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Gerald Kleczka

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 26, 1943 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: October 8, 2017 in Madison, WI

Education:

  • Attended University of Wisconsin, 1961-1962, 1967, 1970

Military Service:

  • WI Air National Guard, 1963-1969

Career:

  • Accountant

Elected Office:

  • Milwaukee County council, 1965-1968
  • WI Assembly, 1969-1974
  • WI Senate, 1975-1984


Election Results for Gerald Kleczka


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 40 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,795 100.0%
1984 40 WI D U.S. House District 04 Special Primary 1 33,384 31.5%
1984 40 WI D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 76,384 65.0%
1984 40 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 158,722 66.6%
1986 42 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,051 100.0%
1986 42 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,354 99.6%
1988 44 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 63,847 100.0%
1988 44 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 177,283 99.7%
1990 46 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 19,725 81.0%
1990 46 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 96,981 69.2%
1992 48 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,479 100.0%
1992 48 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 173,482 65.8%
1994 50 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 13,349 99.7%
1994 50 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 93,789 53.7%
1996 52 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 30,199 85.5%
1996 52 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,470 57.6%
1998 54 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 19,114 88.8%
1998 54 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,841 57.9%
2000 56 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 12,765 100.0%
2000 56 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 163,622 60.8%
2002 58 WI D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,258 71.7%
2002 58 WI D U.S. House District 04 General 1 122,031 86.3%


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



Ideology Data for Gerald Kleczka


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
1984 40 House 28 72 84 15 R 42 56 97 76 9
1985 41 House 24 75 87 6 R 28 71 94 75 16
1986 42 House 28 70 85 9 R 24 76 95 75 9
1987 43 House 28 70 89 4 R 17 81 92 84 5
1988 44 House 16 79 90 5 R 19 73 92 95 4
1989 45 House 17 78 88 5 R 28 66 93 100 0
1990 46 House 17 78 91 6 R 21 78 96 89 17
1991 47 House 22 73 89 4 R 23 75 94 89 0
1992 48 House 33 63 93 4 R 20 78 96 84 4
1993 49 House 48 50 88 7 D 80 19 97 80 13
1994 50 House 33 61 92 6 D 86 13 97 84 5
1995 51 House 33 57 74 17 D 68 22 92 78 25
1996 52 House 25 75 83 16 D 78 22 99 75 10
1997 53 House 38 58 79 19 D 64 35 98 74 25
1998 54 House 48 48 84 15 D 74 24 99 90 20
1999 55 House 88 12 D 76 22 97 95 16
2000 56 House 87 12 D 74 24 99 85 20
2001 57 House 91 8 R 23 77 98 95 4
2002 58 House 93 5 R 32 68 95 95 4
2003 59 House 95 3 R 18 82 97 100 16
2004 60 House 84 4 R 21 64 85 100 5
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.