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Ron Kind

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 16, 1963 in La Crosse, WI

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1985
  • London School of Economics, M.A., 1986
  • University of Minnesota, J.D., 1990

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant La Crosse County prosecutor, 1992-1996


Election Results for Ron Kind


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 33 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,685 45.8%
1996 33 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,967 52.0%
1998 35 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,068 99.9%
1998 35 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 128,256 71.5%
2000 37 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,192 100.0%
2000 37 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 173,505 63.7%
2002 39 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 41,406 100.0%
2002 39 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 131,038 62.8%
2004 41 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,464 100.0%
2004 41 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 204,856 56.4%
2006 43 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,765 83.7%
2006 43 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 163,222 64.7%
2008 45 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,039 100.0%
2008 45 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 225,208 63.2%
2010 47 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,514 100.0%
2010 47 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 126,380 50.3%
2012 49 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 19,755 99.9%
2012 49 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 217,712 64.1%
2014 51 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,783 99.8%
2014 51 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 155,368 56.5%
2016 53 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,320 81.2%
2016 53 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 257,401 98.9%
2018 55 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 59,643 99.8%
2018 55 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 187,888 59.6%
2020 57 WI D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 53,064 80.6%
2020 57 WI D U.S. House District 03 General 1 199,870 51.3%


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



Ideology Data for Ron Kind


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
1997 34 House 33 67 89 11 D 79 21 99 85 28
1998 35 House 57 43 84 14 D 77 23 99 89 20
1999 36 House 83 17 D 70 30 99 90 4
2000 37 House 85 14 D 78 20 98 84 8
2001 38 House 87 13 R 28 72 99 90 12
2002 39 House 86 13 R 36 61 98 95 8
2003 40 House 86 11 R 25 71 95 95 16
2004 41 House 86 13 R 33 61 98 90 24
2005 42 House 85 11 R 22 74 95 82 20
2006 43 House 87 12 R 32 63 99 89 25
2007 44 House 94 4 R 7 93 98 90 12
2008 45 House 92 5 R 29 70 96 80 8
2009 46 House 85 14 D 83 17 97 90 8
2010 47 House 92 5 D 85 10 97 95 4
2011 48 House 86 12 D 88 12 98 75 8
2012 49 House 87 11 D 78 19 98 85 8
2013 50 House 89 10 D 82 17 97 65 20
2014 51 House 94 6 D 94 6 98 75 8
2015 52 House 89 8 D 86 11 97 70 4
2016 53 House 85 6 D 79 9 92 88 4
2017 54 House 92 8 R 22 78 99 70 7
2018 55 House 80 11 R 41 52 80 55 13
2019 56 House 95 2 R 6 88 96 90 11
2020 57 House 92 2 R 6 89 95 84 4
2021 58 House 96 4 D 83 17 99 65 10
2022 59 House 97 3 D 97 3 99 6
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.