Rep. Thomas Edwards

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Chet" Birthdate: b. 11/24/1951 Birthplace: Corpus Christi, TX District: represents TX-17 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Baptist Education: MBA, Harvard Business School, 1981 BA, Economics, Texas A&M University, 1974. Last elected in 2006 receiving 92,478 (58.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  veterans (182) care (69) families (65) military (63) health (51)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,551,146 (#89) Spent 21% (#603) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 49% (#293) From PACs 48% (#218) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 87 (#65) Total cost $370,873,070 (#66) Received 80 (#70) Total cost $241,822,980 (#62) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 25% left-wing (#232) Predictable 96% (#171) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 556 words (#458) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 864 (#305) Introduced 39 (#349) Debated 8 (#240) Enacted 4 (#177) 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 of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) AFL-CIO 76% (10/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 40% (2/5 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.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Texas Am University $250 $2800000 2008 Lynntech $2,000 $2640000 2008
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 F. Kenneth Bailey $25,000 on July 18, 2005 2 Pat Beard $17,300 from June 30, 2001 to March 30, 2007 3 Melvin Lipsitz $14,800 from June 30, 2001 to March 27, 2008 4 James Hawkins $14,800 from June 22, 2001 to February 8, 2008 5 David Kultgen $14,800 from June 30, 2001 to March 27, 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 $647,182 2 Beard Kultgen $44,800 3 Williams Bailey Law Firm Llp $25,000 4 Campbell Cherry Harrison Davis $24,500 5 Madison Dearborn Partners $23,200 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. Fraser Verrusio - Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. $5,000 2 Mr. Frank J. Mckeown - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 3 Mr. Frank J. Mckeown - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 4 Mr. David L. Kolbe - Int'L. Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers $5,000 5 Mr. Frank J Mckeown Dmd - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $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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