RightDataUSA


Jim Slattery

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 4, 1948 in Good Intent, KS

Education:

  • Washburn University, B.S., 1970, J.D., 1974

Military Service:

  • KS Army National Guard

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Real estate agent, 1974-1978
  • Corporate president, 1979-1982

Elected Office:

  • KS House, 1972-1978


Election Results for Jim Slattery


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 33 KS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,286 57.4%
1984 35 KS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,263 60.0%
1986 37 KS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 110,737 70.6%
1988 39 KS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 135,694 73.2%
1990 41 KS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,287 85.8%
1990 41 KS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,093 62.8%
1992 43 KS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 151,019 56.2%
1994 45 KS D Governor Primary 1 84,389 53.0%
1994 45 KS D Governor General 2 294,733 35.9%
2008 59 KS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 68,106 68.9%
2008 59 KS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 441,399 36.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Slattery


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
1983 34 House 58 38 57 38 R 39 61 95 55 38
1984 35 House 49 51 60 39 R 39 61 99 50 39
1985 36 House 65 35 71 27 R 43 58 99 55 32
1986 37 House 62 38 68 30 R 34 66 98 45 27
1987 38 House 63 33 73 24 R 38 60 97 68 4
1988 39 House 61 29 78 19 R 32 61 96 55 32
1989 40 House 59 41 74 24 R 45 55 98 55 21
1990 41 House 48 48 73 25 R 32 67 96 61 22
1991 42 House 76 24 71 26 R 38 62 98 40 40
1992 43 House 54 44 73 23 R 30 69 97 79 25
1993 44 House 57 41 71 23 D 75 23 94 65 25
1994 45 House 36 11 48 7 D 56 6 57 75 21
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.