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Dale Kildee

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 16, 1929 in Flint, MI
Died: October 13, 2021 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Sacred Heart Seminary, B.A., 1952
  • University of Detroit, 1955
  • University of Michigan, M.A., 1961

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1954-1964

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1965-1974
  • MI Senate, 1975-1976

Other notes:

  • Father of Dan Kildee


Election Results for Dale Kildee


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 46 MI D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 39,704 76.5%
1976 46 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 124,260 70.0%
1978 48 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 105,402 76.6%
1980 50 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 147,280 92.7%
1982 52 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 118,538 75.4%
1984 54 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 145,070 93.1%
1986 56 MI D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 25,180 94.3%
1986 56 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 101,225 79.6%
1988 58 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 150,832 75.8%
1990 60 MI D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 14,677 100.0%
1990 60 MI D U.S. House District 07 General 1 90,307 68.4%
1992 62 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 32,098 100.0%
1992 62 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 133,956 53.7%
1994 64 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 31,511 99.6%
1994 64 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 97,096 51.2%
1996 66 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 22,414 99.9%
1996 66 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 136,856 59.2%
1998 68 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,898 100.0%
1998 68 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 105,457 55.9%
2000 70 MI D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 27,034 100.0%
2000 70 MI D U.S. House District 09 General 1 158,184 61.1%
2002 72 MI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 58,249 100.0%
2002 72 MI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 158,709 91.6%
2004 74 MI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 62,626 100.0%
2004 74 MI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 208,163 67.2%
2006 76 MI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 55,412 100.0%
2006 76 MI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 176,171 72.9%
2008 78 MI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,697 100.0%
2008 78 MI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 221,841 70.4%
2010 80 MI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,902 78.4%
2010 80 MI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 107,286 53.0%


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



Ideology Data for Dale Kildee


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
1977 47 House 13 87 83 17 D 73 27 99 85 16
1978 48 House 9 91 85 15 D 75 25 99 80 4
1979 49 House 9 91 83 17 D 82 18 99 89 10
1980 50 House 12 88 89 11 D 74 26 99 89 11
1981 51 House 15 85 90 10 R 26 74 100 90 0
1982 52 House 10 90 92 8 R 36 64 100 95 9
1983 53 House 9 91 92 8 R 11 89 100 90 14
1984 54 House 7 93 94 6 R 26 74 100 95 9
1985 55 House 4 96 94 3 R 18 78 97 95 5
1986 56 House 6 94 97 2 R 13 87 99 95 0
1987 57 House 0 100 98 2 R 16 84 100 96 4
1988 58 House 11 89 95 5 R 17 83 100 95 4
1989 59 House 10 90 94 6 R 35 65 100 95 11
1990 60 House 9 91 95 5 R 19 81 100 94 4
1991 61 House 14 86 95 5 R 29 71 100 95 5
1992 62 House 8 92 96 4 R 16 84 100 90 4
1993 63 House 23 77 92 8 D 73 27 100 90 13
1994 64 House 25 75 93 7 D 77 23 100 89 5
1995 65 House 19 81 91 9 D 77 23 100 75 24
1996 66 House 51 49 85 15 D 76 24 100 75 15
1997 67 House 64 36 77 23 D 63 37 100 80 24
1998 68 House 40 60 84 16 D 74 26 99 95 16
1999 69 House 88 12 D 76 24 100 90 12
2000 70 House 87 13 D 70 30 99 75 20
2001 71 House 89 11 R 37 63 100 85 32
2002 72 House 90 10 R 36 64 100 80 8
2003 73 House 92 8 R 29 71 100 90 28
2004 74 House 93 7 R 33 67 100 90 16
2005 75 House 91 9 R 22 78 100 79 20
2006 76 House 96 4 R 34 66 100 80 20
2007 77 House 97 3 R 6 94 100 100 4
2008 78 House 99 1 R 17 83 99 100 0
2009 79 House 98 2 D 96 4 99 90 4
2010 80 House 99 1 D 95 5 100 95 0
2011 81 House 94 4 D 85 14 99 90 4
2012 82 House 96 4 D 83 15 99 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.