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Pat Roberts

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 20, 1936 in Topeka, KS

Education:

  • Kansas State University, B.A., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1958-1962

Career:

  • Newspaper publisher in Arizona, 1962-1967
  • Assiatant to Rep. Keith Sebelius, 1968-1980


Election Results for Pat Roberts


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 44 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,389 55.6%
1980 44 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,545 62.3%
1982 46 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 46,929 86.0%
1982 46 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 115,749 68.4%
1984 48 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 159,931 75.9%
1986 50 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 141,297 76.5%
1988 52 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 168,700 100.0%
1990 54 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,974 62.6%
1992 56 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 194,912 68.3%
1994 58 KS R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 72,505 100.0%
1994 58 KS R U.S. House District 01 General 1 169,531 77.4%
1996 60 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 245,411 78.2%
1996 60 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 652,677 62.0%
2002 66 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 234,779 83.7%
2002 66 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 641,075 82.5%
2008 72 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 214,911 100.0%
2008 72 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 727,121 60.1%
2014 78 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 127,089 48.1%
2014 78 KS R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 460,350 53.1%


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



Ideology Data for Pat Roberts


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
1981 45 House 91 5 86 11 R 67 20 96 10 100
1982 46 House 84 14 86 11 R 62 36 96 15 82
1983 47 House 85 13 87 11 R 73 27 96 10 91
1984 48 House 85 10 84 8 R 63 35 94 5 96
1985 49 House 80 16 83 10 R 63 38 95 15 74
1986 50 House 90 8 87 11 R 69 31 98 0 82
1987 51 House 81 9 83 10 R 63 31 92 4 86
1988 52 House 95 3 86 10 R 62 33 96 12 79
1989 53 House 93 5 86 12 R 79 21 98 5 79
1990 54 House 87 9 87 11 R 71 27 98 6 75
1991 55 House 97 3 90 6 R 82 17 97 5 83
1992 56 House 96 4 93 4 R 87 11 97 10 88
1993 57 House 95 5 91 6 D 34 66 98 0 100
1994 58 House 89 3 93 4 D 38 58 98 0 100
1995 59 House 95 1 94 4 D 19 80 98 0 80
1996 60 House 98 0 90 7 D 35 59 97 6 95
1997 61 Senate 80 4 87 10 D 59 41 97 15 71
1998 62 Senate 88 13 94 5 D 35 64 99 0 84
1999 63 Senate 94 6 94 5 D 29 71 99 0 88
2000 64 Senate 97 3 97 3 D 38 62 100 0 92
2001 65 Senate 93 5 R 97 3 98 0 100
2002 66 Senate 95 4 R 89 2 96 0 100
2003 67 Senate 95 4 R 95 3 99 15 80
2004 68 Senate 99 1 R 93 7 99 15 92
2005 69 Senate 92 6 R 93 4 98 0 88
2006 70 Senate 93 6 R 86 11 99 5 84
2007 71 Senate 82 16 R 79 18 97 20 92
2008 72 Senate 86 13 R 61 39 98 20 72
2009 73 Senate 87 10 D 49 46 95 5 96
2010 74 Senate 91 1 D 25 62 92 0 96
2011 75 Senate 87 9 D 52 45 94 16 80
2012 76 Senate 83 14 D 44 53 98 10 72
2013 77 Senate 98 1 D 34 66 99 0 84
2014 78 Senate 85 2 D 44 51 89 7 86
2015 79 Senate 95 4 D 53 43 99 0 75
2016 80 Senate 93 5 D 48 45 96 0 83
2017 81 Senate 98 1 R 97 1 99 0 80
2018 82 Senate 94 6 R 99 0 99 5 73
2019 83 Senate 88 3 R 91 0 92 0 62
2020 84 Senate 98 1 R 95 4 99 0 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.