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Adam Kinzinger

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 27, 1978 in Kankakee, IL

Education:

  • Illinois State University, B.S., 2000

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 2003-2009
  • IL Air National Guard, 2009-

Career:

  • Partner and sales rep, STL Technology

Elected Office:

  • McLean County board, 1998-2003


Election Results for Adam Kinzinger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 32 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,233 63.7%
2010 32 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 1 129,108 57.3%
2012 34 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 45,546 53.9%
2012 34 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 181,789 61.8%
2014 36 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 56,593 78.4%
2014 36 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 153,388 70.6%
2016 38 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 101,421 100.0%
2016 38 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 259,722 99.9%
2018 40 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 44,878 67.9%
2018 40 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 151,254 59.1%
2020 42 IL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 45,296 100.0%
2020 42 IL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 218,839 64.7%


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



Ideology Data for Adam Kinzinger


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
2011 33 House 91 9 D 26 74 99 15 72
2012 34 House 89 8 D 17 81 97 0 76
2013 35 House 93 6 D 16 84 99 5 52
2014 36 House 90 9 D 14 86 99 5 52
2015 37 House 88 11 D 16 84 99 0 46
2016 38 House 92 8 D 6 94 99 0 40
2017 39 House 93 7 R 100 0 99 0 59
2018 40 House 93 4 R 100 0 94 0 64
2019 41 House 79 16 R 88 6 96 11 62
2020 42 House 77 10 R 67 19 86 12 54
2021 43 House 66 21 D 17 61 81 18 42
2022 44 House 36 24 D 80 20 50 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.