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Jon Kyl

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 25, 1942 in Oakland, NE

Education:

  • University of Arizona, B.A., 1964, LL.B., 1966

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Chairman of Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, 1985-1986

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on September 4, 2018 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John McCain

Other notes:

  • Son of John Kyl


Election Results for Jon Kyl


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 44 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,482 59.4%
1986 44 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,939 64.6%
1988 46 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,242 100.0%
1988 46 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 206,248 87.1%
1990 48 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 67,815 100.0%
1990 48 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 141,843 61.3%
1992 50 AZ R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,616 100.0%
1992 50 AZ R U.S. House District 04 General 1 156,330 59.2%
1994 52 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 231,275 99.0%
1994 52 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 600,999 53.7%
2000 58 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 255,659 100.0%
2000 58 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,108,196 79.3%
2006 64 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 297,636 100.0%
2006 64 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 814,398 53.3%


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



Ideology Data for Jon Kyl


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
1987 45 House 98 2 94 3 R 76 24 98 0 96
1988 46 House 97 0 93 3 R 78 19 97 0 100
1989 47 House 95 5 96 3 R 80 20 99 0 96
1990 48 House 96 4 94 4 R 79 19 98 6 92
1991 49 House 97 3 95 5 R 81 19 100 5 100
1992 50 House 96 4 95 4 R 90 10 99 5 92
1993 51 House 93 5 95 3 D 30 67 98 5 96
1994 52 House 94 6 93 4 D 41 53 96 6 90
1995 53 Senate 93 7 97 2 D 21 78 99 0 100
1996 54 Senate 95 3 96 2 D 22 75 98 5 100
1997 55 Senate 88 12 98 1 D 57 43 99 0 96
1998 56 Senate 88 13 93 4 D 31 61 94 0 96
1999 57 Senate 97 3 98 2 D 34 66 99 0 100
2000 58 Senate 99 1 99 1 D 41 59 98 0 100
2001 59 Senate 98 2 R 96 3 99 5 100
2002 60 Senate 96 4 R 90 4 98 0 100
2003 61 Senate 99 1 R 97 1 99 10 90
2004 62 Senate 96 2 R 98 2 98 5 100
2005 63 Senate 97 2 R 91 9 99 5 100
2006 64 Senate 95 5 R 90 10 100 0 92
2007 65 Senate 91 6 R 85 11 98 5 100
2008 66 Senate 99 0 R 80 20 98 0 96
2009 67 Senate 95 5 D 44 53 99 5 92
2010 68 Senate 95 3 D 40 59 98 0 96
2011 69 Senate 92 8 D 61 39 99 10 90
2012 70 Senate 93 7 D 51 48 99 0 100
2018 76 Senate 32 0 R 29 0 26 0 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.