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Republican representative for Kansas’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often LaTurner votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between LaTurner’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often LaTurner votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between LaTurner’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.0% | 10.5% | -8.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | LaTurner vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No |  | 10.9% | -10.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.1% | -11.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.3% | -39.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 69.8% | +30.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.8% | +47.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.8% | +36.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.8% | -14.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.9% | -34.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.1% | -24.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.5% | +19.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.6% | -8.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.4% | -47.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.3% | -22.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.6% | -16.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.6% | -33.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.8% | -72.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.0% | -13.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.0% | -51.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.8% | -30.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.2% | -30.2 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.5% | -68.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.0% | -51.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.1% | -41.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.3% | -14.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.6% | -26.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jake LaTurner's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.2% | -65.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.9% | -30.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.3% | -22.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jake LaTurner's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.8% | -73.8 |
| Average | 10.5% | 19.3% | -8.8 | |||
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