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Jack Kingston

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 24, 1955 in Bryan, TX

Education:

  • University of Georgia, B.S., 1978

Career:

  • Insurance agent, 1979-1992

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1985-1993


Election Results for Jack Kingston


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 37 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,799 81.3%
1992 37 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,932 57.8%
1994 39 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,088 100.0%
1994 39 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,788 76.6%
1996 41 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,458 100.0%
1996 41 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,616 68.2%
1998 43 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,532 100.0%
1998 43 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,229 100.0%
2000 45 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,270 100.0%
2000 45 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,684 69.1%
2002 47 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,878 100.0%
2002 47 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,661 72.1%
2004 49 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,942 100.0%
2004 49 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 188,347 100.0%
2006 51 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,043 100.0%
2006 51 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,961 68.5%
2008 53 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 32,470 100.0%
2008 53 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 165,890 66.5%
2010 55 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,787 100.0%
2010 55 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,270 71.6%
2012 57 GA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 61,353 100.0%
2012 57 GA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 157,181 63.0%
2014 59 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 156,157 25.8%
2014 59 GA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 2 237,448 49.1%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Kingston


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
1993 38 House 84 14 89 9 D 26 73 98 10 100
1994 39 House 94 3 88 11 D 42 56 99 5 100
1995 40 House 93 7 95 5 D 17 83 99 0 96
1996 41 House 84 10 89 7 D 29 65 96 5 100
1997 42 House 91 9 89 7 D 21 73 98 5 96
1998 43 House 86 14 94 6 D 20 80 99 0 100
1999 44 House 89 6 D 19 76 94 0 96
2000 45 House 94 5 D 16 84 96 5 100
2001 46 House 96 2 R 93 7 94 5 100
2002 47 House 95 2 R 86 14 96 0 96
2003 48 House 96 2 R 91 5 97 10 92
2004 49 House 94 3 R 85 9 94 0 96
2005 50 House 92 2 R 70 15 92 0 88
2006 51 House 91 5 R 92 3 96 5 92
2007 52 House 93 5 R 88 10 98 10 96
2008 53 House 88 7 R 63 29 93 12 96
2009 54 House 93 5 D 17 83 97 5 96
2010 55 House 97 3 D 24 76 98 5 100
2011 56 House 95 4 D 16 84 98 5 92
2012 57 House 94 5 D 10 88 98 0 88
2013 58 House 93 3 D 9 87 94 10 91
2014 59 House 82 1 D 9 74 78 5 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.