Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Charlie" Birthdate: b. 05/05/1945 Birthplace: San Antonio, TX District: represents TX-20 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Catholic Education: JD, Saint Mary's University School of Law, 1972 BS, Government, University of Texas - Austin, 1969. Last elected in 2006 receiving 68,348 (87.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $496,177 (#392) Spent 79% (#239) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 34% (#444) From PACs 65% (#63) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 19 (#326) Total cost $16,779,000 (#385) Received 18 (#327) Total cost $22,836,000 (#302) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 33% left-wing (#271) Predictable 96% (#169) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 1 times (#477) Avg. length 699 words (#349) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,887 (#82) Introduced 35 (#371) Debated 2 (#443) 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 AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 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) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 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 Edward Wilk $14,200 from November 2, 2001 to February 12, 2008 2 Hector Deleon $11,700 from April 17, 2003 to February 16, 2008 3 H.B. Jr. Zachry $11,300 from June 29, 2001 to February 7, 2008 4 B.J. Mccombs $9,595 from May 31, 2001 to February 12, 2008 5 Steven Q Lee $9,000 from November 4, 2003 to May 31, 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 $160,470 2 Duty Free Americas $38,100 3 South Tx Oncology Hematology $35,100 4 Frost National Bank $14,000 5 Loeffler Jonas Tuggey Llp $12,250 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 David M. Richardson - Southwest Airlines $10,000 2 Mr. David Marventano - Fluor Corporation $5,000 3 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 4 Ms. Alma Henderson - Service Employees International Union Ctw, Clc $5,000 5 Mr. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $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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