Arlen Specter

b. 1930-02-12 , Wichita, KS
represents PA
Republican, Jewish
Official website

Education: LLB, Yale Law School, 1956 BA, International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, 1951.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 2,925,080 (53.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$5,278,753	^(#14)
Spent	24%	^(#513)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	82%	^(#27)
From PACs	17%	^(#480)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	317	^(#3)
Total cost	$680,222,500	^(#29)
Received	311	^(#2)
Total cost	$395,284,900	^(#22)

Bills

Co-sponsored	903	^(#286)
Introduced	326	^(#19)
Debated	84	^(#9)
Enacted	16	^(#25)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	39 times		^(#9)
Avg. length	1,808 words		^(#47)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	9% right-wing		^(#240)
Predictable	87%		^(#460)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300092 (GovTrack), N00001604 (OpenSecrets), S000709 (Congressional Bio), 14910 (ICPSR), 53340 (Vote Smart), P60003233 S6PA00100 (FEC)