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Byron L. Dorgan

Headshot b. 1942-05-14 , Regent, ND
represents ND
Democrat, Lutheran
Official website

Education: MBA, University of Denver, 1966 BS, University of North Dakota, 1965.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 211,843 (68.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $806,131 (#228)
Spent 21% (#523)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 45% (#322)
From PACs 47% (#217)

Earmarks

Requested 98 (#58)
Total cost $328,323,500 (#71)
Received 89 (#59)
Total cost $207,286,900 (#68)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,225 (#200)
Introduced 250 (#33)
Debated 34 (#52)
Enacted 7 (#88)

Speeches

Spoke 40 times (#8)
Avg. length 1,765 words (#52)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 37% left-wing (#348)
Predictable 94% (#231)
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: 300037 (GovTrack), N00004615 (OpenSecrets), D000432 (Congressional Bio), 14812 (ICPSR), 53332 (Vote Smart), S2ND00040 (FEC)