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Jan Meyers

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 20, 1928 in Lincoln, NE
Died: June 21, 2019 in Merriam, KS

Education:

  • University of Nebraska, B.A., 1951

Career:

  • Advertising/P.R. consultant

Elected Office:

  • Overland Park city council, 1967-1972
  • KS Senate, 1972-1984


Election Results for Jan Meyers


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 49 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 4 20,933 9.5%
1984 55 KS R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,884 35.4%
1984 55 KS R U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,159 54.8%
1986 57 KS R U.S. House District 03 General 1 109,266 100.0%
1988 59 KS R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,993 85.0%
1988 59 KS R U.S. House District 03 General 1 150,223 73.6%
1990 61 KS R U.S. House District 03 General 1 88,725 60.1%
1992 63 KS R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,911 56.3%
1992 63 KS R U.S. House District 03 General 1 169,929 58.0%
1994 65 KS R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 31,852 59.5%
1994 65 KS R U.S. House District 03 General 1 102,218 56.6%


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



Ideology Data for Jan Meyers


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
1985 56 House 78 18 68 26 R 68 31 96 15 68
1986 57 House 70 30 73 27 R 59 39 99 25 55
1987 58 House 77 21 71 26 R 59 41 98 12 61
1988 59 House 87 13 71 24 R 52 45 96 37 58
1989 60 House 88 12 53 46 R 69 31 98 15 64
1990 61 House 78 22 70 29 R 65 35 99 22 67
1991 62 House 76 22 73 27 R 68 32 99 25 75
1992 63 House 73 25 76 20 R 63 37 97 30 71
1993 64 House 75 23 76 22 D 58 42 98 25 71
1994 65 House 78 22 74 25 D 69 29 99 32 57
1995 66 House 77 16 79 16 D 30 64 95 21 67
1996 67 House 78 22 80 18 D 53 47 97 25 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.