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Joe Skubitz

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 6, 1906 in Frontenac, KS
Died: September 11, 2000 in Wichita, KS

Education:

  • Kansas State College, B.S., 1929, M.S., 1934
  • George Washington University, LL.B., 1944

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to Sen. Clyde Reed, 1939-1949
  • Assistant to Sen. Andrew Schoeppel, 1949-1962


Election Results for Joe Skubitz


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 56 KS R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 15,104 40.1%
1962 56 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 66,705 53.3%
1964 58 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,120 56.4%
1966 60 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,944 60.9%
1968 62 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 107,085 64.5%
1970 64 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 94,837 66.1%
1972 66 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 128,639 72.3%
1974 68 KS R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,868 86.8%
1974 68 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,646 55.2%
1976 70 KS R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,843 79.4%
1976 70 KS R U.S. House District 05 General 1 109,573 60.7%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Skubitz


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
1963 57 House 73 13 91 5 D 25 73 92 0 94
1964 58 House 83 8 76 11 D 27 65 88 15 80
1965 59 House 82 4 82 8 D 40 54 93 0 100
1966 60 House 81 5 79 10 D 37 53 90 0 88
1967 61 House 96 4 89 11 D 44 53 96 7 86
1968 62 House 80 14 77 13 D 50 37 87 0 80
1969 63 House 91 7 80 16 R 62 30 93 7 71
1970 64 House 86 7 64 19 R 69 25 88 6 73
1971 65 House 66 10 58 18 R 77 9 80 12 71
1972 66 House 77 16 69 21 R 59 27 89 6 78
1973 67 House 77 16 66 26 R 61 30 93 22 64
1974 68 House 82 14 73 20 R 72 25 91 17 52
1975 69 House 78 16 70 20 R 71 26 90 21 79
1976 70 House 82 13 75 18 R 73 20 91 11 88
1977 71 House 75 12 64 25 D 43 49 86 12 69
1978 72 House 60 20 49 27 D 37 45 78 11 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.