Sen. Amy Klobuchar

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 05/25/1960 Birthplace: Plymouth, MN District: represents MN Political Party: Democrat Religion: Congregationalist Education: JD, University of Chicago Law School, 1985 BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1982. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,278,849 (58.0%) votes. Official website

Money

Raised	$1,045,352		^(#158)
Spent	68%		^(#307)
From self	0%		^(#34)
From individuals	48%		^(#308)
From PACs	25%		^(#450)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested	109		^(#47)
Total cost	$483,507,600		^(#52)
Received	104		^(#42)
Total cost	$259,100,250		^(#57)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology	44% left-wing		^(#340)
Predictable	93%		^(#287)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke	9 times		^(#156)
Avg. length	1,350 words		^(#104)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored	235		^(#510)
Introduced	27		^(#401)
Debated	3		^(#400)
Enacted	1		^(#358)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)
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Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.

Top Contributors

Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data.
1 Vance Opperman	$30,900	on June 28, 2006
2 Bruce Dayton	$26,700	on June 30, 2006
3 Tracy Mixon	$10,000	on September 14, 2006
4 Debbie Lindstrom	$10,000	on September 15, 2006
5 Alida R Messinger	$10,000	on September 18, 2006
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Contributor Employers

Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data
1 Retired	$856,535
2 Self	$775,873
3 Homemaker	$277,050
4 University Of Minnesota	$48,950
5 Dorsey Whitney	$48,875
More contributors →
Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

Top Lobby Contributors

New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings
1 Bagwaina Tarrant - Medtronic, Inc	$5,000
2 Mr. Richard K Armey - Dla Piper Us Llp	$5,000
3 Mr. John H. Zentay - Dla Piper Us Llp	$5,000
4 Mr. Charles Baker Iii - Dla Piper Us Llp	$5,000
5 Mr. Thomas Boyd - Dla Piper Us Llp	$5,000
More lobby contributors →
Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.

Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 412242 (GovTrack), N00027500 (OpenSecrets), K000367 (Congressional Bio), 40700 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6MN00267 (FEC)

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