 99 95 12
1999 31 House 90 3 D 61 22 93 100 4
2000 32 House 93 3 D 74 24 93 90 16
2001 33 House 90 6 R 28 70 97 95 4
2002 34 House 88 10 R 39 61 96 90 8
2003 35 House 94 4 R 27 73 97 95 21
2004 36 House 93 5 R 33 67 95 95 8
2005 37 House 94 4 R 22 76 96 95 4
2006 38 House 73 3 R 18 71 79 100 10
2007 39 House 95 1 R 4 93 96 100 0
2008 40 House 92 1 R 16 80 93 100 0
2009 41 House 76 0 D 75 1 79 100 0
2010 42 House 88 0 D 83 7 88 94 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.