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Ann McLane Kuster

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 5, 1956 in Concord, NH

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1978
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 1984

Career:

  • Aide to Rep. Pete McCloskey, 1978-1981
  • Lawyer, 1984-2010
  • Owner, Newfound Strategies, 2011-2013
  • Author
  • Professional advocate


Election Results for Ann McLane Kuster


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2010 53 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,431 71.6%
2010 53 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 2 105,060 46.8%
2012 55 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,627 99.2%
2012 55 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 169,275 50.2%
2014 57 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,269 98.6%
2014 57 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 130,700 54.9%
2016 59 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,683 99.3%
2016 59 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 174,371 49.7%
2018 61 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,955 99.1%
2018 61 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 155,358 55.5%
2020 63 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 71,358 92.6%
2020 63 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 208,289 53.9%
2022 65 NH D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 48,630 99.3%
2022 65 NH D U.S. House District 02 General 1 171,636 55.8%


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



Ideology Data for Ann McLane Kuster


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
2013 56 House 91 7 D 84 15 98 70 12
2014 57 House 90 9 D 74 26 99 60 0
2015 58 House 93 6 D 79 21 99 74 8
2016 59 House 94 5 D 89 11 99 95 0
2017 60 House 94 4 R 22 78 99 90 0
2018 61 House 84 9 R 70 26 93 50 14
2019 62 House 97 1 R 6 92 98 95 0
2020 63 House 98 2 R 6 94 98 85 4
2021 64 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 85 8
2022 65 House 97 3 D 100 0 99 3
2023 66 House 91 6 D 96 1
2024 67 House 79 11 D 91 3
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.