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John Kline

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 6, 1947 in Allentown, PA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1969-1994


Election Results for John Kline


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1998 50 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,600 24.9%
1998 50 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 2 136,866 46.0%
2000 52 MN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,029 100.0%
2000 52 MN R U.S. House District 06 General 2 170,900 48.0%
2002 54 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,596 100.0%
2002 54 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 152,970 53.3%
2004 56 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,710 100.0%
2004 56 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 206,313 56.4%
2006 58 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 163,270 56.2%
2008 60 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 220,930 57.3%
2010 62 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,151 100.0%
2010 62 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 181,341 63.3%
2012 64 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,859 85.1%
2012 64 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 193,587 54.0%
2014 66 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,236 100.0%
2014 66 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 137,778 56.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Kline


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
2003 55 House 97 2 R 98 2 99 5 88
2004 56 House 99 1 R 94 6 100 5 96
2005 57 House 97 3 R 87 13 100 0 100
2006 58 House 95 5 R 95 5 100 0 88
2007 59 House 96 2 R 84 14 99 0 100
2008 60 House 95 3 R 73 23 99 16 88
2009 61 House 95 2 D 17 81 99 5 100
2010 62 House 93 6 D 27 71 99 0 96
2011 63 House 98 2 D 24 76 100 5 88
2012 64 House 99 1 D 17 83 99 0 96
2013 65 House 95 4 D 16 84 99 5 72
2014 66 House 97 3 D 14 86 100 0 80
2015 67 House 95 5 D 15 85 99 0 75
2016 68 House 95 3 D 9 87 98 0 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.