Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 06/25/1945 Birthplace: Detroit, MI District: represents MI-13 Political Party: Democratic Religion: African Methodist Episcopal Education: MS, Education, University of Michigan, 1977 BS, Education, Western Michigan University, 1972 AA, Ferris State University, 1965. Last elected in 2006, unopposed. Official website
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Money Raised $531,429 (#376) Spent 73% (#272) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 48% (#302) From PACs 52% (#179) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 28 (#204) Total cost $15,824,240 (#391) Received 26 (#212) Total cost $12,589,740 (#391) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 55% left-wing (#404) Predictable 97% (#84) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 1,090 words (#160) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,033 (#72) Introduced 29 (#391) Debated 1 (#493) Enacted 1 (#358) 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) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 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 M.J. Moroun $12,500 from March 22, 2001 to June 29, 2007 2 Anita Estell $10,508 from October 15, 2002 to June 7, 2007 3 William A. Phillips $8,000 from June 26, 2002 to July 17, 2007 4 Denise Knobblock $7,600 from June 29, 2001 to June 30, 2007 5 Matthew Moroun $6,300 from June 23, 2003 to June 29, 2007 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 $24,800 2 Lakeshore Engineering $13,500 3 Compuware $13,350 4 Heritage Optical $13,250 5 Detroit Medical Center $13,151 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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