Sen. Byron L. Dorgan

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 05/14/1942 Birthplace: Regent, ND District: represents ND Political Party: Democrat Religion: Lutheran Education: MBA, University of Denver, 1966 BS, University of North Dakota, 1965. Last elected in 2004 receiving 211,843 (68.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $806,131 (#234) Spent 22% (#598) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 45% (#336) From PACs 47% (#225) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 98 (#57) Total cost $328,323,500 (#71) Received 89 (#58) Total cost $207,286,900 (#68) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 37% left-wing (#295) Predictable 95% (#219) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 40 times (#8) Avg. length 1,765 words (#51) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,238 (#209) Introduced 252 (#33) Debated 35 (#53) Enacted 8 (#84) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40% (2/5 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 Charles M Barclay $5,100 from June 1, 2006 to September 20, 2007 2 Timothy F Hannegan $4,600 on October 17, 2005 3 James R Pederson $4,600 on March 24, 2008 4 Jeff Manelis $4,600 on March 24, 2008 5 Gregory B Valtadao $4,600 on March 24, 2008 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 $22,050 2 Pederson Group $13,800 3 Air Products $10,500 4 Homemaker $9,000 5 Go Daddy Group $8,900 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 Mr. James R. Meltsner - Northrop Grumman Corporation $5,000 2 Mr. William Anaya - Motorola, Inc $5,000 3 B. Keith Trent - Duke Energy Corporation $5,000 4 Ms. Patricia Lapham - Ust, Inc $5,000 5 Mrs. Patricia A. Lynch - Owens Corning $5,000 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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Also known as: 300037 (GovTrack), N00004615 (OpenSecrets), D000432 (Congressional Bio), 14812 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S2ND00040 (FEC)