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Howard McKeon

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 9, 1938 in Los Angeles, CA

Education:

  • Brigham Young University, B.S., 1985

Career:

  • Owner of retail clothing stores

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Santa Clarita, 1987-1988
  • Santa Clarita city council, 1988-1992


Election Results for Howard McKeon


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 53 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 24,509 39.6%
1992 53 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 113,611 51.9%
1994 55 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 35,776 82.1%
1994 55 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 110,301 64.9%
1996 57 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 49,883 84.6%
1996 57 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 122,428 62.4%
1998 59 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 76,606 100.0%
1998 59 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 114,013 74.7%
2000 61 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 92,342 92.2%
2000 61 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 138,628 62.2%
2002 63 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 37,000 84.5%
2002 63 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 80,775 65.0%
2004 65 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 47,727 100.0%
2004 65 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 145,575 64.4%
2006 67 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 36,291 100.0%
2006 67 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 93,987 60.0%
2008 69 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 30,937 100.0%
2008 69 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 144,660 57.7%
2010 71 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 47,544 100.0%
2010 71 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 118,308 61.8%
2012 73 CA R U.S. House District 25 Open Primary 1 39,997 50.5%
2012 73 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 129,593 54.8%


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



Ideology Data for Howard McKeon


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 54 House 93 5 94 4 D 30 67 95 5 100
1994 55 House 100 0 94 4 D 47 51 98 6 95
1995 56 House 98 2 97 2 D 15 83 99 0 88
1996 57 House 92 4 94 5 D 33 66 99 0 100
1997 58 House 89 9 97 3 D 29 71 99 0 92
1998 59 House 98 2 94 5 D 23 74 99 5 96
1999 60 House 93 6 D 22 76 99 5 79
2000 61 House 93 5 D 30 70 97 5 92
2001 62 House 98 2 R 95 2 99 0 88
2002 63 House 94 5 R 89 11 98 5 88
2003 64 House 90 4 R 91 4 95 11 80
2004 65 House 96 4 R 82 18 98 0 88
2005 66 House 97 3 R 87 13 98 0 84
2006 67 House 93 3 R 97 3 97 5 80
2007 68 House 93 5 R 85 13 96 10 96
2008 69 House 95 3 R 76 22 98 6 88
2009 70 House 86 12 D 29 71 98 15 96
2010 71 House 94 4 D 27 71 97 0 96
2011 72 House 94 6 D 25 74 99 0 80
2012 73 House 86 8 D 14 81 93 0 83
2013 74 House 92 7 D 18 80 98 0 64
2014 75 House 86 8 D 14 80 93 0 64
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.