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Representative Jon E. Stanard
Utah legislator profile

Years served in the Utah legislature

First session in legislature: 2013
Most recent year of service for which data are available: 2018
Total sessions served in Utah House as of 2018: 6
Total sessions served in Utah Senate as of 2018: 0

How to read the statistical profile

I present a variety of statistics about Rep. Jon E. Stanard's service in the Utah legislature. I highlight differences from chamber averages using little green and red arrows. The number of arrows is statistically determined. More arrows indicate a larger difference compared to the chamber average, in relation to how much diversity there is among legislators on this metric. If all legislators introduce exactly 5 bills, then a legislator who introduces 10 is very different; if legislators vary wildly in how many bills they introduce (but the average is still 5), then a legislator who introduces 10 bills may be less different from average. The standard deviation measures this diversity.

Rep. Stanard's statistical profile

201320142015201620172018
Service summary. Service prior to 2007 (if any) is not shown here. My database goes back only to 2007.
  Chamber HouseHouseHouseHouseHouseHouse
  District H62H62H62H62H62H62
  Party RRRRRR
Leadership NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Years in chamber 123456
Years comparison LowerLowerLowerLower====
 
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Bills sponsored (learn more) Bills written and promoted by the legislator in his/her own chamber.
Introduced by Stanard 433500
Chamber average 5.86.46.77.06.77.1
Difference -1.8-3.4-3.7-2.0-6.7-7.1
Comparison LowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Bill passage rate (learn more). What percent of Rep. Stanard's sponsored bills pass and are officially "enrolled"? (I ignore whether the governor signed or vetoted the bill.)
Bills introduced 433500
Bills passed 222400
Passage rate 50%67%67%80%0.0%0.0%
Chamber average 66%52%63%54%61%53%
Difference -15.8+15+4.0+26-61.4-53.4
Comparison LowerHigher==HigherHigherLowerLowerLowerLowerLower
 
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Bills floor sponsored. A "floor sponsor" is like a secondary sponsor of a bill. After a bill passes the sponsor's chamber, its sponsor needs to find a "floor sponsor" in the other chamber to usher it through the other chamber.
Total floor sponsored 004320
Chamber average 3.53.53.83.33.63.4
Difference -3.5-3.5+0.2-0.3-1.6-3.4
Comparison LowerLower====LowerLower
 
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Missed votes (learn more). Usually missed votes occur because of competing obligations within the legislature, not because the legislator has left the capitol.
Missed votes 261253764354
Total votes held 658664699657727119
Absentee rate 4.0%19%5.3%9.7%4.8%3.4%
Chamber average 5.9%6.2%6.3%6.4%5.2%8.0%
Difference -1.9+13-1.0+3.3-0.4-4.6
Comparison LowerHigherHigherHigher==Higher==Lower
 
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"Nay" votes (learn more). Most floor votes pass by overwhelming majorities, since unpopular bills get weeded out long before they reach the floor. As a result, "nay" votes are rare.
"Nay" votes 44366443403
Total votes held 658664699657727119
"Nay" rate 6.7%5.4%9.2%6.5%5.5%2.5%
Chamber average 7.3%7.5%8.6%7.3%7.1%6.5%
Difference -0.6-2.1+0.6-0.8-1.6-4.0
Comparison ==Lower====LowerLowerLower
 
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Winning side rate (learn more). What percentage of the time (excluding near-unanimous votes) is the legislator on the winning side of a floor vote?
Winning side rate 64%68%62%65%66%67%
Chamber average 67%67%67%66%67%66%
Difference -2.1+1.2-5.7-1.7-1.1+0.4
Comparison ====Lower======
 
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Ideology score (NOMINATE method) (learn more). Using W-NOMINATE algorithm developed by Congressional scholars, I calculate each legislator's relative ideology after each General Session. I describe the method here. Scores have no intrinsic meaning. They are only relative: A legislator with a higher score is to the right ideologically of a legislator with a lower scale. Scores may be compared only within a single chamber and a single year. In most years, a conservative Republican will have a score above 0; a score close to 100 is extreme.
Contact me for scores. They get misinterpreted often enough that I now provide them only to political scientists.
 
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Party support score (overall) (learn more). How consistently does Rep. Stanard support his/her party? That is, what percentage of the time does the legislator vote with the majority of the other members of his/her party? Scores are usually easily above 90%.
Score (overall) 96%95%94%95%95%99%
Chamber average 95%94%94%95%95%94%
Difference +1.3+1.3+0.10.0+0.3+5.3
Comparison HigherHigher======Higher
 
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Party support score (party-line only) (learn more). This is the same as the "raw" party support score, but we look only at party-line votes when calculating this. A "party-line" vote occurs when the majority of Democrats votes against the majority of Republicans. Although party-line votes are rare, looking at the legislator's party support score in this setting can be revealing.
Score (party-line only) 90%90%94%95%94%100%
Chamber average 81%80%82%85%87%83%
Difference +8.3+9.9+12+10.0+7.2+17
Comparison HigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigherHigher

Votes on Rep. Stanard's bills

Only 12 bills sponsored by Rep. Stanard have come to a vote. Listed below are all votes held on bills that Rep. Stanard sponsored. The votes are sorted by vote margin, with the most divisive votes listed first.

Year Sponsor Bill Ayes Nays Margin
(as % of total votes)
Type of vote
2014 Stanard HB0192 52 16 53% House/ passed 3rd reading
2014 Stanard HB0192 23 5 64% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension
2015 Stanard HB0335S01 60 5 85% House/ passed 3rd reading
2016 Stanard HB0301S01 63 3 91% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2016 Stanard HB0301S01 66 3 91% House/ passed 3rd reading
2013 Stanard HB0101S01 66 3 91% House/ passed 3rd reading
2013 Stanard HB0101S01 69 3 92% House/ concurs with Senate amendment
2016 Stanard HB0177S01 25 1 92% Senate/ passed 3rd reading
2013 Stanard HB0117 68 1 97% House/ passed 3rd reading
2016 Stanard HB0301S01 24 0 100% Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension