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Kenny Marchant

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 23, 1951 in Bonham, TX

Education:

  • South Nazarene University, B.A., 1974
  • Attended Nazarene Theological Seminary, 1975-1976

Career:

  • Real estate developer

Elected Office:

  • Carrollton city council, 1980-1984
  • Mayor of Carrollton, 1984-1987
  • TX House, 1987-2004


Election Results for Kenny Marchant


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 53 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 9,073 73.5%
2004 53 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 154,435 64.0%
2006 55 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 9,716 100.0%
2006 55 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 83,835 59.8%
2008 57 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 30,378 100.0%
2008 57 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 151,434 56.0%
2010 59 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 33,283 84.1%
2010 59 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 100,078 81.6%
2012 61 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 27,926 67.9%
2012 61 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 148,586 61.0%
2014 63 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 34,265 100.0%
2014 63 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 93,712 65.0%
2016 65 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 67,412 100.0%
2016 65 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 154,845 56.2%
2018 67 TX R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 30,310 74.4%
2018 67 TX R U.S. House District 24 General 1 133,317 50.6%


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



Ideology Data for Kenny Marchant


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
2005 54 House 95 2 R 87 13 97 0 92
2006 55 House 96 2 R 97 0 97 0 92
2007 56 House 91 3 R 85 10 92 11 96
2008 57 House 91 2 R 73 17 89 0 100
2009 58 House 96 2 D 14 78 94 5 100
2010 59 House 82 1 D 22 59 84 0 95
2011 60 House 93 4 D 19 76 95 11 91
2012 61 House 92 3 D 14 81 94 11 92
2013 62 House 95 3 D 10 87 96 10 96
2014 63 House 96 2 D 8 86 95 0 96
2015 64 House 94 2 D 9 86 94 0 96
2016 65 House 93 1 D 9 83 92 0 91
2017 66 House 95 1 R 97 3 95 0 93
2018 67 House 95 1 R 89 4 93 9 76
2019 68 House 89 2 R 83 2 90 6 88
2020 69 House 37 2 R 17 3 41 29 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.