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Kevin McCarthy

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 26, 1965 in Bakersfield, CA

Education:

  • Cal State-Bakersfield, B.A., 1989, M.B.A. 1994

Career:

  • Small business owner
  • Staff, Rep. Bill Thomas, 1987-2002

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 2002-2007


Election Results for Kevin McCarthy


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 41 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 63,399 85.6%
2006 41 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 133,278 70.7%
2008 43 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 61,915 100.0%
2008 43 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 224,549 100.0%
2010 45 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 77,140 100.0%
2010 45 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 173,490 98.8%
2012 47 CA R U.S. House District 23 Open Primary 1 71,109 72.2%
2012 47 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 158,161 73.2%
2014 49 CA R U.S. House District 23 Open Primary 1 58,334 99.1%
2014 49 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 100,317 74.8%
2016 51 CA R U.S. House District 23 Open Primary 1 76,166 55.5%
2016 51 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 167,116 69.2%
2018 53 CA R U.S. House District 23 Open Primary 1 81,633 68.8%
2018 53 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 131,113 63.7%
2020 55 CA R U.S. House District 23 Open Primary 1 107,897 66.5%
2020 55 CA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 190,222 62.1%
2022 57 CA R U.S. House District 20 Open Primary 1 85,748 61.3%
2022 57 CA R U.S. House District 20 General 1 153,844 67.2%


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



Ideology Data for Kevin McCarthy


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
2007 42 House 96 3 R 84 15 99 5 100
2008 43 House 96 3 R 71 27 99 11 100
2009 44 House 95 4 D 25 74 99 0 100
2010 45 House 86 3 D 27 61 93 0 95
2011 46 House 97 3 D 25 74 99 0 80
2012 47 House 92 3 D 14 81 95 0 86
2013 48 House 95 5 D 17 83 100 5 72
2014 49 House 97 3 D 14 86 99 0 76
2015 50 House 97 3 D 15 85 100 0 79
2016 51 House 95 2 D 6 91 97 0 88
2017 52 House 97 2 R 100 0 99 0 78
2018 53 House 98 1 R 93 0 98 0 80
2019 54 House 92 6 R 100 0 98 5 82
2020 55 House 91 3 R 97 3 94 0 73
2021 56 House 96 4 D 6 94 99 0 74
2022 57 House 93 4 D 20 80 95 82
2023 58 House 45 9 D 55 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.