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Thomas Edwards

Headshot known as "Chet"
b. 1951-11-24 , Corpus Christi, TX
represents TX-17
Democrat, Methodist
Official website

Education: MBA, Harvard Business School, 1981 BA, Economics, Texas A&M University, 1974.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 92,478 (58.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,551,146 (#88)
Spent 20% (#527)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 48% (#279)
From PACs 48% (#210)

Earmarks

Requested 87 (#66)
Total cost $370,873,070 (#66)
Received 80 (#71)
Total cost $241,822,980 (#62)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 860 (#295)
Introduced 39 (#339)
Debated 8 (#223)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 4 times (#300)
Avg. length 556 words (#450)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 24% left-wing (#282)
Predictable 95% (#180)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 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)

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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: 400118 (GovTrack), N00005794 (OpenSecrets), E000063 (Congressional Bio), 29144 (ICPSR), 27087 (Vote Smart), H8TX06035 (FEC)