RightDataUSA


John Yarmuth

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 4, 1947 in Louisville, KY

Education:

  • Yale University, B.A., 1969
  • Attended Georgetown University Law School, 1971-1972

Career:

  • Stockbroker, 1969-1971
  • Staff, Sen. Marlow Cook, 1971-1975
  • Asst. VP of university relations, University of Louisville, 1983-1986
  • Writer/publisher
  • Television journalist and commentator
  • Health insurance executive


Election Results for John Yarmuth


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2006 58 KY D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,962 53.8%
2006 58 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,489 50.6%
2008 60 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 203,843 59.4%
2010 62 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 139,940 54.7%
2012 64 KY D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 43,635 86.7%
2012 64 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 206,385 64.0%
2014 66 KY D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 52,026 87.0%
2014 66 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,056 63.5%
2016 68 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 212,401 63.5%
2018 70 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 173,002 62.1%
2020 72 KY D U.S. House District 03 General 1 230,672 62.7%


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



Ideology Data for John Yarmuth


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
2007 59 House 95 3 R 2 96 97 100 0
2008 60 House 97 2 R 14 84 99 95 4
2009 61 House 97 1 D 97 3 97 100 0
2010 62 House 95 1 D 88 10 97 100 0
2011 63 House 93 3 D 87 11 96 90 4
2012 64 House 95 3 D 88 5 96 90 0
2013 65 House 92 3 D 82 11 95 94 8
2014 66 House 97 2 D 92 8 98 100 12
2015 67 House 92 1 D 92 5 93 100 9
2016 68 House 90 1 D 96 0 92 100 5
2017 69 House 98 0 R 14 86 98 100 4
2018 70 House 94 3 R 26 74 96 91 4
2019 71 House 99 0 R 4 96 99 95 0
2020 72 House 99 0 R 6 94 97 100 0
2021 73 House 97 0 D 100 0 95 95 0
2022 74 House 94 0 D 93 3 79 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.