Sen. Barbara Boxer

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 11/11/1940 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY District: represents CA Political Party: Democrat Religion: Jewish Education: BA, Economics, Brooklyn College, 1962. Last elected in 2004 receiving 6,955,728 (58.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $3,427,808 (#32) Spent 43% (#482) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 83% (#25) From PACs 10% (#527) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 115 (#43) Total cost $677,394,880 (#30) Received 102 (#44) Total cost $422,407,280 (#18) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 67% left-wing (#441) Predictable 96% (#159) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 15 times (#80) Avg. length 1,383 words (#92) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,837 (#94) Introduced 380 (#10) Debated 66 (#17) Enacted 14 (#40) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (3/3 votes) Consumer Federation of America 100% (3/3 votes) National Association of Social Workers 100% (3/3 votes) American Academy of Pediatrics 100% (4/4 votes) AFL-CIO 75% (3/4 votes) Public Citizen 75% (3/4 votes) Sierra Club 33% (1/3 votes) National Retail Federation 33% (1/3 votes) More interest groups → 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 Nicola Miner $33,100 from February 19, 2007 to August 21, 2007 2 Marcia Goldman $33,100 on September 21, 2007 3 Margaret Schink $20,000 on September 27, 2007 4 Regis Mckenna $15,000 on October 9, 2007 5 Heather Thomas $14,600 from February 26, 2004 to March 28, 2008 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 Self $725,833 2 Retired $248,475 3 Homemaker $167,672 4 Girardi Keese $69,000 5 Writer $39,141 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 Mr. Daniel Crane - The Crane Group $200,000 2 Ms. Lauren E. Jones - Association Of American Railroads $6,281 3 Ms. Jessica Moore - Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. $5,000 4 Arthur R. Block - Comcast Corporation $5,000 5 Ms. Alma Henderson - Service Employees International Union Ctw, Clc $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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