Benjamin L. Cardin

known as "Ben"
b. 1943-10-05 , Baltimore, MD
represents MD
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 1967 BA, Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1964.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 965,477 (54.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$374,518	^(#435)
Spent	92%	^(#98)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	58%	^(#180)
From PACs	25%	^(#428)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	181	^(#18)
Total cost	$954,897,000	^(#12)
Received	145	^(#23)
Total cost	$363,480,060	^(#35)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,336	^(#176)
Introduced	121	^(#114)
Debated	11	^(#176)
Enacted	4	^(#160)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	15 times		^(#79)
Avg. length	1,009 words		^(#184)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	48% left-wing		^(#427)
Predictable	97%		^(#94)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
AFL-CIO	100% (5/5 votes)
Public Citizen	60% (3/5 votes)
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: 400064 (GovTrack), N00001955 (OpenSecrets), C000141 (Congressional Bio), 15408 (ICPSR), 26888 (Vote Smart), H6MD03177 S6MD03177 (FEC)