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Bob Filner

Headshot b. 1942-09-04 , Pittsburgh, PA
represents CA-51
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: PhD, History of Science, Cornell University, 1973 MA, History, University of Delaware, 1969 BA, Chemistry, Cornell University, 1963.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 78,114 (67.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $737,447 (#259)
Spent 91% (#105)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 53% (#235)
From PACs 45% (#233)

Earmarks

Requested 11 (#449)
Total cost $5,013,789 (#483)
Received 11 (#436)
Total cost $4,698,000 (#481)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 4,256 (#1)
Introduced 204 (#47)
Debated 12 (#164)
Enacted 2 (#258)

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#256)
Avg. length 1,255 words (#122)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 74% left-wing (#512)
Predictable 96% (#149)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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: 400133 (GovTrack), N00007033 (OpenSecrets), F000116 (Congressional Bio), 29325 (ICPSR), 26774 (Vote Smart), H2CA50034 (FEC)