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Jim Kolbe

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1942 in Evanston, IL
Died: December 3, 2022

Education:

  • Northwestern University, B.A., 1965
  • Stanford University, M.B.A., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1967-1969
  • U.S. Navy Reserve, 1970-1977

Career:

  • Assistant to IL Governor Richard Ogilvie, 1972-1973
  • Land planner/real estate consultant

Elected Office:

  • AZ Senate, 1977-1982

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Republican to Independent in 2018


Election Results for Jim Kolbe


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 40 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 20,372 54.1%
1982 40 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 2 80,531 48.3%
1984 42 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,125 100.0%
1984 42 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 116,075 50.9%
1986 44 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,166 100.0%
1986 44 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 119,647 64.9%
1988 46 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,306 77.7%
1988 46 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 164,462 67.8%
1990 48 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,486 100.0%
1990 48 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 138,975 64.8%
1992 50 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,140 65.1%
1992 50 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 172,867 66.5%
1994 52 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,239 80.3%
1994 52 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 149,514 67.7%
1996 54 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,190 69.9%
1996 54 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 179,349 68.7%
1998 56 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,213 77.2%
1998 56 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 103,952 51.6%
2000 58 AZ R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,263 78.8%
2000 58 AZ R U.S. House District 05 General 1 172,986 60.1%
2002 60 AZ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,546 72.5%
2002 60 AZ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 126,930 63.3%
2004 62 AZ R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,039 57.5%
2004 62 AZ R U.S. House District 08 General 1 183,363 60.4%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Kolbe


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
1985 43 House 91 9 86 11 R 78 23 97 0 74
1986 44 House 88 8 84 13 R 69 29 96 20 73
1987 45 House 93 7 84 13 R 67 31 97 8 87
1988 46 House 89 3 88 10 R 58 38 97 20 80
1989 47 House 85 15 81 17 R 69 28 98 15 85
1990 48 House 87 11 82 14 R 64 31 97 22 63
1991 49 House 89 11 83 15 R 76 21 98 10 80
1992 50 House 81 19 84 13 R 77 21 97 25 75
1993 51 House 80 16 83 15 D 44 56 97 5 88
1994 52 House 75 17 81 19 D 50 47 99 17 80
1995 53 House 90 10 89 10 D 29 70 99 16 60
1996 54 House 86 14 86 12 D 49 51 99 5 90
1997 55 House 89 9 79 19 D 52 48 98 26 64
1998 56 House 83 17 80 19 D 40 60 98 15 72
1999 57 House 80 19 D 33 65 98 20 71
2000 58 House 82 14 D 44 54 94 20 68
2001 59 House 90 10 R 84 16 99 16 63
2002 60 House 87 12 R 82 18 99 20 80
2003 61 House 89 10 R 80 20 97 15 60
2004 62 House 84 15 R 76 24 98 20 56
2005 63 House 87 9 R 72 24 96 16 71
2006 64 House 86 9 R 76 16 94 25 60
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.