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Herb Kohl

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 7, 1935 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: December 27, 2023

Education:

  • University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1956
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1958-1964

Career:

  • Businessman
  • President of Kohl Corporation
  • Owner of Milwaukee Bucks basketball team


Election Results for Herb Kohl


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 53 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 249,226 46.8%
1988 53 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,128,625 52.1%
1994 59 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 135,963 89.6%
1994 59 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 912,662 58.3%
2000 65 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 184,920 89.9%
2000 65 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,563,238 61.5%
2006 71 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 308,178 85.7%
2006 71 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,439,214 67.3%


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



Ideology Data for Herb Kohl


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
1989 54 Senate 18 82 87 13 R 47 53 99 95 12
1990 55 Senate 19 81 86 12 R 25 75 99 94 9
1991 56 Senate 40 58 83 17 R 41 59 99 90 24
1992 57 Senate 26 74 79 21 R 30 70 100 95 12
1993 58 Senate 24 76 84 16 D 81 19 100 95 24
1994 59 Senate 41 59 75 25 D 81 19 100 90 12
1995 60 Senate 19 81 84 16 D 83 16 99 95 17
1996 61 Senate 32 68 84 16 D 88 12 100 75 20
1997 62 Senate 56 44 74 26 D 90 10 100 70 21
1998 63 Senate 25 75 87 13 D 85 14 99 85 4
1999 64 Senate 90 10 88 9 D 91 9 98 100 4
2000 65 Senate 87 13 85 13 D 79 21 98 85 20
2001 66 Senate 84 10 R 66 32 96 95 16
2002 67 Senate 85 15 R 81 19 100 85 15
2003 68 Senate 92 6 R 50 49 99 95 25
2004 69 Senate 95 5 R 73 27 98 100 4
2005 70 Senate 88 11 R 47 53 99 100 13
2006 71 Senate 90 9 R 54 41 99 90 16
2007 72 Senate 96 4 R 36 64 100 95 0
2008 73 Senate 94 6 R 41 59 100 95 4
2009 74 Senate 94 6 D 97 3 99 100 8
2010 75 Senate 94 6 D 98 0 99 90 8
2011 76 Senate 87 7 D 87 6 93 90 5
2012 77 Senate 91 8 D 96 3 99 89 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.