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Derek Kilmer

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1974 in Port Angeles, WA

Education:

  • Port Angeles High School (Port Angeles, WA), 1992
  • Princeton University, B.A., 1996
  • University of Oxford, D.Phil., 2003

Career:

  • Management consultant, 1999-2002
  • VP, Tacoma-Pierce County Economic Development Board, 2002-2012

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 2005-2007
  • WA Senate, 2007-2012



Election Results for Derek Kilmer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2012 38 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 86,436 53.4%
2012 38 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 186,661 59.0%
2014 40 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 82,552 58.7%
2014 40 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 141,265 63.0%
2016 42 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 87,311 58.4%
2016 42 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 201,718 61.5%
2018 44 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 117,848 63.5%
2018 44 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 206,409 63.9%
2020 46 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 125,019 47.3%
2020 46 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 247,429 59.3%
2022 48 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 115,725 50.4%
2022 48 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 208,710 60.0%


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




Ideology Data for Derek Kilmer


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
2013 39 House 89 10 D 82 18 100 65 20
2014 40 House 91 5 D 85 15 97 75 4
2015 41 House 95 5 D 88 12 100 75 4
2016 42 House 96 4 D 91 9 99 95 0
2017 43 House 97 3 R 17 83 99 85 4
2018 44 House 93 6 R 48 52 100 58 8
2019 45 House 99 0 R 4 96 100 90 3
2020 46 House 99 0 R 6 92 98 89 0
2021 47 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 48 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 49 House 93 5 D 98 3
2024 50 House 83 17 D 100 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.