Rep. Ralph Bradley Miller

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Brad" Birthdate: b. 05/19/1953 Birthplace: Fayetteville, NC District: represents NC-13 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, Columbia University, 1979 MSC, Comparative Government, London School of Economics, 1978 BA, Political Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1975. Last elected in 2006 receiving 98,540 (64.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $659,500 (#309) Spent 54% (#402) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 51% (#278) From PACs 49% (#209) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 19 (#326) Total cost $47,610,825 (#225) Received 17 (#341) Total cost $14,610,000 (#369) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 38% left-wing (#298) Predictable 97% (#124) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 695 words (#351) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 739 (#342) Introduced 15 (#476) Debated 5 (#328) Enacted 2 (#283) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) Public Citizen 90% (9/10 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) 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 William Joslin $12,650 from October 22, 2001 to March 25, 2008 2 C. Dean Debnam $12,500 from December 31, 2001 to February 19, 2008 3 M. Elizabeth Gant $12,350 from November 2, 2001 to February 19, 2008 4 Victor Farah $10,800 from October 24, 2001 to March 30, 2007 5 Nancy M Martin $10,100 from October 4, 2002 to May 11, 2006 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 $190,183 2 Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice $22,350 3 State Of Nc $19,150 4 Womble Carlyle $17,750 5 Jernigan Law Firm Plc $15,900 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 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 2 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 3 Ms. Patricia Ann Kmieciak - United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy... $5,000 4 Mr. Louis Gerber - Communications Workers Of America $5,000 5 Mr. Randall J. Moody - National Education Association $3,000 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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