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Jerry Moran

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 29, 1954 in Great Bend, KS

Education:

  • Fort Hays State University, 1973
  • University of Kansas, B.S., 1976, J.D., 1981

Career:

  • Intern for Rep. Keith Sebelius, 1974
  • Bank officer, 1975-1978
  • Assistant KS Attorney General, 1982-1985
  • Instructor at Fort Hays State University, 1986
  • Deputy Rooks County attorney, 1987-1995

Elected Office:

  • KS Senate, 1989-1997


Election Results for Jerry Moran


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1996 42 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 79,119 75.8%
1996 42 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 191,899 73.5%
1998 44 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 81,504 100.0%
1998 44 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 152,775 80.7%
2000 46 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 88,943 100.0%
2000 46 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 216,484 89.3%
2002 48 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 78,272 100.0%
2002 48 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 189,976 91.1%
2004 50 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 94,098 100.0%
2004 50 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 239,776 90.7%
2006 52 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 60,840 100.0%
2006 52 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 156,728 78.6%
2008 54 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 67,978 100.0%
2008 54 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 214,549 81.9%
2010 56 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 163,483 49.7%
2010 56 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 587,175 70.1%
2016 62 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 230,907 79.1%
2016 62 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 732,376 62.2%
2022 68 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 383,332 80.5%
2022 68 KS R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 602,976 60.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jerry Moran


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
1997 43 House 91 9 95 5 D 27 73 99 10 96
1998 44 House 98 2 90 10 D 29 71 100 10 92
1999 45 House 87 13 D 20 80 100 20 84
2000 46 House 93 7 D 28 72 100 0 92
2001 47 House 91 9 R 77 23 100 5 88
2002 48 House 89 11 R 71 29 99 5 96
2003 49 House 91 8 R 82 18 99 25 92
2004 50 House 91 7 R 61 39 98 10 92
2005 51 House 91 8 R 74 26 98 17 96
2006 52 House 86 13 R 71 29 98 5 84
2007 53 House 83 13 R 69 29 97 30 88
2008 54 House 86 10 R 66 30 97 17 92
2009 55 House 95 4 D 22 78 97 5 96
2010 56 House 79 1 D 15 63 81 6 100
2011 57 Senate 82 12 D 53 39 94 11 84
2012 58 Senate 77 19 D 46 46 95 11 64
2013 59 Senate 92 4 D 35 57 95 0 80
2014 60 Senate 80 3 D 43 41 86 6 75
2015 61 Senate 89 8 D 39 54 96 0 88
2016 62 Senate 93 5 D 39 48 98 5 71
2017 63 Senate 96 1 R 94 2 97 0 84
2018 64 Senate 86 11 R 89 3 95 10 77
2019 65 Senate 84 9 R 82 6 90 17 70
2020 66 Senate 87 3 R 81 4 89 11 87
2021 67 Senate 80 7 D 43 45 88 0 78
2022 68 Senate 80 12 D 21 72 92 61
2023 69 Senate 73 15 D 91 69
2024 70 Senate 78 14 D 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.