Rep. Albert Ben Chandler

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Ben" Birthdate: b. 09/12/1959 Birthplace: Lexington, KY District: represents KY-06 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Presbyterian Education: JD, University of Kentucky College of Law, 1986 BA, History, University of Kentucky, 1983. Last elected in 2006 receiving 158,765 (85.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $693,624 (#290) Spent 36% (#535) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 44% (#346) From PACs 49% (#206) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 22 (#272) Total cost $14,525,000 (#402) Received 22 (#260) Total cost $14,693,500 (#368) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 26% left-wing (#238) Predictable 95% (#200) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 6 times (#221) Avg. length 921 words (#218) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 580 (#394) Introduced 11 (#506) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 40% (2/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 Tracy Farmer $9,100 from January 28, 2004 to March 31, 2007 2 Tammie Taylor $8,800 from May 3, 2005 to March 24, 2007 3 Luther Deaton $8,800 from May 9, 2005 to March 24, 2007 4 William Halfhill $8,800 from May 6, 2005 to March 24, 2007 5 Steven Lawson $8,600 from June 30, 2005 to December 28, 2007 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 $206,550 2 Best Effort $120,500 3 Retired $51,750 4 Commonwealth Of Kentucky $10,750 5 Frost Brown Todd $10,400 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 Gary Hopper - General Atomics $4,000 2 Gary Hopper - General Atomics $4,000 3 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $3,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $3,000 5 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $2,500 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: 400442 (GovTrack), N00026591 (OpenSecrets), C001058 (Congressional Bio), 20326 (ICPSR), 1891 (Vote Smart), H4KY06072 (FEC)