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Bill Nelson

Headshot b. 1942-09-29 , Miami, FL
represents FL
Democrat, Presbyterian
Official website

Education: JD, University of Virginia, 1968 BA, Yale University, 1965.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 2,890,548 (60.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $787,097 (#236)
Spent 51% (#351)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 57% (#188)
From PACs 24% (#440)

Earmarks

Requested 135 (#32)
Total cost $1,235,693,200 (#4)
Received 115 (#36)
Total cost $567,390,700 (#6)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 637 (#362)
Introduced 118 (#119)
Debated 17 (#111)
Enacted 5 (#125)

Speeches

Spoke 22 times (#40)
Avg. length 1,007 words (#185)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 32% left-wing (#313)
Predictable 93% (#268)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40% (2/5 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: 300078 (GovTrack), N00009926 (OpenSecrets), N000032 (Congressional Bio), 14651 (ICPSR), 30880 (Vote Smart), S8FL00166 (FEC)