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Joe Knollenberg

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 28, 1933 in Mattoon, IL
Died: February 6, 2018 in Troy, MI

Education:

  • Eastern Illinois University, B.S., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Insurance agent, 1958-1992


Election Results for Joe Knollenberg


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 58 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 29,922 43.2%
1992 58 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 168,940 57.6%
1994 60 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 50,635 99.9%
1994 60 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 154,696 68.2%
1996 62 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 55,870 99.6%
1996 62 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 169,165 61.2%
1998 64 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 45,030 100.0%
1998 64 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 144,264 63.9%
2000 66 MI R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 39,798 100.0%
2000 66 MI R U.S. House District 11 General 1 170,790 55.8%
2002 68 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 45,696 86.6%
2002 68 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 141,102 58.1%
2004 70 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 54,255 100.0%
2004 70 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 199,210 58.5%
2006 72 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 46,713 69.8%
2006 72 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 1 142,390 51.6%
2008 74 MI R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,940 100.0%
2008 74 MI R U.S. House District 09 General 2 150,035 42.6%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Knollenberg


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 59 House 89 11 94 4 D 29 69 98 5 96
1994 60 House 92 6 95 4 D 44 56 99 0 100
1995 61 House 98 2 95 5 D 23 77 100 0 88
1996 62 House 98 2 93 7 D 38 62 99 0 95
1997 63 House 95 4 89 10 D 31 69 99 11 76
1998 64 House 95 5 94 6 D 24 76 99 0 96
1999 65 House 91 9 D 30 70 99 5 80
2000 66 House 90 8 D 34 66 99 0 80
2001 67 House 97 1 R 93 2 98 0 92
2002 68 House 93 4 R 89 7 96 0 88
2003 69 House 94 3 R 89 0 98 5 87
2004 70 House 93 6 R 82 15 98 5 84
2005 71 House 93 5 R 87 13 98 0 84
2006 72 House 96 3 R 97 3 99 5 75
2007 73 House 84 13 R 70 27 97 21 88
2008 74 House 88 11 R 57 40 97 42 72
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.