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Mike Kreidler

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 28, 1943 in Tacoma, WA

Education:

  • University of the Pacific, B.S., 1967
  • UCLA, M.A., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve (active duty, 1970-1971 and 1991)

Career:

  • Optometrist for group health cooperative, 1972-1992

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1977-1984
  • WA Senate, 1985-1992
  • WA Insurance Commissioner, 2001-


Election Results for Mike Kreidler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 48 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 2 23,687 23.4%
1992 48 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,902 52.1%
1994 50 WA D U.S. House District 09 Open Primary 2 38,832 47.7%
1994 50 WA D U.S. House District 09 General 2 72,451 48.2%
2000 56 WA D Insurance Commissioner Open Primary 1 371,231 33.3%
2000 56 WA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 1,174,039 53.4%
2004 60 WA D Insurance Commissioner Open Primary 1 609,264 59.4%
2004 60 WA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 1,393,764 54.5%
2008 64 WA D Insurance Commissioner Open Primary 1 723,732 53.9%
2008 64 WA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 1,679,696 61.4%
2012 68 WA D Insurance Commissioner Open Primary 1 712,095 54.9%
2012 68 WA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 1,662,555 59.8%
2016 72 WA D Insurance Commissioner Open Primary 1 772,569 58.4%
2016 72 WA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 1,763,134 58.3%
2020 76 WA D Insurance Commissioner Open Primary 1 1,402,650 59.0%
2020 76 WA D Insurance Commissioner General 1 2,506,693 65.4%


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



Ideology Data for Mike Kreidler


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 49 House 14 86 97 2 D 80 20 99 90 4
1994 50 House 42 58 88 12 D 81 19 99 79 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.