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Brad J. Sherman

Headshot b. 1954-10-24 , Los Angeles, CA
represents CA-27
Democrat, Jewish
Official website

Education: JD, Harvard University, 1979 BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1974 Certified Public Accountant.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 92,650 (69.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $740,456 (#254)
Spent 52% (#339)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 46% (#313)
From PACs 46% (#220)

Earmarks

Requested 19 (#325)
Total cost $11,210,000 (#426)
Received 17 (#340)
Total cost $10,504,000 (#423)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,429 (#156)
Introduced 50 (#300)
Debated 6 (#269)
Enacted 3 (#202)

Speeches

Spoke 4 times (#300)
Avg. length 830 words (#264)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 46% left-wing (#418)
Predictable 96% (#167)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
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)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 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)

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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: 400371 (GovTrack), N00006897 (OpenSecrets), S000344 (Congressional Bio), 29707 (ICPSR), 142 (Vote Smart), H6CA24113 (FEC)